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GAME RECAP

IMPACT PLAYER

Joe Ryan, Twins

Faced only 18 batters, but sent 11 of them trudging back to the dugout with a strikeout.

BY THE NUMBERS

.428 Career batting average (12-28) in Wrigley Field by Max Kepler, who had six hits in the two-game series.

11 Career games with two or more home runs by Kepler, who narrowly missed his third three-homer game.

6 Strikeouts, of 11 by Twins starter Joe Ryan, resulting from a called third strike.

UP NEXT

The Twins' final series against a postseason contender brings Toronto to Target Field, with Michael Pineda on the mound.

PHIL MILLER