IMPACT PLAYER
Friday's Twins-Arizona game recap
A look back at Friday night's game in Phoenix.
June 18, 2022 at 5:44AM
Jordan Luplow, Diamondbacks
The Arizona outfielder, batting only .169 for the season, belted a pair of home runs to stake the D-Backs to an early lead.
BY THE NUMBERS
5 Balls hit Friday with an exit velocity of more than 106 mph — four of them by Byron Buxton
7 Runs allowed by Devin Smeltzer (one unearned), the first time in his seven 2022 starts he had allowed more than three.
19 Home runs hit by Buxton this season, second behind Aaron Judge for the major-league lead
The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press.
