IMPACT PLAYER: Max Kepler, Twins
Saturday's Twins-Mets game recap
The Twins reached eight games over .500 for the first time all season.
September 9, 2023 at 11:43PM
The pinch hitter delivered a bases-clearing, three-run triple in the seventh inning for his first triple of the season. It was the first pinch-hit triple by a Twin since Jake Cave.
BY THE NUMBERS
8 Games above .500 for the Twins — their first time they have been better than seven games above .500 this year.
63 Career victories for Kenta Maeda, matching Hisashi Iwakuma for the fifth-most wins by a Japanese-born pitcher in MLB history.
3 Hits from Kyle Farmer, his fifth three-hit game this season.
Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy and Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt had the unenviable task of taking over for successful and well-liked predecessors when they were named managers of their respective teams during the offseason.
