Danny Valencia hits third home run in four games

Danny Valencia hit his third home run in four games, Michael Cuddyer homered in his second straight game and Denard Span tripled in a run in the Twins' four-run sixth inning. All four runs came with two outs. J.J. Hardy scored three runs and went 3 for 4, and Cuddyer scored three runs as well, going 2 for 4 with a walk, single and the two-run homer in the sixth.

MEANING: The Twins' 90th win of the season lowered Minnesota's magic number to three. If the White Sox, playing on the West Coast, lost to Oakland, that number drops to two, meaning the Twins could clinch the American League Central division championship as soon as tonight. If the White Sox won on Monday at Oakland, however, the magic number would stay at three and the earliest the Twins could clinch is Wednesday.



(twincities.com)