. @Twins leadoff hitters have hit 31.6% of their home runs this season (18/57).
It is on pace to be the highest percentage of team HRs by leadoff hitters in a season since the 1920 Boston Red Sox (31.8%).
Hall of Famer Harry Hooper hit 7 of the 1920 Red Sox's 22 home runs.
The Wild are the first team in NHL history to have a 3+ goal lead at the first intermission of a playoff game but then have fewer than 10 shots on goal the rest of the way and end up losing.
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Tonight the @Twins' Byron Buxton:
- hit a leadoff HR
- had all of his team's hits
- drove in all of his team's runs
No other MLB player has done all of that in a victory (since RBI became official in 1920).
@PhilMackey It’s so bizarre. It’s like, all you have to do is come out with some intensity, especially when you know the Spurs have to come out swinging. It’s almost like they were surprised. This isn’t the first time though.