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Buxton leads off with inside-the-park HR

It came on a first-pitch 93-mph fastball, leaving the bat at 93.4 mph and traveling a projected 395 feet to center, per Statcast™. Garcia, who couldn't make the play, came out of the game with a sore left hip.

It also helped the Twins tie a Major League record, as it was Buxton's 10th homer of the year, giving the Twins 11 players with at least 10 homers this year. It ties the record set by the 2004 Tigers and the 2015 Astros.

It was the ninth leadoff inside-the-parker since 2000, but the second by the Twins this year, as Eduardo Nunez also did it at Target Field on June 2 against the Rays.