"To be honest to with you, I thought it was a base hit," Jepsen said. "I really did. Luckily, it carried enough and Bux was playing in."
But it was far from the only solid defensive play, as Buxton also ran down a ball in left-center to rob Altuve of extra bases in the eighth, while Hicks made a nice catch on a liner he lost in the lights for the first out of the ninth.
"We saw some nice plays," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "Buxton going in the left-center field gap. Hicks battling the lights in the ninth.