This week’s version of Minnesota Twins Trends can be consolidated into two events that happened in Monday’s 4-2 to the Detroit Tigers. One, Brian Dozier hit his 40th home run of the season, the first Twin to hit 40 since Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew.
Second, Miguel Sano was pulled from the game with a lower back injury, despite the fact he was due to bat third in the inning in a winnable, one-run game.
Twins informed the media that Sano had informed them he first started feeling discomfort in the lower right area of his back “a few days ago.