Trevor Larnach

Buxton reached on an infield single in the home half of the first inning, swiped second base and then raced around to score on an RBI single off the bat of Trevor Larnach. He also reached on an infield single with two outs in the third inning, but was left stranded there. With his two-hit attack, the 31-year-old outfielder is off to a 6-for-25 (.240) start to the season with a homer, three RBI and a stolen base.

Brown scattered five hits on the afternoon and didn't walk a batter. All of the scoring that was done against him came in the opening inning as Carlos Correa plated a run with a groundout and Trevor Larnach added an RBI single. He settled in beautifully after that though and the Twins never really threatened against him the rest of the way. The 26-year-old hurler generated 14 swings and misses on 91 pitches on the day -- seven on his fastball which averaged 97.6 mph -- while registering a strong CSW of 35 percent. He'll look to keep the good times rolling as he carries a 3.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and a 15/3 K/BB ratio into Wednesday's showdown against the Mariners in Seattle.

The 30-year-old southpaw needed just 13 pitches (nine strikes) to get the job done on Thursday, getting Byron Buxton to foul out to the catcher, Trevor Larnach on a swinging third strike and Ty France on a foul pop to first. He has now successfully converted each of his first three save chances on the season while registering a 3.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and a 3/2 K/BB ratio over three frames. He remains one of the game's truly elite closing options.

The Twins couldn't get anything going through the first 5 2/3 innings against Shane Smith in this one, but they chased him as Byron Buxton and Trevor Larnach worked a pair of two-out walks. Ryan Jeffers, Ty France and Edouard Julien then followed with RBI singles to tie the game before Miranda knocked in a pair with a single of his own to give the Twins a 5-3 lead. The 26-year-old is off to a slow start at the dish this season, hitting .167 (3-for-18) with zero homers and two RBI.

The Twins have Julien DHing, Trevor Larnach playing left field and Harrison Bader sitting tonight. It makes for their best offensive lineup, at the cost of some outfield defense. They could have used Julien at second, Willi Castro in left and Larnach at DH instead, but that would have weakened the infield.