MINNEAPOLIS — The fastest-starting team in baseball strikes again. It helps to have the fastest starter in baseball, period.
The Twins strung together a walk and four consecutive singles to add to their MLB-leading first-inning scoring total, let Byron Buxton's irrepressible speed tack on a couple more runs, and widened their AL Central lead with a 6-3 victory over Colorado at Target Field.
They will try to defend that lead, now two games over the Guardians, during five potentially significant games in Cleveland beginning Monday night. Those games take on a different tenor after the Twins took two out of three games this from the Rockies, while the Guardians were swept at home by the Red Sox.
