A few leftover things from last night:

Here’s more on Cuddy’s injury. Garrett Jones apparently got a hold of a 95 mile an hour fastball and ripped it to right. Cuddyer tried to jump out of the way but the ball nailed him. The break is in the middle of the foot.

Cuddyer will be seen by Twins physician Dr. John Steubs on Monday. I was told it’s too early to assume that Cuddyer’s season is over.

Kevin Slowey hasn’t allowed a first-inning run in 18 straight starts, which breaks Camilo Pascual’s club record in 1963. I thought Slowey was headed for a strong outing but he got bogged down in the middle innings.

The Twins walked a season-high eight times last night - which means they should have scored more runs than they did. Carlos Gomez’s two bases-loaded strikeouts were huge. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he had to have the, “calm down,” talk with Gomez after the second strikeout. And I wasn’t a big fan of Gomez bunting twice with the bases loaded, but Gardy didn’t seem to mind.

Gomez now has 23 stolen bases, matching the team-high that Jason Bartlett had last season.

Joe Nathan had to sweat it out in the ninth a little bit but picked up his 31st save. He has given up a least one hit in each of his past four outings.

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