MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins center fielder Byron Buxton left Thursday's game against the A's after slamming into the left-center field wall to make a catch to rob Matt Joyce of extra bases in the fifth inning.
The Twins announced that Buxton was removed for precautionary reasons. He passed intital concussion protocal and will be re-evaluated on Friday.
With two runners on and two out in the fifth, Joyce hit a deep fly ball to left-center field that Buxton tracked down to make the play before colliding with the wall. It was the second time Buxton ran hard into the wall in the game, as he also collided with the bullpen door in center trying to rob Stephen Vogt of a hit in the third.