MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins second baseman Brian Dozier entered Tuesday's game against the Brewers with 137 career homers, including a career-high 42 last season. But he had never hit a grand slam in the Majors.
That changed when the slugger connected on a go-ahead grand slam off Brewers right-hander Matt Garza in the fourth inning. Dozier's homer came on a first-pitch fastball, and was a rare opposite-field shot for him, leaving the bat at 102.3 mph and going a projected 378 feet, per Statcast™. It was only Dozier's third homer to right field this season, but his second in the past week after hitting one on Friday as part of a two-homer game.