CLEVELAND -- In a pitchers' duel between Twins right-hander Ervin Santana and Indians right-hander Josh Tomlin on Friday, Miguel Sano proved to be the difference in the game, as the Twins third baseman hit an opposite-field, 381-foot home run to right field in the top of the first inning to lead the Twins to a 1-0 win.
Sano's homer was his 10th of the season, and his fourth to the opposite field. Sano's four big flies to right field this season equals the amount of home runs that he hit to right field in his first two seasons in the Majors, showing that the third baseman's power is developing to all fields.