Raise a glass of room-temperature tap water to Joe Mauer. On Thursday night in Minnesota, the veteran Twins star became the 287th and newest member of the 2,000 Career Hit Club, with his two knocks in a 4–0 win over the White Sox gaining him entry. He punched an RBI single into centerfield against Chicago’s Lucas Giolito in the third inning for career hit No. 1,999—prompting the oh-so-clever playing of fellow Minneapolis icon Prince’s “Party Like It’s 1999” afterward—then made history in the seventh with another single, this one off lefty reliever Aaron Bummer through a drawn-in infield, to drive in a pair and reach 2,000.
Let's Appreciate Joe Mauer After His 2,000th Hit
