Twins Announce Byron Buxton News After Leaving Nationals Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Six walks, two wild pitches prove costly for the Washington left-hander, who gets no support again in a 1-0 loss at Minnesota.

Buxton exited after the sixth inning Saturday with left side soreness. He is scheduled to undergo medical imaging Sunday.

With a 7-2 loss to the Washington Nationals at Target Field, the Twins fell to 3-6 since returning from the all-star break on July 18, with only a three-game series with Boston between them and the deadline at 5 p.m. on Thursday.

Joe Ryan 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (83 pitches, 59 strikes (74%) Home Runs: N/A Bottom 3 WPA: Ryan (-.212), Byron Buxton (-.106), Harrison Bader (-.084) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Minnesota Twins looked to keep the home stand rolling them back to the .

With the ‘05 Twins trying to defend their back-to-back-to-back AL Central crowns, you’d wouldn’t think I’d have much reason to care about the new Nats. Except, that is, for a younger brother whose favorite player was Cristian Guzmán—in large part for this kind of chop-the-ball-off-the-Metrodome-turf-and-see-what-happens sort of excitement...