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With HR drought over, Kepler eyes strong finish
- Updated: September 1, 2016
CLEVELAND — When Brian Dozier and Max Kepler both homered on Aug. 2, it gave Kepler his 15th homer of the year and he trailed Dozier by just five homers on the season.
Kepler was coming off a three-homer game and was flashing unexpected power in a strong start to his rookie season. But since then, Kepler fell into a month-long slump, while Dozier had an August for the ages. They both homered again in Cleveland on Wednesday, but it ended with a familiar result in an 8-4 loss that was the Twins’ 13th in a row, which is one shy of the franchise record set in 1982.
It gave Kepler his long-awaited 16th homer of the year, snapping a streak of 101 plate appearances without going deep, while Dozier has doubled Kepler’s homer total with 32. But Kepler said ending his homerless drought didn’t alleviate anything because of the losing streak.
“I think I’ll be relieved when we get a win, and not when one guy hits a home run,” Kepler said. “I just want to win right now. It’s tough. This is the first time I’ve …
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