Kepler listed as day to day with neck strain

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MINNEAPOLIS — Twins rookie right fielder Max Kepler left Thursday night’s 4-2 loss to the Tigers in the eighth inning with a mild neck strain. He’s day to day and will be evaluated further on Friday.

Kepler injured himself trying to get to a double down the right-field line from Jose Iglesias to open the seventh. Kepler ran into the wall, and was charged with an error that allowed Iglesias to reach third.

Kepler remained in the game after the play, waving off manager Paul Molitor as he came out of the dugout. But in the eighth, Kepler was replaced defensively with Logan Schafer moving from left field to right. Eduardo Escobar shifted from …

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