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- Updated: September 27, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Twins second baseman Brian Dozier is set to start in each of Minnesota’s final six games against the non-contending Royals and White Sox, while first baseman Joe Mauer said he’s not ready to shut it down despite dealing with a strained right quad.
Manager Paul Molitor met with Dozier before Tuesday’s game against Kansas City about his playing time this week, and Dozier told him he wanted to play in the rest of the remaining games.
“They pay you to play, right?” Dozier said. “I feel great. They don’t pay you to take a day off.”
With 42 homers, Dozier is one away from tying the Major League record for homers by a player who primarily played second base. And with 40 homers as a second baseman, he’s two away from tying the MLB record for homers hit by a second baseman.
Dozier, though, entered Tuesday with one homer over his last 10 games, and Molitor said it’s likely hard for him not to think about the homer chase. He also trails Baltimore’s Mark …
