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- Updated: April 30, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — After his team gave up a season-high 18 hits in a 9-2 loss to the Tigers on Friday, Twins manager Paul Molitor didn’t have many things to be pleased about.
But he couldn’t help but be impressed — and crack a joke — about a great diving catch down the right-field line made by Miguel Sano to rob Miguel Cabrera of a hit to end the top of the seventh inning. It was Sano’s first start in right field since Monday after making back-to-back starts at his natural position of third base, but it was evidence he’s making progress in right.
“I’m not sure what the Richter scale showed on that one,” Molitor said with a laugh about his 6-foot-4, 260-pound right fielder’s diving catch. “But it was probably the best play he’s made in the first month. I tried to remind him you can have fun playing the outfield, too. It was a nice play.”
It was the 17th start for Sano in right this year as he makes the transition from the infield. He’s had his fair share of misplays as he learns his new position, including an error on a …
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