Play Index Spotlight: Max Kepler Max Kepler entered yesterday's game as a pinch hitter for the Twins and went on to record a game-tying single in the 8th inning, a game-tying home run in the 13th inning, and a walk-off with 1 out in the 17th inning. That last part is notable for being the 3rd-latest walk-off in franchise history, the latest being a 22nd-inning walk-off home run by Pedro Munoz in 1993. Also, recording a game-tying hit and a go-ahead hit in extra innings in the same game is relatively rare. This is just the 24th time this has happened in the regular season since 1925, with the most recent instance coming in 2016 when Curtis Granderson, then a New York Met, did it against the Twins. This is also the culmination of a hot stretch for Kepler. Over the last 13 days, Kepler leads the American League in on base plus slugging. Here's a look at the top 5 in AL OPS in that time span. Name Tm OPS Max Kepler MIN 1.490 Eloy Jimenez CHW 1.342 Cameron Maybin NYY 1.333 Mike Trout LAA 1.233 Yordan Alvarez HOU 1.211 See the full list at Baseball-Reference.com's Daily Game Log Finder