Twins' Byron Buxton leaves game with right knee soreness after sliding

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Twin center fielder Byron Buxton is one of the most dynamic players and, frankly

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throwing slides on the ground,

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escaped from the ground, and after the double

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Buxton doubled ahead of the Red Sox game

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at Fenway Park on Friday afternoon

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. He appears to have been injured while slipping to second base

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He was almost certainly desperate

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