Twins star center fielder Byron Buxton left Saturday afternoon's game in Houston after being hit by a pitch on his left elbow. Leading off the top of the sixth inning, Buxton was drilled by a 95 mile-per-hour sinker from Astros starter Hunter Brown.

Byron Buxton hit the second-longest home run in the majors this season, a 479-foot, three-run shot for the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in a 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.

With two men on and a 2-2 count, Buxton was offered a 90-mph slider by Texas Rangers starter Jack Leiter on the outside edge of the plate. Buxton turned on it and launched the ball deep over the left-centerfield wall. Broadcast cameras lost track of it as it landed in the stands high above the outfield bullpen.