Detroit Tigers pitcher Casey Mize gave up some early runs, had a great middle and a rough end, as the Minnesota Twins earned a 5-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Target Field and prevented a series sweep.

The car enveloped in flames atop the parking ramp just beyond Target Field’s right-field scoreboard Sunday is a useful analogy for what the Twins believe was happening to their season down on the field.

Buxton jump-started the offense with a solo homer to left in the first, and he played a big role in manufacturing the Twins’ fourth run. After Julien’s leadoff homer in the sixth, Buxton hit a line drive to left field. For 99.9% of human beings, it would have been a single. But Buxton never broke stride and cruised into second with a double.