One night after watching 39-year-old slugger Jim Thome lumber out a triple, Denard Span put his young legs to work in a big, big way. Span tied a modern-era record with three triples and had five RBIs to get the Minnesota Twins back into first place in the AL Central with an 11-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

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