Just a year into his major league career, Byron Buxton took off for third base. He was thrown out.

Buxton, one of the most successful base stealers of all time, hadn’t attempted to take third base for more than nine years when he broke for third base in the third inning on Friday night. The center fielder made it there without a throw and with the stolen base, slid into the Twins’ record books.

His first career steal of third base was also his 20th of the season, making him just the seventh Twin to become part of the 20 home run, 20 stolen base club. It was the highlight of the Twins’ 7-4 win over the San Diego Padres in the series opener at Target Field.

An inning later, he stole another base as part of a four-run inning in which the Padres starter, Nestor Cortes, was ejected right as

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