Lewis has seven homers in 12 games this season.
Austin Martin robbed a home run for a catch-of-the-year nominee and Royce Lewis continued his torrid power streak at the plate as the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletic's 8-7 to sweep a split doubleheader Sunday night at Target Field.
Lewis, who homered in the first game of the day, slugged a 427-foot homer in his first at-bat of the nightcap to give the Twins a 2-0 lead in the first inning. He's slashing .390/.447/.951 with seven homers in just 12 games this season. Yordan Alvarez and Ryan Braun are the only hitters in MLB history with more homers and a higher batting average than Royce Lewis through 82 career games.Martin's catch came in the second inning as reached his glove over the wall to rob A's catcher Shea Langeliers of a two-run homer.June 17, 2024
Trevor Larnach's three-run blast put the Twins up 5-3 in the second inning and Martin ripped a run-scoring double for a 6-5 Twins lead in the third. Carlos Correa's RBI single in the sixth made it 7-5 Minnesota only for the A's to tie the game in the seventh. That set the stage for Jose Miranda's go-ahead, game-deciding solo homer in the eighth.Minnesota has been the definition of streaky in 2024.
The result of the rollercoaster ride is a 40-32 record, good for third place in the AL Central Division. They trail the second-place Royals by a half-game and they're five-and-a-half games behind the first-place Guardians
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