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Royce Lewis and Christian Vazquez each drove in three runs and the visiting Minnesota Twins used a trio of three-run innings to earn a 10-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
Royce Lewis and Christian Vazquez each drove in three runs as the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-7 on Tuesday night. Lewis, a native of nearby Orange County, Calif., had a runs-scoring fielder's choice in the second inning,
Jhoan Duran, the star Twins closer, hadn't allowed a homer in 75 1/3 innings before Shohei Ohtani, somehow, hit a 100 mph splinker over the wall.
Lewis homered twice, both no-doubters, in support of a dominant Joe Ryan, and the Twins avoided a series sweep with a 7-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Not only did Lewis snap a five-plus-week homerless drought, he also had the first multi-homer regular-season game of his career.
Coors Field finally acted like Coors Field for the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, and Royce Lewis finally acted like Royce Lewis. And Joe Ryan, well, he acted like the All-Star he already is. Lewis, frustrated and baffled by his slump-ridden season,
Royce Lewis hit two home runs — his first career multihomer game — and Joe Ryan struck out 11 in seven innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 to prevent a three-game sweep.
His home runs were two of four for the Twins (48-51) on the day. Matt Wallner and Harrison Bader also left the park, while Willi Castro added a Little League home run — a triple combined with an error that allowed him to score — in the win. It all came on a day where Ryan was, yet again, nearly untouchable.
After grabbing an early three-run lead Saturday, the Twins’ offense went to sleep, and the Colorado Rockies roared to life. Home runs by Ryan McMahon, Ezequiel Tovar and Hunter Goodman powered the Rockies, who clinched only their third series victory of the season in 32 tries with a 10-6 win over the Twins in front of 42,131 at Coors Field.
In a season defined by inconsistency for the Twins, Joe Ryan has been the polar opposite. The anchor of the Twins’ rotation earned every bit of his first career All-Star nod as a result of that, and d
Royce Lewis waited patiently for Kyle Freeland to throw a fastball in the strike zone Friday night, and when he got one, he was ready. Lewis whipped his bat at it and sent it flying, 104.5 mph toward center field.