Twins get excellent news on Royce Lewis after scary somersault, face-first touchdown

MINNEAPOLIS — Royce Lewis had a noticeable scrape on his brow after offering a scare for the Minnesota Twins with an inadvertent somersault adopted by a face-first touchdown.

He nonetheless managed a smile on his face afterward, apparently unscathed. But he mentioned he felt like he “ran into a car backward.”

Lewis, who returned every week in the past from his second ACL restore in his proper knee, tried to tie the sport by beating out a grounder to deep third within the eighth in opposition to Cleveland on Sunday. He was thrown out to finish the inning, however with first baseman Gabriel Arias in his path he pulled up in an try to keep away from a collision on the base.

“He just gets in your way last second. I really had nowhere to go,” Lewis mentioned.

Instead, Lewis went crusing over Arias and hit the dust head-first, bending his neck awkwardly upon impression. After an examination by the Twins and a sluggish climb to his ft, Lewis walked off on his personal energy. The Twins misplaced to the Guardians 2-1, however they dodged a extra damaging difficulty with a optimistic prognosis about their prized younger participant.

Lewis had a sore shoulder, however no concussion signs, supervisor Rocco Baldelli mentioned.

“More just shaken up, and that’s very fortunate for us,” Baldelli mentioned.

Lewis, who turns 24 on Monday, mentioned he was extra discouraged by the loss than he was damage by the autumn.

“I’m going to be pretty sore for a day or so. It’s nice that we have an off day tomorrow. I’ll celebrate my birthday resting up,” Lewis mentioned.

Lewis had his 2022 season restricted to 12 video games after he collided with the wall whereas monitoring a ball in middle discipline and suffered his second ACL damage. He had a homer and 4 RBIs in his 2023 debut at Houston every week in the past and hit a tying two-run homer in a win over Cleveland on Thursday.

The Twins performed on Sunday with out three of their finest hitters: Byron Buxton (ribs), Carlos Correa (foot) and Alex Kirilloff (sickness). Joey Gallo (hamstring) simply went on the injured checklist, too. They might certain use Lewis within the lineup once they begin a three-game collection at main league-leading Tampa Bay this week.