What a return! Lewis’ game-tying HR results in walk-off for Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — The hometown followers didn’t get to see Royce Lewis’ speedy splash upon his return to the workforce — so he placed on an encore, only for them.

Only days after virtually singlehandedly keen the Twins to a victory over the Astros with a homer and 4 RBIs in his season debut, Lewis commanded the highlight once more in his first recreation of the season at Target Field, crushing a game-tying, two-run homer within the eighth inning to erase a three-run deficit in opposition to the Guardians.

That arrange Willi Castro‘s walk-off sacrifice fly within the backside of the ninth, finishing a four-run comeback that gave the Twins a 7-6 win over Cleveland on Thursday night time within the opener of a four-game sequence between the division rivals at Target Field.

Lewis’ continued heroics and the large comeback did ease the affect of a recreation that featured a number of regarding developments elsewhere on the roster, from Pablo López’s continued struggles to injury-related exits for Byron Buxton (sore ribs), Carlos Correa (plantar fasciitis) and Max Kepler (migraines).

But within the second, all that was forgotten within the raucous pleasure as Lewis rounded the bases after parking Guardians reliever Trevor Stephan’s center-cut fastball an estimated 421 toes away to the grass berm over the center-field wall, making for an additional dramatic second in a long-awaited return to the sector following two recoveries from torn ACLs.