Lewis breaks out with two-hit day

Royce Lewis was hitless in his first 13 at-bats of the season, but there was another number the Twins third baseman preferred to focus on after the Twins win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.I keep it humble but were 5-0 since Royce has been here, Lewis said.

I can only imagine what itll be like when I start turning the tides.A day later, he did.Lewis collected two hits in Sundays 7-6 walk-off extra inning win over the San Francisco Giants.

In the sixth inning with the bases loaded and no outs, Lewis lined a hit to center, bringing in a run and snapping an 0-for-36 skid that stretched back to Sept.

24 of last season.It was a great day, he said.

Im just building off great at-bats.

Hit a ball 106 (miles per hour) straight into the ground.

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Just hitting the ball hard, but theyre making plays.

Thats baseball.

And then I get the blooper later, so it kind of works itself out.

I feel good at the plate.Lewis missed the teams first 35 games with a hamstring strain, returning to the Twins on Tuesday.

He got 23 at-bats while on a rehab assignment with the Triple-A Saints before he came back, but hes still been feeling things out at the plate in the early part of his season.Timing is hard, Lewis said.

I just had six weeks off, I come back in and am facing these dudes that have crazy 18 inches of movement one way, 30 the other way.

97 to 76 (miles per hour) its a big time difference.

It was great for me, man.

Ill definitely take advantage of those at-bats and keep moving forward.Lewis, Twins manger Rocco Baldelli said, looked really good, at the plate and he praised the third basemans adjustment-making pitch to pitch.Now, a day later with two hits to his name, Lewis has a new number hes focused on.Ive been here what, six games? Lewis asked.

And six Ws.

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I cant take the smile off my face.Correa offCarlos Correa played in 39 of the Twins first 40 games and on Sunday, he got a needed day of rest.

Hell couple that with Mondays off day to get an extended break.We got together with Carlos, had a conversation and decided it would be a good day to get him off his feet, Baldelli said.

Playing good, you want to keep everybody rolling, keep everybody in there of course.

But I think it was something that he needed and something that hell benefit from long term.Correa missed parts of each of the last two seasons with plantar fasciitis but hes been moving well and after a tough start to the season, has started to pick it up, hitting .364 with a .891 OPS in his last six games.BrieflyMichael Tonkin was diagnosed with biceps tendinitis after suffering a setback on his rehab assignment for a shoulder strain.

Im not sure if hes had it yet or about to have it, but were looking into him getting an injection and probably being down for a period of time before he ramps back up, Baldelli said.

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