Royce Lewis homers twice as Twins blow out error-prone Angels
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Royce Lewis homered twice and drove in four runs as the Minnesota Twins beat the sloppy Angels 12-3 on Monday night.
James Outman also went deep as the Twins moved to 4-0 against the Angels this season, outscoring them 33-7.
The Angels committed four errors, including two by third baseman Yoan Moncada.
Jo Adell hits his 35th homer and Travis d’Arnaud hits a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning of the Angels’ 4-3 win over the Athletics.
Lewis’ first homer grazed off the tip of Bryce Teodosio’s glove at the center field wall in the second.
Simeon Woods Richardson (6-4) gaveup three runs and struck out six in five innings. Travis Adams struck out four in 1⅔ innings of relief.
Luke Keaschall had an RBI single, Matt Wallner had a two-run double, and Austin Martin doubled and scored three runs. The Twins were still four for 18 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10.
Angels starter Caden Dana (0-1) struck out a career-high nine, walked five and yielded five runs in 4⅔ innings. Sebastián Rivero had an RBI double in his first major league game in almost three years.
Key moment: Lewis’ second home run made it 5-3 in the fifth and gave the Twins the lead for good as the Orange County native and former JSerra High standout put on a show in his homecoming.
Key stat: It was Lewis’ third career multi-homer game. He did it on July 20 at Colorado and in Game 1 of a 2023 American League wild card playoff series against Toronto.
Up next: RHP Zebby Matthews (4-4, 4.73 ERA) starts for the Twins and RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-9, 4.81) takes the mound for the Angels as the series continues on Tuesday night.
