Minnesota Twins' Derek Shelton Makes Royce Lewis Admission After 4-1 Win
The Twins need their third baseman to keep playing as he did on Saturday.
The Minnesota Twins had another productive pitching outing on Saturday after their 2-1 Opening Day loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday. But this time, their offense showed up. Third baseman Royce Lewis got the big hit, as his two-run homer in the top of the fifth inning ended up being the game-winner in the 4-1 victory over Baltimore.
Manager Derek Shelton spoke about the 26-year-old postgame, via the Twins' YouTube channel. "Good swing. He did a good job.
We've gotta get him going," he said. "I think I've said throughout, since the time I got the job, we're gonna go as he goes. Not as the single component, but he's such a big factor.
So what he did for us today, hitting the homer and kind of separating for us, I thought that was outstanding. " Shelton's statement rings true through his first two games as Minnesota's manager. Lewis went 0-for-2 with a hit by pitch before Shelton pinch-hit outfielder Trevor Larnach for him in the ninth on Thursday.