<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-royce-lewis-accomplishes-never-before-seen-grand-slam-feat-in-win-vs-white-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins 3B Royce Lewis accomplishes never-before-seen grand-slam feat in win vs.  White Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Royce-Lewis-grand-slam-Twins-playoffs-AL-Central.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins 3B Royce Lewis accomplishes never-before-seen grand-slam feat in win vs.  White Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-15T23:06:47-07:00">September 15th, 11:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-16T06:24:13-07:00">September 16th, 6:24am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With an eight-game lead over the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central standings with 14 games left in the season, the Minnesota Twins have a <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds" rel="noopener">99.9 percent chance</a> of winning the division. The Twins have managed to bounce back from their 78-84 season in 2022 thanks in large part to the contributions from star third baseman Royce Lewis.</p><p>It has not been the easiest 2023 season for Lewis. He missed a considerable amount of time due to an oblique injury. After the Twins’ 10-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night, Lewis has played in just 54 games this season, missing plenty of time after returning from his second ACL repair surgery in late May. But it hasn’t stopped Lewis at all from making quite the huge impact for the team whenever <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-minnesota-makes-huge-royce-lewis-injury-move" rel="noopener">Lewis is up and running</a> on the diamond.</p><p>In the second inning of their win against the White Sox, the Twins third baseman hit another grand slam, giving the team a 4-0 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. And in doing so, Royce Lewis tallied his fifth grand slam in just his 66th career big league game, <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1702849634220024305" rel="noopener">needing the fewest</a> number of games to tally as many bases-clearing home runs as he has, per ESPN Stats &amp; Info.</p><p>Just to put in perspective how insane of a feat this is, the only other player who has managed to hit five grand slams within their first 150 career games is Rudy York, the late Detroit Tigers star, who did so in 139 games. Lewis accomplished his feat in 73 fewer games, which is quite remarkable.</p><p>And just for this season, Lewis set a Twins record with his fourth slam of the year, and he did that in just the last 18 games. That included <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-royce-lewis-reacts-to-making-history-with-back-to-back-grand-slam-games" rel="noopener">Lewis hitting a grand slam</a> in consecutive games last month. The all-time record for a season is six grand slams by Don Mattingly and Travis Hafner. Lewis ranks <a href="http://hosted.stats.com/mlb/getleaders.asp?rank=040" rel="noopener">fourth overall</a> in the MLB (per Stats.com) in batting average in 2023 with the bases loaded (minimum eight at-bats), hitting 6-for-11 with a walk during such situations.</p><p>In the playoffs, with every at-bat being high leverage, the Twins will want nothing more than Lewis to be the one to come to the plate whenever scoring opportunities present itself. Now it’s up to the 24-year-old third baseman to remain calm under pressure.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins 3B Royce Lewis accomplishes never-before-seen grand-slam feat in win vs.  White Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-royce-lewis-duplicates-eye-popping-mlb-feat-last-seen-done-by-lou-gehrig-92-years-ago');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Royce Lewis duplicates eye-popping MLB feat last seen done by Lou Gehrig 92 years ago');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Royce-Lewis-Lou-Gehrig-Twins.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins’ Royce Lewis duplicates eye-popping MLB feat last seen done by Lou Gehrig 92 years ago</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-04T19:18:06-07:00">September 4th, 7:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-04T19:18:58-07:00">September 4th, 7:18pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Royce Lewis is the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-royce-lewis-reacts-to-making-history-with-back-to-back-grand-slam-games" rel="noopener">gift that keeps on giving</a> monster jacks for the Minnesota Twins. He just can’t seem to stop hitting grand slams, as he added yet another to his name when he launched one early in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-guardians-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-9-4-2023" rel="noopener">Monday night’s game</a> against the Cleveland Guardians on the road.</p><p>Lewis expanded the Twins’ two-run lead to six runs when he sent one deep for 401 feet in the second inning to drive himself, Willi Castro, Edouard Julien, and Jorge Polanco home. Not only that but with that grand slam, Lewis joined an <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaSTATS/status/1698843970497884460" rel="noopener">extremely exclusive statistical club</a> in the big leagues that used to have only one member: New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig (via OptaSTATS).</p><p><i>“Royce Lewis of the @Twins is the second player in MLB history to hit at least 5 home runs and 3 grand slams over an 8-game span. The other was Lou Gehrig in 1931.”</i></p><p>Lewis finished the game 3-for-4 with two runs and six RBIs to help power the Twins to a 20-6 victory in the series opener in Cleveland. The 24-year-old Lewis is coming off a superb performance in a previous three-game series against the Texas Rangers during which he went 4-for-13 with a home run and four RBIs. Over his last 13 games, Lewis has slashed .315/.373/.722 and hit seven home runs with 22 RBIs, and five walks.</p><p>The Twins definitely want Lewis to keep it going, as they look to further solidify their hold of the top spot in the American League Central division. After their win over the Guardians, the Twins improved to 72-66 — six games ahead of their division rivals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Royce Lewis duplicates eye-popping MLB feat last seen done by Lou Gehrig 92 years ago

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-royce-lewis-reacts-to-making-history-with-back-to-back-grand-slam-games');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins 3B Royce Lewis reacts to making history with back-to-back grand slam games');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Royce-Lewis-Twins-history-grand-slam.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins 3B Royce Lewis reacts to making history with back-to-back grand slam games</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-29T08:51:25-07:00">August 29th, 8:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-29T08:51:25-07:00">August 29th, 8:51am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins are sitting pretty atop the AL Central, as they now have a seven-game cushion over the Cleveland Guardians. One such reason behind the Twins’ solid play as of late has been third baseman Royce Lewis’ performances. Since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-minnesota-makes-huge-royce-lewis-injury-move" rel="noopener">returning from injury</a> on August 15, Lewis has hit four home runs and driven in 13 runs with a slash line of .298/.389/.617. And over the past two games, Lewis ascended to an entirely different level, hitting two grand slams in two consecutive outings — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-royce-lewis-completes-epic-feat-not-seen-before-in-franchise-history" rel="noopener">marking the first time</a> it happened in Twins franchise history.</p><p>With the postseason beckoning by the day, the Twins will need every ounce of contribution from the nascent third baseman. And to his credit, Lewis seems to have that it factor in him, as he will <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38281928/royce-lewis-first-twin-hit-grand-slams-consecutive-games" rel="noopener">give it his all</a> in every plate appearance if that’s what it’s going to take for his team to win.</p><p>“You’ve got to play the long game. They might’ve won that inning or that half-inning, but let’s finish the rest of the game because it’s a long one,” Lewis said, per Associated Press via ESPN. “Hopefully I’m blessed enough to get those opportunities again.”</p><p>Given how superstitious professional athletes are in general, it seems like Royce Lewis is subscribing to the age-old mantra of, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins 3B Royce Lewis reacts to making history with back-to-back grand slam games

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-royce-lewis-completes-epic-feat-not-seen-before-in-franchise-history');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Royce Lewis completes epic feat not seen before in franchise history');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Royce-Lewis-Twins.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins’ Royce Lewis completes epic feat not seen before in franchise history</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-28T18:41:15-07:00">August 28th, 6:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-28T18:42:42-07:00">August 28th, 6:42pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-minnesota-makes-huge-royce-lewis-injury-move" rel="noopener">long absence</a> due to an injury, Minnesota Twins infielder Royce Lewis is back helping his team’s offense. He has been especially fantastic of late, even completing a feat <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1696324100426215792" rel="noopener">no player</a> in the history of the franchise history, including the years it was called the Washington Senators, had pulled off before, per ESPN Stats &amp; Info.</p><p><i>“Royce Lewis is the 1st player in Twins/Senators history to hit a grand slam in consecutive games.”</i></p><p>More from ESPN Stats &amp; Info:</p><p><i>“Royce Lewis is the <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1696330942950813969" rel="noopener">3rd player since 1900</a> to hit 3 grand slams within his 1st 50 career games. Former Yankees phenom Shane Spencer did it in 27 games in 1998, and Russ Derry did it in 47 games, also with the Yankees, in 1944-45.”</i></p><p>Lewis put the Twins ahead in the second inning of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-twins-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-8-28-2023" rel="noopener">Monday night’s game</a> against the Cleveland Guardians at home with a grand slam that drove Matt Wallner, Donovan Solano, and Edouard Julien home. A game before that, Royce Lewis launched a grand slam in last Sunday’s meeting with the Texas Rangers at home to help Minnesota earn a 7-6 victory. The Twins were down 5-0 but cut the lead down to only a run after Lewis’ monster home run. Prior to that slam versus the Rangers, the last time Lewis had managed to successfully hit one was in May of 2022.</p><p>At the time of this writing, Lewis is slashing .279/.367/.558 so far in the month of August to go with three home runs and nine RBIs in 11 games.</p><p>Selected first overall in the 2017 MLB Draft by the Twins, Lewis is starting to deliver for Minnesota, which played him only 12 games in 2022.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Royce Lewis completes epic feat not seen before in franchise history

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins are just a few games up on the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central. Fortunately, they are getting a key reinforcement as they look to keep their winning streak going: infielder Royce Lewis.</p><p>The Twins announced that Lewis has been <a href="https://twitter.com/Twins/status/1691491377228525573?s=20" rel="noopener">reinstated from the 10-day IL</a>. The former first-round pick has been productive in the scant playing time he has received this season. In 99 plate appearances over 26 games, he has a slash line of .326/.354/.474 with 31 hits (including four home runs and two doubles) and 15 RBI.</p><p>In order to make room on the roster to bring Lewis back, the Twins placed utility player Willi Castro on the 10-day IL with a mild strain in his left oblique.</p><p>Assuming that Lewis stays at third base, his return will put the Twins in a bind at second base between veteran Jorge Polanco and impressive rookie Edouard Julien. Whichever player doesn’t take the field will be competing with Ryan Jeffers and Donovan Solano at designated hitter, though the latter could also play some first base. But then again, Joey Gallo has also started to find a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-joey-gallo-breaking-offensive-drought-multi-homer-game" rel="noopener">great swing at first base</a> over the last few weeks. At the very least, Minny has many options.</p><p>The Twins will have it easy for the next few games as they face the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Pirates. But after those five games comes a tough stretch that features a pair of away games against the Milwaukee Brewers before two series apiece against the Texas Rangers and the Guardians. Getting Lewis some warm-up games ahead of those crucial series is very helpful.</p><p>Having Royce Lewis back will help the Twins fend off the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-bob-nightengales-minnesota-al-central-declaration-sparks-outrage-among-fans" rel="noopener">Bob Nightengale curse</a> and make a run at the AL Central crown.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.224	8	35	0.652	3

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.224	8	35	0.652	3

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