MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins were creative with their offense Monday, scoring two runs from sacrifice flies, one run from a squeeze bunt and one run from a bloop single, but home runs are still nice, too.
Edouard Julien drilled a go-ahead pinch-hit homer into the right field seats in the bottom of the eighth inning, sparking a five-run rally that carried the Twins to an 8-4 victory over the Royals to begin their final homestand before the All-Star break at Target Field.
Julien was hitless in his first five at-bats as a pinch-hitter in his major league career. Facing Royals reliever Taylor Clarke, Julien pummeled a first-pitch fastball and launched it 413 feet for the Twins' third pinch-hit homer of the season.
