MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins lost their first two games of the season, scoring a combined four runs off three homers. Plus there was a 16 at-bat dry spell in Saturday's game where the Twins failed to put a runner on base from the end of the second through the seventh inning.
So the main complaint — if there can be a plausible gripe so early in a 162-game season — was that the Twins needed more emphasis on base runners and less importance on big hits.
Well, that theory imploded Sunday as the Twins smashed six homers en route to a 10-4 victory against Seattle at Target Field in front of an announced crowd of 17,018.