Joe Mauer sent a text on Tuesday morning to Twins rookie Royce Lewis. Take it all in, the Minnesota icon advised the 24-year-old third baseman and designated hitter.
“He said that’s one thing he would do is take it in and don’t regret the moment you’re in,” Lewis told reporters afterward. “And so that’s what I did.”
He certainly did: Lewis hit two home runs to lead the Twins to a 3–1 victory over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the American League wild-card series. It was Lewis’s first career playoff appearance and his first time homering twice in one game. It was also the end of a particularly torturous era for the Twins.
