MINNEAPOLIS — The emotion was the most captivating thing about Royce Lewis' first career home run. But not just Lewis'.
The Twins' top prospect practically leapt at Bryan Shaw's middle-of-the-plate cutter on Friday and launched it five rows deep into the left-field bleachers, a fifth-inning grand slam that capped the Twins' biggest inning at Target Field in almost five years, and eventually their 12-8 slump-snapping victory over the Guardians.
Lewis circled the bases as the announced crowd of 18,711 roared, then accepted the congratulations of teammates Nick Gordon, Ryan Jeffers and Gio Urshela, who had crossed the plate in front of him. But it's when he reached the dugout that it became evident how joyous the moment was to his teammates, and especially those Twins prospects who had climbed their way to Target Field with him.
