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MINNEAPOLIS — The emotion was the most captivating thing about Royce Lewis' first career home run. But not just Lewis'.

MINNEAPOLIS — The thunderstorm that prematurely ended Wednesday's game had moved on by Thursday. Unfortunately for the Twins, the Astros' thunder and lightning had not.

The Twins are in first place in the American League Central on May 10. Imagine what they could do if anything went right.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins completed their first sweep of the Athletics since 2012 on Sunday largely due to some solid relief pitching. Five relievers held Oakland to just two singles over the final 6 2/3 innings, and the Twins tied their longest winning streak in Target Field history with their…

Jorge Polanco's 451-foot blast was the Twins' lone run, but it was enough to carry them to their eighth straight home victory.

MINNEAPOLIS — Josh Winder is ruining the Twins' pitching plans. Assigned a role as the long reliever in Minnesota's bullpen, Winder has now made two fill-in starts to help the team cover for a pair of pitchers on the injured list.

BALTIMORE — Austin Hays looked back into the Orioles’ dugout as he passed first base, as if he wanted to see the expressions on his teammates faces. The ball that had just left his bat — a rocket that just cleared the newly remodeled left-field wall — continued a power…

There’s a familiar face atop the standings.

BALTIMORE — There was a symmetry to them, out beyond the left-center-field wall at Camden Yards before first pitch Wednesday evening, just as there has been since the 2019 trade that simultaneously connected the pitchers before sending them on diverging paths.