Twins Edge Angels 5‑3 Behind Lewis, Ryan’s Strong Start

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Royce Lewis homered and drove in two runs as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Target Field. The Twins scored three runs in the second inning, capped by Lewis’ two-run homer off Ryan Johnson and a sacrifice fly from Luke Keaschall. The Angels answered with two runs in the third on Jorge Soler’s double, then tied the game in the seventh on Nolan Schanuel’s RBI single. Minnesota countered in the bottom half with a two-run rally off losing pitcher Mitch Farris, including Victor Caratini’s RBI double and Alan Roden’s run-scoring single. Joe Ryan pitched six innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs while striking out six. Tommy Nance earned the win in relief, and Yoendrys Gómez recorded his 11th save. The Angels outhit the Twins 10-9 but grounded into three double plays. Minnesota improved to 47-49, while Los Angeles fell to 38-58. Attendance was 21,286. The game lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes.