Lewis homered twice, both no-doubters, in support of a dominant Joe Ryan, and the Twins avoided a series sweep with a 7-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Not only did Lewis snap a five-plus-week homerless drought, he also had the first multi-homer regular-season game of his career.

Royce Lewis doubled his home run total with a two-homer game. The Twins scored all of their runs on homers and triples.

Offensively, Kody Clemens got the scoring started for the Twins once again with an RBI triple in the third, giving the Twins’ utility man triples in back-to-back games. They would add two more in the inning thanks to a Matt Wallner frozen rope homer, which will hopefully get him moving in the right direction for a lineup lacking some thump.