6-3 victory<\/a> over the White Sox at Target Field behind a season-high 13 hits by Minnesota\u2019s bats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cTo be honest, I think \u2026 it’s the best birthday I’ve had so far,\u201d Castro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Granted, not many Twins hitters have been off to particularly productive starts this season, but it had been rough sledding for a handful of the club\u2019s bottom-of-the-order hitters, including Castro (.538 OPS entering Wednesday) and V\u00e1zquez (.392 OPS). Might as well throw Kepler in there, too, considering he\u2019d been 1-for-20 before hitting the IL on April 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this series against a scuffling White Sox squad offered as good a chance as any to turn that around, and they took advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReally, the middle to the bottom of our lineup did a pretty good job of hitting balls hard, of taking some tough pitches, getting on base and ultimately helping us win the game,\u201d manager Rocco Baldelli said. \u201cSo I give them a lot of credit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a needed sight for Minnesota when the bottom of the lineup got the scoring started in the second inning, when a Carlos Santana leadoff walk, an Austin Martin double and a V\u00e1zquez RBI single set up Castro to crush a Garrett Crochet slider into the left-field home run porch to give the Twins a 4-0 lead, marking the third consecutive game in which they scored first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo be honest, when you’re struggling, you just try to go out there and try to get a hit,\u201d Castro said. \u201cThat’s probably why there’s a lot of swing and miss, because just trying to go out there and get a hit. That’s when the slump comes. I just think if you go and trust yourself, get a good pitch to hit, everything will come out natural.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Castro later added a hustle double in the fourth inning for his second multi-hit game in his last three appearances, while Manuel Margot (.521 OPS entering the day) also collected two hits for his second multi-hit game of the season and V\u00e1zquez hit three singles for his first game of the season with multiple knocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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