And one pitch later, Royce Lewis drove Civale’s cutter 386 feet for a grand slam to give the Twins a 4-1 lead. One pitch brought home every run the Twins scored off Civale, who finished with five innings, five hits, four earned runs, four walks and five strikeouts.

For those of you who have strong opinions about the TV broadcasters, Awful Announcing ranked all 30 MLB teams’ TV booths. The Twins came in the middle, at 15. Although they got a higher percentage of “F” votes than any other team, there was generally little enthusiasm or loathing.

The Twins nearly blew a four-run lead in the eighth inning. Lefty reliever Génesis Cabrera recorded only one out, giving up a hit and two walks. Justin Topa surrendered a bases-loaded walk and two RBI singles to his first three batters before inducing a foul ball against Colson Montgomery.