MINNEAPOLIS — On Prince Day at Goal Area, Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins could not assist however “go loopy” in Thursday night time’s 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics.
Correa paid homage to the Minneapolis music icon after his two-run homer within the seventh inning, donning a purple vest and hat and grabbing an inflatable purple guitar to rejoice the blast along with his teammates when he returned to the dugout.
Correa mentioned the post-homer celebration was one thing the Twins cooked up earlier than the sport. Twins right-hander Pablo Lopez already had the inflatable guitar from a earlier season’s Prince Night time giveaway. The vest and hat rounded out the look.
“I am like, ‘That is artistic. I like this,'” Correa mentioned of his response to seeing the purple celebration props throughout pregame. “I used to be like, ‘I need to hit a house run so dangerous!’ It occurred within the final at-bat, but it surely occurred. It is an important thought. I liked it.”
Someday after the Twins had a season-high 24 hits in opposition to the Rockies, Minnesota banged out 13 hits — 12 singles and Correa’s homer.
Correa, who went 5-for-6 on Wednesday, singled in his first two at-bats. Then, with Royce Lewis on base and two out within the seventh, he launched a dangling breaking ball from reliever Sean Newcomb 394 ft, into the second deck in left subject, permitting the Twins to interrupt out their new celebration.
“I am all for locating issues generally not associated to baseball that may carry us nearer not solely as gamers but additionally as folks, as buddies, as brothers,” Lopez mentioned. “I at all times like discovering little issues, little alternatives to make one thing cool occur.”
Correa has 14 hits in his previous 5 video games, elevating his batting common from .255 to .299.
“He is placing on a present proper now. It is spectacular,” mentioned Lewis, who’s 11-for-32 with 4 house runs since he returned June 3 after lacking two months with a strained quad.
Byron Buxton had three hits and drove in two runs, and Lewis and Austin Martin had two hits apiece because the Twins gained for the fourth time in 5 video games.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
