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Jordyn Adams 1st MLB home RUN
JORDYN Adams went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 6-4 loss to the Twins.

Adams has gone 3-for-10 with two RBI over three games in the majors this season, all coming since his Sept 7. call-up. He earned the promotion with a .263/.335/.385 slash line, 28 stolen bases, 10 home runs, 58 RBI and 78 runs scored over 123 games with Triple-A Salt Lake. Adams has made two starts, one each against a righty and a lefty, so it appears he'll be putting pressure on Mickey Moniak in right field over the remainder of the campaign.

'The kid is strong': Adams flexes power with 1st career HR

MINNEAPOLIS -- Outfielder JORDYN ADAMS , who was once ranked among the Angels’ top prospects, is known for his blazing speed, but he showed off a bit of his power against the Twins on Wednesday night.

Adams hit his first career homer, a solo shot in the sixth inning of a loss in the series finale at Target Field. It came in Adams’ 20th career game and in his 49th career plate appearance and was one of three solo homers hit by the Angels, as Taylor Ward led off the game with a blast and Nolan Schanuel went deep in the third inning. Adams’ homer came on a first-pitch fastball from flame-throwing reliever Jorge Alcala, as he connected on a 100.4 mph heater.

“It felt good,” Adams said. “I was going up to the plate looking for something hard and obviously I got it. And I just tried not to miss it. I was fouling them back my previous two at-bats and that was my main focus. Just get it in play.”

It wasn’t a cheap one, as it left the bat at a Statcast-projected 105.5 mph and went 419 feet into the bullpen in left-center field. He also added a single off hard-throwing closer Jhoan Duran in the ninth on an 0-2 fastball that registered 101.7 mph on the radar gun.

Manager Ron Washington liked what he saw from Adams and called it a glimpse of his potential. But he said Adams needs to continue to learn to play free and get more comfortable at the big league level.

“I watched him in BP, and that's the way he was swinging the bat,” Washington said. “So I guess that's what he has inside of him. The kid is strong, and I just hope he lets it come out and quits holding it in.

Adams, 24, is looking to put himself on the radar heading into next year, as he should get plenty of opportunities down the stretch. Right fielder Jo Adell is out for the season with a strained oblique, while center fielder Bryce Teodosio is dealing with a minor fracture on his right middle finger that is expected to keep him out for a few days. Veteran outfielder Kevin Pillar is also out with a left thumb sprain and has yet to progress to baseball activities.

Adams, the No. 17 overall pick in the 2018 Draft, was called up Saturday with Pillar placed on the 10-day injured list after he hit .261/.333/.386 with 10 homers, 22 doubles, four triples, 28 stolen bases and 58 RBIs in 123 games with Triple-A Salt Lake. He also had a stint with the Angels last year, playing in 17 games in August and September and batting .128 (5-for-39) with no extra-base hits. But he’s been better recently, going 3-for-10 with two RBIs since his callup.

“I’m a lot more comfortable,” Adams said. “With the guys on the team and the coaches, it’s a different vibe. I can really feel it.”

Adams’ homer was his first extra-base hit in the Majors, and he believes power can be a part of his game in addition to his speed. But he’ll need to cut down on his strikeouts, as he struck out twice on Wednesday and has struck out in 40 percent of his career plate appearances. He also struck out in 27 percent of his plate appearances in Triple-A this year, with 148 strikeouts in 123 games.

Lewis snaps skid, Buxton set to return as Twins gain crucial momentum

MINNEAPOLIS -- Not hitting is contagious, the Twins said as much throughout their extended slump -- but hitting is contagious, too, they noted all along.

As the Minnesota offense tries to build on the momentum of its 10-run, from Tuesday, there were even more signs of the once-sputtering lineup starting to cough back to life, as Willi Castro, Brooks Lee and ROYCE LEWIS all snapped extended hitless streaks on Wednesday, paving the way for the Twins’ victory over the Angels at Target Field.

“I think it’s great for everyone, because it’s just a glimmer of hope, no matter how we were feeling or what was going on in the past,” Lewis said. “From the present on, and looking toward the future, to have Buck or Correa, all these guys coming back it seems like, it just gives us hope and having them around is huge.”

In fact, it looked for several moments that Lewis had continued to break out of his 0-for-22 slump in the grandest -- and most fitting -- fashion with a dagger grand slam in the seventh inning. But it was overturned by replay and deemed a two-run double, which still gave the Twins needed insurance runs as Lewis recorded only his second multihit game since Aug. 12.

In the absence of both Buxton and Correa, Lewis had deeply struggled to a .444 OPS across his 20 previous games leading into Wednesday, citing fatigue as he navigated his longest period of extended action in years. But, as Baldelli noted, perhaps it isn’t the worst thing for Lewis to learn how to get through his first real career slump.

“I mean, I was 2-for-4 tonight -- that’s all I really focused on,” Lewis said. “Honestly, I’ve been focusing on trying to get my body prepared and excited for the opportunity to play every night. This is just a new type of grind for me. I’m looking forward to the challenge.”