MINNEAPOLIS -- Most of the time, when a rookie steps to the plate in a big spot, not much is expected. When Twins designated hitter Miguel Sano steps to the plate, big things have almost become habit.
The towering rookie slugger did it again in the bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday in game one of a split doubleheader against the Angels at Target Field. The Twins lost the game, 4-3, in 12 innings, but not before getting a serious jolt from one of the game's brightest young stars.
With the Twins trailing, 3-1, and not much going offensively, Sano sent a charge through the dugout with a massive two-run blast into the second deck in left-center field, tying the game at 3.