Mission accomplished. Sano went 1-for-4, getting his first Major League hit that factored in one of two runs as the second-place Twins earned a 2-0 win over the first-place Royals behind a very strong start from Kyle Gibson.
"I'm so happy, not for my single, but for the team win tonight," Sano said. "That's my goal; try to win a lot of games this year."
Sano just turned 22 in May, but clearly, he has his priorities in place. Like many of his young countrymen from the Dominican Republic, he is more mature in the game than his age would indicate.