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Powerful Minnesota Twins Rookie Sets Multiple New Marks in Record Books on Friday

With another grand slam, Minnesota Twins rookie Royce Lewis made multiple instances of history on Friday night.

Brady Farkas

Powerful Minnesota Twins Rookie Sets Multiple New Marks in Record Books on Friday
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The Minnesota Twins rolled the Chicago White Sox on Friday night 10-2 in Chicago, moving to 78-70 on the year.

While the Twins scored 10 runs, the biggest four of the night came on one swing of the bat from rookie Royce Lewis.

The 24-year-old designated hitter hit a grand slam in the second inning which got the scoring started. It was his 14th home run of the season despite limited at-bats, as he missed a large portion of the season with injury.

The grand slam made history on multiple fronts.

First, per ESPN Stats & Info:

Royce Lewis records his 5th grand slam in his 66th career game, the fewest games needed in MLB history. 

The only other player to hit 5 grand slams before their 150th career game was Rudy York (139).

It also made team history:

Per Dustin Morse of the Twins:

Royce Lewis now has 4 grand slams this season - a new #MNTwins single-season record! 

Only 4 players in @MLB history have hit more in one season: 

Hafner - 6 in 2006 

Mattingly - 6 in 1987 

Pujols - 5 in 2009 

Sexson - 5 in 2006 

The last rookie to hit 4 was Alexei Ramirez in 2008

Lewis is now hitting .302 overall with the 14 home runs and 50 RBI. He has just 202 at-bats. He's added a slugging percentage of .910.

The Twins and White Sox will play again on Saturday night. First pitch from Guaranteed Rate Field is set for 7:10 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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