Twins bring back Royce Lewis after severe quad strain in season opener cost him 58 games

The Minnesota Twins reinstated third baseman Royce Lewis from the injured list on Tuesday after a 58-game absence caused by a severely strained right quadriceps muscle. Lewis played in six games on a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul, going 4 for 23 with a double, a walk and eight strikeouts. Lewis will enter the three-game series in New York against the Yankees with a perfect 1.000 batting average, having homered and singled in his first two at-bats of the season before getting hurt running the bases on March 28 at Kansas City.