Danny Valencia leads another power surge

One night after scoring 19 runs on 20 hits, the Twins continued their prodigious hit parade Tuesday night in Kansas City, ripping into Royals pitching for 19 more hits.

Danny Valencia tied his career high with four hits in a game, set just one night prior, going 4 for 5 with three RBIs and pushing his batting average up to .400 in his 29-game major league career. J.J Hardy and Michael Cuddyer each went 3 for 5, with Hardy hitting is fourth home run of the season. And Denard Span, after missing two games because of a stomach bug, went 2 for 4 with two walks in his return to the leadoff spot as eight of nine Twins starters managed at least one hit and three of them had three or more.

Valencia is the first rookie with four straight 3+ hit games since Jim Davenport, 1958 Giants.



(twincities.com)