"He was pretty locked in throughout the night, just like he has been," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "He's been tracking the ball and putting good swings on it. He was a huge part of our offense obviously with the two huge swings he had."
Sano's two-run blast in the fourth off right-hander Ian Kennedy left the bat at 101.9 mph, traveling a projected 398 feet, while his two-run double with the bases loaded in the eighth had an exit velocity of 99.8 mph and went a projected 403 feet off the very top of the left-field wall.