Lewis (right adductor strain) dealing with another muscle injury

MINNEAPOLIS -- No one wants to see Royce Lewis suffer another injury. Especially Royce Lewis.

But you can’t always get what you want.

The Twins placed Lewis on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday, a day after their slugging third baseman suffered a Grade 2 strain of his right adductor in Minnesota’s 5-3 win over Detroit in Tuesday’s series opener at Target Field.

In layman’s terms, Lewis’ injury is to a muscle in the area of his right groin, which is cause for concern given that he’s already missed two months this season with an injury to his right quadriceps.

“When he felt it, it was pretty clear that he’s dealing with another muscle strain, and we’re just going to try to get him back on the field as soon as we can,” Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey said.

In the third inning of Tuesday night’s game against the Tigers, Lewis smashed a two-run double down the left-field line. But he pulled into second base gingerly, and two innings later, he was pulled from the game as a precautionary measure.

Tests on Wednesday revealed the adductor strain.

Falvey said that Lewis would be re-evaluated after the All-Star break, but it didn’t sound like Lewis would be ready to be activated when the Twins resume play on July 20 against the Brewers at Target Field.

After missing two seasons with two torn ACLs, Lewis has missed time with a handful of soft-tissue injuries -- oblique, hamstring, quad and now the adductor. But Minnesota hasn’t been able to pinpoint why Lewis might be susceptible to such injuries.

“We talked this offseason about some of his training and some of the changes he made that were all geared towards flexibility and movement,” Falvey said.

“All positives with respect to what you would do if you thought someone was dealing with maybe too tight a muscle or other issues like that.”