Royce Lewis has been tormenting opposing pitchers since his return earlier this month. It seems Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton are now joining in on the fun.

The Twins’ big trio, led on Thursday by Correa, combined for eight hits in the team’s 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night at Target Field.

Correa entered the day with 11 hits in his past 18 at-bats, highlighted by five on Wednesday. His follow up act was a three-hit day, this one punctuated by a two-run home run in the seventh inning that helped give the Twins a comfortable cushion.

That home run earned him the honors of being the first to rock the Twins’ new celebration get-up: a Prince-themed vest with a fedora and guitar, appropriately introduced on Prince Night at Target Field. The new celebration is said to be the brainchild of starter Pablo López, who also thought up the since-retired fishing vest that the Twins donned after hitting home runs last year.

Correa’s first hit was an infield single and his second, which came in the fourth, broke open a game that had been tied in the third.

The shortstop also scored a run in the second, racing home to score on Buxton’s single up the middle, which tied the game at the time. Buxton, who had one hit on Wednesday and a pair of them — including a home run — on Tuesday, finished the day with three on Thursday, also reaching on a walk in his last plate appearance.

And just for good measure, Lewis added a pair of his own, scoring on Correa’s late home run.

That trio helped give starter Joe Ryan (5-5) the run support he needed during his seven-inning effort.

Ryan allowed a leadoff walk in the second and then promptly served up a two-run blast to Tyler Soderstrom on a splitter. But then Ryan settled in, giving up just two more hits in his start. It’s his fourth start of his last five in which Ryan threw seven innings.

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