France stayed hot at the plate on Tuesday, collecting three hits for his third multi-hit game in his last four contests. He took Tanner Bibee deep for a solo homer in the fifth inning to put the Twins on the board. The 30-year-old first baseman is hitting a solid .267/.345/.410 with three homers and 18 RBI across 119 plate appearances.

All five at-bats produced hard-hit balls, so this could have been an even better day for France. His double was a 384-foot shot to right-center in the sixth that would have been a homer in four ballparks. His next at-bat resulted in a 370-foot flyout to left that would have been a homer in 14 parks. France entered the day in a 3-for-32 slump that had dropped his OPS to .649. Still, because of the Twins’ injuries, playing time hasn’t become a concern here yet.

Center fielder Tyrone Taylor came in very aggressively on the liner, hoping to throw out Byron Buxton at the plate, but it went off his glove on a hop. It was France’s lone hit in five at-bats. He was the Twins’ No. 3 hitter today, making this five different lineup spots (third through seventh) in five games for him. Maybe he’ll bat second Friday.

The Twins’ prolonged slump here has meant a lot of lineup shuffling of late. France hit fourth once previously, but that was versus a lefty. Matt Wallner moves up one spot to third tonight. Willi Castro is batting eighth after mostly hitting second and third lately. France is batting .288/.354/.441 with two homers through 65 plate appearances.