MINNEAPOLIS >> Heliot Ramos believes he cost the Giants a win on Saturday evening. On Sunday afternoon, he responded by playing arguably his best game of the season.

It wasn’t enough for the Giants to avoid being swept.

Less than 24 hours after making a costly base-running mistake, Ramos hit his seventh homer of the year, drove in a season-high four runs and reached base four times. For good measure, he made a pair of diving catches to take away. Despite Ramos’ two-way play, the Giants lost to the Minnesota Twins, 7-6, and were swept for the second time this season, ending the road trip with a 2-4 record.

Ramos produced the game’s first three runs, driving in a run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and blasting a two-run homer in the fourth inning. The Twins’ Brooks Lee responded with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth, and after both teams scored a run in the fifth, the Giants began the sixth inning with a 4-3 lead.

Erik Miller faced four batters in the bottom of the sixth inning but couldn’t retire one, being pulled after a game-tying single.