Not a lot went right in the Twins’ first 22 games, a run that was marked by costly errors — many by their pitchers — and an offense that had yet to hit its stride. The Twins left Atlanta 20 days ago, after being swept by the Braves, a season-low eight games under .500.

Most everything has gone right since then.

The Twins started their turnaround by taking care of business against two of the worst teams in the American League, winning five of six games on their last homestand. A blip in Cleveland and Boston was followed by a seven-game winning streak that has finally pulled the Twins back to .500 for the first time since Opening Day.

The Twins got there by beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Saturday night at Target Field, getting a strong performance from Joe Ryan — who dealt with a violent illness earlier this week. They also got a few more scoreless innings from their bullpen — which has been stellar on this run — a key defensive play from Christian Vázquez and Royce Lewis, and just enough offense.

“I don’t think anyone in our clubhouse is thinking about (our) record,” said manager Rocco Baldelli, who was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing balls and strikes and punctuated his ejection with a hat toss. “I think our guys are thinking about playing good. I’ve been very pleased with what I’ve been seeing all over the place, everywhere you look.”

And Saturday provided another good example of that.

A matchup between Ryan and Logan Webb had the potential of a pitchers’ duel and the two starters didn’t disappoint.

Ryan, whose start was pushed back from Thursday to Saturday after he vomited an estimated 20-30 times on Monday, threw six strong innings, striking out seven and allowing just two hits. One hit — a Heliot Ramos home run — left the park, giving the Giants (24-16) a brief lead in the second.

He did all that while feeling physically “horrible,” noting that he felt like he was still feeling “really worn down.”

“There was just too (many) bad things that I didn’t really like and, honestly, I didn’t know where the ball was going much,” Ryan said. “But yeah, at times, it went where I wanted it to, which was nice.”

And yet, he didn’t issue a walk, keeping his team in the game — something which has been consistent from Twins starters during this seven-game run.

On the other side, Webb was just as tough on the Twins (20-20), the only difference being that the one pitch he threw that left the park was a two-run home run, rather than a solo shot. Trevor Larnach’s sixth home run of the season, which came in the third inning, was the only offense the Twins would muster on the day.

And yet, it was enough on another day with a solid effort from the team’s pitching staff.

Griffin Jax followed Ryan into the game, throwing a scoreless seventh. He made way for Cole Sands, who gave up a double to lead off the eighth. It wouldn’t come around to hurt the Twins, though, thanks to Vázquez, who, with Ramos on third, made an absolutely perfect throw to Lewis to pick him off.

After receiving a high pitch from Sands, Vázquez leapt up and fired the ball, leading Lewis into position to lay a tag down on Ramos.

“He knows I like to throw and he’s always ready,” Vázquez said. “With a man on third and one out, they’re probably going with the contact play and were trying to get the run there, and we did it.”

An inning later, Jhoan Duran induced a key double play, fielding a ball hit back to him, before getting Willy Adames to look at strike three to seal the seventh straight win and bring the Twins back to even on the year.

“We’re clicking. Everybody,” Vázquez said. “Pitching and everybody’s hitting in big moments like Larnach today. … Every night it’s a different guy and I think that’s very important on a winning team.”