When Brooks Lee was called up this week to make his major league debut with the Twins, he was advised to try and soak up everything about the experience.

“Yeah, I tried to take in the moment (in) my first at-bat and I struck out looking,” he said. “So, I’ve just got back to playing normal baseball.”

If this is normal baseball for the rookie infielder, well, the Twins will take it.

Lee, 23, hit his first major league home run in Saturday’s 9-3 victory over Houston at Target Field, a two-run shot over the scoreboard in right-center in the third inning that extended his hitting streak to four games since being called up July 3.

After going 1 for 4 on Saturday, Lee is hitting .467 (7 for 15) with a double, home run and six RBIs.

“It’s a good, nice arrival for any young player to have,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “And he has the track record; obviously we drafted him early.”

The eighth overall pick in the 2022 draft, Lee was called up for the first time Wednesday when the Twins placed Royce Lewis on the 10-day injured list with a Grade 2 right adductor strain. In his first three games, he was 6 for 11 (.546) with a walk, run scored and four RBIs.

“I didn’t know what to expect (at the major-league level),” Lee said before Saturday’s game. “I just try to be the same player that I am, treat it as the same game.”

Lee likely would have been called up earlier, but while Lewis and Correa were out with injuries, he was recovering from a herniated disc that knocked him out of spring training in March and kept him in Fort Myers, Fla., to begin rehab.

In 20 games with Triple-A St. Paul, he hit .329 with five doubles, seven home runs, 21 RBIs and 20 runs scored.

A switch hitter, Lee is 6 for 12 as a lefty in his first four games with the Twins and 1 for 4 from the right side.

“He looks very comfortable in this spot,” Baldelli said before Saturday’s game. “He’s got a very good way about him. He’s very comfortable in a clubhouse. He’s very comfortable around all types of players, guys who are his peers and his own age, and guys that … are stars in the game. Nothing is going to throw him off.”

It’s a small sample size, but a promising one for a player who has had success at all levels of the Twins’ organization.

“I’ve had some immediate success, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be a time when I fail,” Lee said “I’m sure it will happen at some point. I just try to take it day by day, win every single at-bat and every pitch. That’s all I can do.”

Lewis is out at least through the all-star break. The infielder has done nothing but rake since being called to the majors in 2022, hitting .303 with 27 home runs and 75 RBIs in 94 career games. But he has never played more than 58 games in a season because of injuries.

He has twice had surgery to repair his right knee and missed dozens of games because of hamstring, oblique, quad and now groin injuries. When Lewis returns, there won’t technically be an infield spot for Lee, but the rookie said he’s not looking into the future.

“I’m just trying to enjoy it and keep playing the way I do,” he said. “I’m sure things will fall into place. I pride myself on being a switch hitter, so I’m just making sure I’m ready from both sides of the plate, and I think things will take care of themselves.”

Wallner promoted from Saints after hot stretch

Red-hot Matt Wallner is on his way back to the big league club. The outfielder from Forest Lake cleaned out his locker at CHS Field and was scratched from the Saints’ lineup for Saturday night’s game against Gwinnett.

Wallner, 26, was the International League’s player of the month for June after hitting .324 with 12 home runs, 28 RBIs and 27 runs scored. In three games with the Saints in July, he was 6 for 12 with three doubles, an RBI and run scored.

It was unclear how the Twins will clear space on their 26-man active roster to make room for Wallner.

Briefly

Lee and Byron Buxton each hit two-run home runs on Saturday, extending the Twins’ streak with at least one homer (38 total) to a franchise-record 24 games. It’s the longest streak in baseball this season. … The teams are scheduled to finish this three-game series Sunday in a 1:10 p.m. first pitch. Simeon Woods Richardson is scheduled to start for the Twins, Spencer Arrighetti for the Astros.