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Players Weekend is over and it went by without Ervin Santana throwing a single pitch. He still stood true to his jersey nickname on Tuesday night at Target Field, however, as for five innings he performed Magic in a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox.

It was a nice bounce-back performance for Santana, if that’s what you’d like to call it. The Twins lost his last start 4-3 at Guaranteed Rate field on Wednesday -- also a Santana-James Shields matchup -- but the lanky righty tossed seven innings of two-run ball with eight strikeouts. Facing the same offense the second time in a row, Santana backed it up 6.2 innings of three-run ball with seven strikeouts and a pair of walks.

In all, it capped a terrific month of August for Santana. In all, the righty made six starts over the month, pitching to a 2.95 ERA with just 34 hits allowed and 42 strikeouts in 39.2 innings. While that ERA pales in comparison to what Santana did over the first two months of the season, it’s worth noting that it appears he’s gotten his second wind. Santana posted a 6.03 ERA in June and followed it up with a 4.68 mark in July as the Twins went just 4-7 in his starts over that stretch.

The offensive star of the night on the Twins side was Jorge Polanco, who continued his torrid August by becoming just the fifth player in team history to homer from both sides of the plate. In doing so, Polanco joined Kennys Vargas, Ryan Doumit, Chili Davis and Roy Smalley -- who was in the Fox Sports North booth doing color commentary -- as the only Twins to reach that feat.

"Not too many guys in the history of this franchise have done that," manager Paul Molitor said. "So that was impressive."

Polanco himself hasn't done it any level either, he said after the game. "No I haven't," Polanco told Fox Sports North sideline reporter Marney Gellner. "It's the first time."