FORT MYERS, Fla — Jamey Carroll’s bat woke up Sunday after a sluggish start.

Carroll went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs Sunday as the Minnesota Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-0.

Pittsburgh did not get a hit until Brandon Boggs singled in the eighth off non-roster invitee Luis Perdomo, the fourth of five Twins pitchers. Carroll has been just about as quiet at the plate: After leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers and signing with Minnesota as a free agent, Carroll had started spring training 1 for 23 (.043).

“I couldn’t tell you the numbers, but I knew that I only had one hit, so I don’t know how many at-bats, but obviously you want to play well and do as good as you can regardless of how early,” Carroll said. “I’m just thankful to be able to kind of contribute a little bit today.”

Carroll has never had more than five home runs or 36 RBIs in nine full seasons as a regular starter in the majors. But he batted better than .290 each of the last two seasons for the Dodgers, making his slow start for the Twins all the more agonizing.

“You get frustrated,” Carroll said. “You want to contribute, especially coming to a new team. You want to play well, and I think it’s just matter of just still trying to relax a little bit and let it come.”

Francisco Liriano pitched five hitless innings, struck out six and walked one. Aside from giving up four runs in one inning in a loss Tuesday to the Blue Jays, Liriano has not surrendered a run through his 12 other innings. He has struck out 18 and walked two.