MINNEAPOLIS — In the wake of a trade deadline selloff that jettisoned 10 regulars, the Twins are managing to play some pretty good baseball with prospects, minor league vets and healthy veterans who survived the purge.

There’s no getting around, however, who the star has been.

The Twins made Sunday’s series finale against Kansas City a bullpen day, and fielded a starting lineup that included only two players you’d call major league veterans, but beat the Royals, 5-3 in 11 innings, on Luke Keaschall’s two-out, two-run home run.

“The guy’s special. The guy’s young. He’s going to play a long time in this game,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “But you’re getting a chance to see a young player who’s really doing it before our eyes.”

The Twins have now won 2 of 3 series, and are 5-4 overall against the three teams ahead of them in the American League Central, since the trade deadline drastically altered the roster. In less than a week, team president Derek Falvey orchestrated the trades of 10 veteran regulars for prospects.

With Kody Clemens on first base, and right after courtesy runner Austin Martin was thrown out at third as part of an 8-6-5 double play, Keaschall launched a 96 mph four-seam fastball from left-hander Carlos Estevez into the bleachers above the scoreboard in left-center field to end the game.

The blast made a winner of veteran right-hander Michael Tonkin (1-0), the Twins’ seventh of the day who pitched pressure-packed 10th and 11th innings.

Keaschall, 22, said it was his first walk-off home run — “Little League, maybe?” he said — and that Estevez’s pitch was what he was hoping to get.

“He threw a heater up, and I was just going for the heater,” he said. “He’s kind of a two-pitch guy, fastball-slider, occasional changeup. Just trying to make the at-bat as simple as possible. (He) got a heater up and I just went after it.”

After losing 2 of 3 at Cleveland right after the deadline, the Twins have taken 2 of 3 from first-place Detroit and third-place Kansas City despite having jettisoned their starting first baseman (Ty France), shortstop (Carlos Correa), utility specialist (Willi Castro) and three late-inning relievers (closer Jhoan Duran, setup man Griffin Jax and hard-throwing Louie Varland), among others.

Ryan Fitzgerald, a veteran of independent and minor league baseball who hit a two-run homer on Sunday, said veterans Byron Buxton and Christian Vazquez called a dinner in Cleveland for all the players. That group included outfield prospect Alan Roden, traded from Toronto, and veteran major leaguers such as Tomkin, Jose Urena — who started Sunday’s game — Erasmo Ramirez and Thomas Hatch.

The group got to know one another and shared stories.

“You never know coming into the situation; a bombshell goes off and I’m walking into this, just the new guy here — ‘what can I do to help?’ ” Fitzgerald said. “(Ryan) Jeffers, Buck, Vazsky, all of them were just like, ‘Dude, let’s go. We’re excited. Let’s just play hard and see where it goes. It was encouraging to see that.”

The play has been encouraging, as well, even if it remains rough in spots.

“They’re on their toes, they’re trying to make things happen and playing aggressively,” Baldelli said. “Putting pressure on the other team, really, is the only way to win at this level — one way or the other. I think we’re putting the pressure on the other team right now.

“A lot of different guys are stepping into different spots, and I think sometimes you have some change, you get put into a new place, and it can wake you up a little bit, too, and get you in the right mental spot to succeed.”

For Keaschall, it’s been business as usual. He hasn’t stopped producing since he was first called up in April. Hit by a pitch, he broke his left forearm in his seventh game and was put on the injured list with a .368 batting average, 1.065 OPS and four stolen bases.

Nothing has changed since he was recalled on Aug. 5. He has reached base in all 12 of his major league games, and has an 11-game hit streak to start his major league career.

Keaschall was 3 for 5 on Sunday with a single, double and homer, and MLB start is now second in team history to only Glen Williams, who started his major league career with a 13-game hitting streak in 2005.

“From a young age, I always liked to play baseball. I don’t feel like I’m playing anything different right now,” he said. “It doesn’t feel like I go out there and I’m like, ‘Oh my goodness, there’s Bobby Witt Jr. There’s Mike Trout.’ Don’t get me wrong, those guys are cool, but I just don’t think of it that way.

“I just go out there and get to play baseball and just try and play the same game I’ve always played, play it the same way I’ve always played. I’m confident in myself and I think that’s the biggest thing — just stay confident.”