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07/06 17:06 CDT Yandy Daz's RBI double starts 3-run 10th for Rays in 7-5 win
over Twins
Yandy Daz's RBI double starts 3-run 10th for Rays in 7-5 win over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Yandy Daz doubled in the go-ahead run in a three-run 10th
inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on Sunday to avoid
a three-game sweep.
Daz drove in automatic runner Danny Jansen on a 2-1 pitch from Justin Topa
(1-3). Daz scored when Topa threw wild to first on a sacrifice bunt by Jos
Caballero, who scored on a sacrifice fly by Junior Caminero.
Harrison Bader, whose two-run pinch-hit homer off Mason Montgomery in the
eighth tied it at 4-all, drove in automatic runner Byron Buxton with a
groundout in the bottom of the 10th off Eric Orze, who finished for his third
save.
Pete Fairbanks (4-2) got five outs for the win. Joe Boyle allowed two hits and
an unearned run in five innings in relief of opener Drew Rasmussen.
Buxton drove Rasmussen's second pitch of the game to left field for his 20th
homer.
Taylor Walls led off the third against Joe Ryan with his third homer. Ryan
allowed two runs in six innings while striking out eight.
Jose Aranda had three hits and drove in two runs for the Rays.
Caminero broke a 2-2 tie with a fielder's choice on a swinging bunt in the
eighth, and Aranda followed with an RBI infield hit for a 4-2 lead.
Key moment Boyle entered in the third and had two on with one out but struck out Trevor Larnach and Carlos Correa to keep it tied. Key stat Five of Buxton's 14 career leadoff homers have come this season. Up next The Rays begin a three-game series at Detroit on Monday. Neither team has announced a starter. The Twins will start RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (4-4, 4.41 ERA) on Tuesday for the first of three against the visiting Cubs, who haven't announced a starter. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb |
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