Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays

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Minnesota Twins

29-24, 11-16 Away

Final
2 - 7

Tampa Bay Rays

27-26, 17-18 Home

Aranda, Jansen HRs lift Rays to a 7-2 victory over Twins, extending winning streak to 6 games

Danny Jansen's dinger provides insurance for Tampa Bay

Zack Littell (4-5) allowed three hits through six shutout innings. He left with one out in the seventh after hitting Ty France with his 72nd pitch. Then, Minnesota's Carlos Correa hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the season, off reliever Garrett Cleavinger, pulling the Twins within 3-2.

Kody Funderburk, the Twins only left-handed reliever, entered with one out in the eighth and the bases empty and allowed back-to-back singles to Aranda and Curtis Mead. A two-out, two-run double by José Caballero and Jansen’s fourth homer made it 7-2.

Aranda broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning, hitting a 1-2 pitch from Minnesota reliever Brock Stewart 365 feet to right field for a 3-0 lead. Twins starter Chris Paddock breezed through five innings before leaving with one out in the sixth after Brandon Lowe singled and Junior Caminero doubled.

Littell, who lost his first five starts this season, allowed one run on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. Manuel Rodríguez and Mason Montgomery each pitched a scoreless inning to close it out.

Paddock (2-5) gave up two runs in 5 1/3 innings on five hits. Funderburk retired two batters and allowed four runs on six hits.

Brandon Lowe went 2 for 4 and extended his hitting streak to nine games for the Rays (27-26). Curtis Mead has hit in eight straight after going 1 for 4.

The Twins (29-24) dropped the opener of a 10-game trip. Minnesota is 16-4 in its last 20 games.

Key moment Caballero's two-out, two-run double in a one-run game ignited a four-run eighth that was punctuated by Jansen's homer.

Key stat The Rays' win streak has come at temporary home George M. Steinbrenner Field, where Tampa Bay improved to 17-18.

Up next RHP Joe Ryan (4-2, 2.68) starts Tuesday for the Twins against Rays RHP Taj Bradley (4-3, 4.61).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Correa grounded into fielder's choice to third, France out at second.
	9th Inning	France singled to center.
	9th Inning	Larnach grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Jeffers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Montgomery relieved Rodríguez
	8th Inning	Simpson reached on infield single to shortstop, Morel out at home on runner's fielder's choice.

Statistics

MIN		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
6	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
11	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
103	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	22
31	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
0.5	Runs Created	7.8
.167	Batting Average	.361
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.267	Slugging Percentage	.611
.100	Secondary Average	.278
.194	On Base Percentage	.378
.460	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.989
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.1
16.0	Batter Rating	53.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.32	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.100	Isolated Power	.250
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.027
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.083
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
68.5	MLB Rating	101.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0