Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

48-40, 20-15 Away

Final
3 - 4

Minnesota Twins

42-46, 23-17 Home

Bader walks off Rays with 2nd home run of game for Twins

Bader, the No. 9 batter, lined the first pitch he saw from Kevin Kelly (0-1) into the first row of left-field seats to complete a three-run Minnesota comeback.

It was the second career walk-off RBI for Bader, first on a home run.

Louis Varland (3-3) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

Trailing 3-1 in the seventh, Minnesota got a two-out RBI double from Byron Buxton before Rays reliever Garrett Cleavinger hit Willi Castro and Brooks Lee with pitches, tying the game. Carlos Correa struck out with the bases loaded.

Twins starter Chris Paddack allowed two earned runs and five hits in five-plus innings. Josh Lowe singled against Paddack leading off the sixth and scored on Yandy Díaz's double.

Junior Caminero drove in Díaz with a single off Danny Coulombe for a 2-1 Rays lead. Lowe added an RBI single in the seventh.

Zack Littell pitched six solid innings for Tampa Bay, allowing one earned run for the third straight start. He scattered four hits and struck out five.

Key moment Tampa Bay shortstop Ha-Seong Kim had a hit in his Rays debut before leaving with a cramp in his right calf after he was caught stealing in the sixth inning. Kim doesn't think it's serious, but he'll be re-evaluated Saturday.

Kim missed the first 87 games this season recovering from right shoulder surgery. The 2023 Gold Glove recipient with San Diego signed a two-year, $29 million deal with Tampa Bay on Feb. 3.

Key stat Tampa Bay’s Brandon Lowe extended his career-high hitting streak to 19 games with a fourth-inning single. The longest active streak in the majors ties him with Jason Bartlett in 2009 for the second-longest in Rays history. Díaz hit in 20 straight games last season.

Up next The series continues Saturday when Tampa Bay plans to start RHP Taj Bradley (5-6, 4.84 ERA). The Twins had yet to announce a scheduled starter.

This story has been corrected to show it was the second walk-off RBI for Bader.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bader homered to left (378 feet).
	9th Inning	Jansen flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Simpson lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Walls struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vázquez catching.
	8th Inning	France struck out swinging.

Statistics

TB		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
12	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
2	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	1
145	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	15
36	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.5	Runs Created	5.6
.235	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.265	Slugging Percentage	.484
.118	Secondary Average	.355
.278	On Base Percentage	.361
.542	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.845
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
24.0	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.44
.029	Isolated Power	.226
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.097
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
74.3	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0