Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

48-41, 20-16 Away

Final
5 - 6

Minnesota Twins

43-46, 24-17 Home

Brooks Lee's walk-off bunt single lifts Twins to 6-5 win over Rays

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Minnesota Twins: Game Highlights

Garrett Cleavinger (0-4) walked Byron Buxton to start the ninth. Willi Castro followed with a single that moved Buxton to third.

Lee then bunted the first pitch up the first-base line. First baseman Yandy Díaz didn't have a play on Buxton, so he let the ball go, and it rolled over the bag for a hit.

Danny Jansen singled, doubled and tripled for Tampa Bay, while Ryan Jeffers had three hits for the Twins, who walked off the Rays for the second straight day.

Jhoan Duran (5-3) pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

Rays starter Taj Bradley worked out of some early trouble, then cruised through the middle innings, retiring 13 of 14 batters at one point. But he gave up a pair of singles in the sixth and the Rays went to their bullpen.

Kevin Kelly, who allowed Harrison Bader's walk-off homer on Friday, gave up an RBI single to Lewis. Kody Clemens then hit an 0-1 pitch to deep left for his 10th homer to tie the game at 5-all.

Key moment In the second inning, the Twins had the bases loaded with nobody out and a run in. But Bradley struck out Clemens and got an out at the plate on a dribbler to the mound. Buxton then missed a grand slam by inches, flying out to the wall in left field to end the inning.

Key stat Brandon Lowe extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a single in the fifth inning. That ties the Rays franchise record, set by Díaz last season.

Up next RHP Drew Rasmussen (7-5, 2.78 ERA) of the Rays will face Twins RHP Joe Ryan (8-4, 2.75) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lee reached on bunt single to first, Buxton scored, Castro to second.
	9th Inning	Castro singled to right, Buxton to third.
	9th Inning	Buxton walked.
	9th Inning	Cleavinger relieved Uceta
	9th Inning	Thaiss catching.
	9th Inning	Caminero flied out to left.

Statistics

TB		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	11
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
3	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
20	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
147	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	15
39	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
6.0	Runs Created	5.6
.333	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.455	Slugging Percentage	.429
.273	Secondary Average	.229
.359	On Base Percentage	.385
.814	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.813
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
41.0	Batter Rating	40.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.41
.121	Isolated Power	.114
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.086
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
89.8	MLB Rating	90.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0