MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
49-41, 21-16 Away
Final
7 - 5
Minnesota Twins
43-47, 24-18 Home

Yandy Díaz's RBI double starts 3-run 10th for Rays in 7-5 win over Twins

Byron Buxton leads off with 20th HR of season

Díaz drove in automatic runner Danny Jansen on a 2-1 pitch from Justin Topa (1-3). Díaz scored when Topa threw wild to first on a sacrifice bunt by José 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.

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Scoring Summary

10th Inning Lee grounded out to second.
10th Inning Correa to second on fielder's indifference.
10th Inning Correa walked.
10th Inning Bader grounded out to second, Buxton scored.
10th Inning Castro grounded out to shortstop, Buxton to third.
10th Inning Orze relieved Fairbanks

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 14
9 Strikeouts 11
6 Runs Batted In 4
2 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 7
0 Stolen Bases 1
1 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 5
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
38 At Bats 37
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
15 Runners Left On Base 14
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
18 Fly Balls 12
2 Caught Stealing 1
146 Pitches 181
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
16 Total Bases 14
42 Plate Appearances 41
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
3 Extra Base Hits 3
4.3 Runs Created 3.7
.289 Batting Average .189
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.421 Slugging Percentage .378
.105 Secondary Average .297
.300 On Base Percentage .268
.721 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .647
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.2
3.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.3
44.0 Batter Rating 34.0
38.0 At Bats Per Home Run 18.5
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.50
3.48 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.41
.132 Isolated Power .189
0.11 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.36
.024 Walks Per Plate Appearance .098
-.184 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .108
13.0 Runs Produced 9.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.2
90.5 MLB Rating 79.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Target Field

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 21,294 | Capacity:

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto 53 38 .582 - W9
New York 49 41 .544 3.5 W1
Tampa Bay 49 42 .538 4 L1
Boston 47 45 .511 6.5 W4
Baltimore 40 49 .449 12 W3

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 58 34 .630 - W4
Kansas City 44 48 .478 14 W2
Minnesota 43 47 .478 14 L1
Cleveland 41 48 .461 15.5 W1
Chicago 30 61 .330 27.5 L2
Full Standings