MLB

Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
12-14, 5-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
2 - 6
Tampa Bay Rays
14-11, 6-4 Home

Caminero and Aranda each homer twice as the Rays beat the Twins 6-2

Jonathan Aranda crushes 2 home runs for the Rays

Caminero hit his seventh of the year, a solo shot to center field in the second inning. He added a two-run homer in the seventh to make it 6-1.

Aranda's home runs came in the fourth and sixth innings. Chandler Simpson and Nick Fortes both scored runs.

Brooks Lee hit a home run for the Twins in the fifth.

Drew Rasmussen (2-0) threw 98 pitches and allowed one earned run over five innings. He finished with six strikeouts and a walk. Reliever Trevor Martin gave up a home run to Royce Lewis in the ninth, then hits to the next two batters before being pulled for Bryan Baker. Baker got the final three outs for his fifth save.

Twins starting pitcher Taj Bradley (3-1) took the mound in his first start against his former team. The Rays traded Bradley at the deadline last season. He pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed six earned runs with seven hits, three walks and three strikeouts. Coming into the game, he had not given up a home run all season.

Up next The Rays and Twins resume their three-game series Saturday. Shane McClanahan (1-2, 5.00 ERA) will take the mound for Tampa Bay, opposite Bailey Ober (2-0, 4.15) for Minnesota.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Larnach grounded out to first.
9th Inning Buxton struck out swinging.
9th Inning Gray grounded out to pitcher.
9th Inning Baker relieved Martin
9th Inning Lee doubled to left, Wallner to third.
9th Inning Wallner singled to right.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
16 Ground Balls 10
8 Strikeouts 5
2 Runs Batted In 6
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
9 Hits 7
0 Stolen Bases 1
2 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 6
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
36 At Bats 30
2 Home Runs 4
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
22 Runners Left On Base 8
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
12 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
153 Pitches 110
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
17 Total Bases 20
38 Plate Appearances 34
324.0 Projected Home Runs 648.0
4 Extra Base Hits 5
5.0 Runs Created 6.5
.250 Batting Average .233
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.472 Slugging Percentage .667
.278 Secondary Average .567
.289 On Base Percentage .303
.762 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .970
1.3 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
5.0 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.3
27.0 Batter Rating 46.0
18.0 At Bats Per Home Run 7.5
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.03 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.24
.222 Isolated Power .433
0.25 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.60
.053 Walks Per Plate Appearance .088
.028 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .333
4.0 Runs Produced 12.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.1
80.8 MLB Rating 92.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Tropicana Field

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendance: 14,476 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cle.png" class="logo-micro">Cleveland 15 13 .536 - L1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/det.png" class="logo-micro">Detroit 14 14 .500 1 L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/min.png" class="logo-micro">Minnesota 12 15 .444 2.5 L4
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chw.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago 11 16 .407 3.5 L1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/kc.png" class="logo-micro">Kansas City 10 17 .370 4.5 W2

2026 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/nyy.png" class="logo-micro">New York 18 9 .667 - W8
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tb.png" class="logo-micro">Tampa Bay 15 11 .577 2.5 W3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/bal.png" class="logo-micro">Baltimore 13 14 .481 5 L1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tor.png" class="logo-micro">Toronto 11 15 .423 6.5 W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/bos.png" class="logo-micro">Boston 10 17 .370 8 W1
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