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Rays Top Twins 7-1 Behind Matz, Aranda and Díaz

The win forces a Sunday finale featuring starters Nick Martinez for Tampa Bay and Simeon Woods Richardson for Minnesota.

Overview

  • Tampa Bay, which won 7-1 Saturday in Minneapolis, jumped ahead 3-0 in the second off Mick Abel on Jonathan Aranda's two-run double after a hit batter forced in the first run.
  • Steven Matz held Minnesota to one run on two hits over six innings and struck out eight to improve to 2-0.
  • Yandy Díaz drove in two runs, including an eighth-inning triple that scored Richie Palacios to cap the scoring.
  • Rays pitchers combined on a three-hitter and totaled 12 strikeouts to keep the Twins in check.
  • The result evened the series and sets up a Sunday matinee with Nick Martinez slated for the Rays and Simeon Woods Richardson for the Twins.