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.