2023-09-12 04:04:10
MINNEAPOLIS — Cuban Yandy Díaz hit his 20th home run of the season and finished with four hits as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Monday.
Josh Lowe had three hits for the second day in a row, in Tampa Bay’s sixth win in seven games. The Rays (89-56) remained three games behind the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles.
After starter Tyler Glasnow (9-5) exited, Kevin Kelly, Jake Diekman and Pete Fairbanks pitched a hitless inning each. Fairbanks took over the ninth for his 23rd save.
Max Kepler and Royce Lewis homered for the AL Central-leading Twins.
Sonny Gray (7-7) allowed two runs, one earned, and six hits in four innings.
For the Rays, Cuban Yandy Díaz 6-4, two runs scored and one RBI. Cuban-Mexican Randy Arozarena 4-2, one scored. Venezuelan René Pinto 5-0. Mexican Jonathan Aranda 2-0. Dominican José Siri 2-1, one run scored and one RBI.
For the Twins, Puerto Rican Carlos Correa 0-4. Colombian Donovan Solano 3-0,
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