{"id":663353,"date":"2026-04-04T20:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/663353\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:18:23","slug":"preview-how-to-watch-rays-vs-twins-in-american-league-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/663353\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview, How to Watch Rays vs Twins in American League Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">The Tampa Bay Rays will be getting set for the second game of their series against the Minnesota Twins, and the team will be attempting to bounce back from a bad opener.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">Following losing their first two series of the season, the Rays came into Minnesota, hoping to get some kind of momentum going against a Twins team that isn\u2019t very good. However, despite it once again being a close game late, Minnesota was able to take advantage of a bad Tampa Bay bullpen and ultimately blew the game up late.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">Through seven games, the Rays are now 2-5, and even if they win the series against the Twins, it will be a losing road trip for the team. While playing on the road to start the season is never easy, matchups against the St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota should have resulted in better results for Tampa Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">Now, the team will be trying to find some momentum, it has not been an ideal start. With Tampa Bay really in need of a win, here\u2019s how to watch the matchup on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Minnesota TwinsWhen: April 4th, 7:10PM ESTWhere: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota\u00a0Television: MLB.TV, Rays.TV, Twins.TV\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ben brings one home! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WSZCEsFZZO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WSZCEsFZZO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaysBaseball\/status\/2040189572164788676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">As the Rays try to snap their three-game losing streak, they will be sending veteran Steven Matz to the hill. This will be the southpaw\u2019s second start of the season, and the results were mediocre in his debut with the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7d\">Tampa Bay will be hoping for a good start from their veteran, especially considering the woes of the bullpen of late. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/rays\/onsi\/news\/injury-to-key-relief-pitcher-comes-at-bad-time-with-rays-bullpen-struggling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Cleavinger heading to the injured list recently<\/a>, this is a unit that now has multiple key pitchers out, and others who are underperforming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">While there were some defensive issues behind him, Kevin Kelly got absolutely rocked on Friday, allowing six runs, five of which were earned, including a grand slam. While he really struggled, it was encouraging to see a nice outing from Hunter Bigge, who looked good coming up for Cleavinger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">The bullpen is certainly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/rays\/onsi\/news\/struggles-of-key-relief-pitcher-for-rays-is-concerning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">main area of concern for the team<\/a>, and at this stage of the season, starters rarely go deep into games. Despite the injuries, there is still talent in this group, but it has yet to perform up to expectations. Hopefully, things will start to turn around, as the Rays feel like a team that should have a better record than they do right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Rays will be getting set for the second game of their series against the Minnesota&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,822,60,3190,4,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-663353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-twins","11":"tag-minnesotatwins","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-twins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116348289303740997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}