MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run double, Yandy D\u00edaz drove in two runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Aranda\u2019s double highlighted a three-run second inning, and D\u00edaz later added an RBI triple as Tampa Bay rallied behind a strong start by Steven Matz.<\/p>\n
Matz (2-0) allowed one run on two hits over six innings, striking out eight and walking two. Mick Abel (0-2) took the loss after allowing four runs on six hits in four innings for the Twins.<\/p>\n
The Rays broke through in the second inning after Chandler Simpson reached on a throwing error and Ben Williamson walked. D\u00edaz was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in the game\u2019s first run. Aranda followed with a sharp double to right field that scored two more and gave Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Minnesota answered in the bottom half when Brooks Lee lined a two-out RBI single to center that scored Matt Wallner and cut the deficit to 3-1.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay added another run in the third after Cedric Mullins reached on a bunt single, stole second and later scored on a double-play grounder by Williamson to extend the lead to 4-1.<\/p>\n
The Rays stretched the margin in the fifth when Williamson singled home Mullins, and Hunter Feduccia followed with another RBI single to make it 6-1.<\/p>\n
D\u00edaz capped the scoring in the eighth with a triple to center field that drove in Richie Palacios.<\/p>\n
Cole Sulser pitched two scoreless innings, and Mason Englert worked a scoreless ninth as Rays pitchers combined for a three-hitter and 12 strikeouts.<\/p>\n
RHP Nick Martinez (0-0, 3.00 ERA) gets the start for the Rays, while RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (0-1, 3.60 ERA) takes the mound for the Twins in the series finale on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run double, Yandy D\u00edaz drove in two runs and the Tampa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[5,4806,77,7882,307,7533,1251,5158,822,60,3190,4,761,9500,9501,9496,9497,22871,22880,84665,11781,3478,1555,148],"class_list":{"0":"post-664371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-twins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-ben-williamson","10":"tag-cedric-mullins","11":"tag-cole-sulser","12":"tag-jonathan-aranda","13":"tag-mason-englert","14":"tag-matt-wallner","15":"tag-mick-abel","16":"tag-minnesota","17":"tag-minnesota-twins","18":"tag-minnesotatwins","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-nick-martinez","21":"tag-package-100024-ap-online","22":"tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","23":"tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","24":"tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","25":"tag-product-40780-ap-florida-sports-only","26":"tag-product-40793-ap-minnesota-sports-only","27":"tag-rays-twins-score","28":"tag-richie-palacios","29":"tag-simeon-woods-richardson","30":"tag-steven-matz","31":"tag-twins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664371","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=664371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}