Randy Arozarena scored on a throwing error with two outs in the top of the 10th inning Wednesday night as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays rallied for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
Jonny DeLuca hit a grounder to third baseman Royce Lewis, who pulled a throw wide of first base. Carlos Santana’s futile dive couldn’t keep the ball from bouncing into foul ground as Arozarena made it home from second.
Jason Adam (4-1) worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn the win and Phil Maton did the same in the 10th to earn his second save, retiring Carlos Correa on a flyout to left to strand the tying run at second. Jorge Alcala (1-2) was saddled with the loss.
Neither starter was involved in the decision despite logging quality starts. Tampa Bay’s Taj Bradley scattered seven hits and allowed two runs in six innings with two walks and three strikeouts. Minnesota’s Joe Ryan permitted six hits and a run in six innings, walking one and striking out five.
Ryan was in line for the win before the Rays tied the score in the seventh. Yandy Diaz hit an infield single down the third base line that scored pinch runner Jose Caballero, who reached third on his American League-high 23rd steal and an error.
Tampa Bay initiated scoring in the top of the third. Ryan caught too much of the plate with a 2-1 fastball to Isaac Paredes. He lined it inside the left field foul pole for his team-high 11th homer of the year and his first in June.
That lead didn’t last long. Minnesota tied the score in its half of the third. After back-to-back singles by Austin Martin and Willi Castro, Trevor Larnach hit into a double play that scored Martin.
The Twins took their first lead in the fifth in a more conventional fashion. Lewis hit his eighth homer of the year, rifling a 2-2 cutter an estimated 410 feet off the facing of the second deck in left.
–Field Level Media
