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- Updated: June 4, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison homered, while Brad Miller connected on a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning to lift the Rays to a 4-2 win over the Twins on Friday night at Target Field.
“These guys have been grinding through it,” said Rays manager Kevin Cash, whose team snapped a five-game losing streak. “We’ve had some ugly losses. We’ve had some losses where we’ve been really close. Some really frustrating losses. We’ve lost every type of way over the last couple of nights. … It’s good to get away with a W.”
Miller’s game-winning RBI single came with two outs in the eighth inning against right-hander Ricky Nolasco. The run was unearned, however, as it was keyed by an error by rookie right fielder Max Kepler, who bobbled a single from Hank Conger to allow Taylor Motter to reach third. Motter scored on Miller’s hard-hit single to right. Nolasco was otherwise solid, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits with seven strikeouts, but was saddled with the hard-luck loss.
“It was a good outing for sure,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “He got real deep into the game. When he gets on a roll, he can get some quick outs. Outside of the home run to Longoria in the first inning, he made a lot of quality pitches throughout the night. I thought it was his game against Miller there. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t.”
Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi threw a career-high 120 pitches, surrendering two runs on five hits over six innings. Both runs came in the third, as Byron Buxton sparked a rally with a leadoff triple, scoring on an RBI groundout from Brian Dozier. Trevor Plouffe brought home the second run with a two-out RBI single.
The Twins loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth against Rays closer Alex Colome, but Colome got out of the jam by striking out Kepler on three pitches. Colome, who hadn’t pitched since Saturday, picked up his second six-out save of the year. Colome got an insurance run on Morrison’s solo shot in the ninth off Brandon Kintzler.
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