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- Updated: June 5, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Brad Miller hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth, while Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison continued to show off their impressive power, as they both homered twice and had three RBIs each to carry the Rays to a 7-5 win over the Twins in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Target Field.
After a game-tying solo homer from Minnesota’s Eduardo Nunez in the eighth, the Rays loaded the bases against closer Kevin Jepsen in the ninth and scored the go-ahead run on Miller’s sac fly to left. Longoria added an insurance run with a two-out RBI single. It helped Tampa Bay to the series victory, taking three out of four.
It also marked the fourth straight game with a homer for Longoria, who hit a game-tying solo homer in the sixth before connecting on a go-ahead homer in the eighth. He became the first player in Rays history to homer …
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