From there, the Twins turned it over to Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran, who threw two scoreless innings. Duran pitched over a two-out double in the eighth inning, stranding a pair of runners on base (the other was intentionally walked) and in the ninth, he left a pair of runners in scoring position, a big escape that kept the game tied.

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Harrison Bader hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays