By KRISTIE ACKERT
TAMPA — Kody Clemens hit his fifth residence run of the season, with father Roger Clemens watching from the stands, and the Minnesota Twins beat Tampa Bay 4-2 Tuesday evening to cease the Rays’ season-high, six-game profitable streak.
A 29-year-old son of the seven-time Cy Younger Award winner, Kody Clemens prolonged his hitting streak to a career-high eight video games when he homered off main off the second towards Taj Bradley (4-4).
Joe Ryan (5-2) gained his fourth straight determination, permitting one run and 5 hits in six innings. Jhoan Duran labored round a stroll within the ninth for his ninth save in 10 possibilities, throwing six of 21 pitches 100 mph or larger.
Carlos Correa had three hits for the Twins, who went forward on Brooks Lee’s first-inning sacrifice fly. Lee hit right into a run-scoring forceout within the sixth and Kameron Misner had a run-scoring groundout within the seventh.
Bradley (4-4) allowed three runs — two earned — and 5 hits in seven innings, matching his season excessive.
A crowd of 10,046 was the Rays’ thirty third sellout in 36 video games at Steinbrenner Area, the Rays’ non permanent residence this season. Tampa Bay, which dropped again to .500 at 27-27, is 17-19 at residence going into Wednesday’s finale of a nine-game homestand.
Key Second
Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe fielded Lee’s sixth-inning chopper with runners on first and second and sailed his throw to second over leaping shortstop Jose Caballero for an error that allowed Ryan Jeffers to attain.
Key Stat
Ryan’s stroll to Misner within the second inning was his tenth in 11 begins the 12 months. Twins pitchers have walked the fewest batters within the main leagues this season.
Up Subsequent
Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (3–4, 2.60 ERA) begins Wednesday towards Twins RHP Pablo López (4–2, 2.31 ERA), who has held opponents to 2 earned runs or fewer in eight of 9 begins this season.
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