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Díaz, Rays tie team characterize with 6 HRs, romp previous Twins 11-4

Yandy Díaz hit indubitably one of Tampa Bay’s franchise characterize-tying six homers and drove in four runs, Scurry Franco prolonged his on-low stoop to 34 games and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4 on Saturday.

Díaz had an RBI single in the foremost inning and a three-speed homer off Andrew Albers all over a five-speed 2d as the Rays went up 7-0.

“It turned into fabulous to stare,” winning pitcher Chris Archer mentioned. “A quantity of instances you hear the asserting, ‘hitting is contagious.’ It turned into contagious tonight.”

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Franco broke a tie with Corridor of Famers Mel Ott and Arky Vaughan for the third-longest stoop by a participant under 21 on his first-inning RBI single.

The 20-one year-broken-down Franco played after clearing MLB concussion protocols. He left Thursday’s game in opposition to Boston with a headache and sat out Friday evening’s game with the Twins.

“He appeared staunch to me,” Tampa Bay supervisor Kevin Money mentioned. “Play at excessive vitality, making nice performs and neutral correct barrelling baseballs all over the realm.”

Jordan Luplow, Manuel Margot, Randy Arozarena, Nelson Cruz and Brandon Lowe also homered for Rays, who increased their division lead over the Recent York Yankees to 7 ½ games.

Archer (1-1) allowed four runs and four hits over five innings in his third initiate up after missing four months with forearm tightness. It turned into his first secure since June 6, 2019, with Pittsburgh.

Dietrich Enns went the preferrred three innings to get his first occupation place. He’s the 13th Tampa Bay reliever with a place this one year, which broke the foremost league characterize of 12 whine by the 2020 Rays and 1973 Texas Rangers.

“That is ravishing particular,” Money mentioned.

Minnesota acquired homers from Miguel Sanó and Jorge Polanco, who came inside of a triple of hitting for the cycle.

Albers (1-1) allowed 9 runs and 10 hits, alongside side four homers, over three innings in his 2d initiate up since Sept. 30, 2017.

Sanó left in the fifth with a bruised left shoulder, one inning after colliding alongside the foremost-low line with Tampa Bay’s Mike Zunino, who had popped up.

Minnesota supervisor Rocco Baldelli mentioned Sanó is moderately of sore and can merely obtain his website evaluated Sunday.

Polanco has 26 homers and is three remote from tying the Twins single-season complete for a swap-hitter whine by Chili Davis in 1991.

Arozarena singled with two outs in the 2d, went to third on Franco’s double and scored when Albers turned into known as for a draw back.

After a prolonged discussion between Baldelli and the umpiring crew, Cruz turned into intentionally walked after Albers threw a pitch that landed in front of the plate. Díaz and Luplow followed with consecutive homers.

The umpires on occasion called a draw back on Albers in the foremost with Arozarena on third but after a discussion decided no infraction occurred. Franco then acquired his speed-scoring hit.

“There turned into reasonably of bit of bewilderment there,” Albers mentioned. “I form not throw from the windup. So the foremost time it turned into, they mentioned that I didn’t stay, which turned into potentially correct. After I am coming whine, I form not consistently stay with a man on third low. So they asked me to advise whether or not I turned into from the stretch or from the windup and I mentioned I turned into from the windup because I thought that turned into what they supposed.”

“The 2d time thru I acquired known as for a draw back because I did stay and there turned into neutral correct miscommunication and some confusion on my phase,” Albers added. “I didn’t realize that I wasn’t allowed to stay. A little bit frustrating that methodology. Obviously that’s not what clear the game. I had to greater than what I turned into consistently.”

The Rays homered twice in the 2d, third and fourth innings. Cruz hit his 444th occupation homer, and first since Aug. 17, in the fourth off Ian Gibaut.

Arozarena, who came inside of a double of hitting for the cycle, turned into OK after getting hit on the side of the helmet by Gibaut’s 84 mph changeup in the fifth.

PREGAME SPLASH

Olympic swimmer Bobby Finke, who obtained the 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle races at this one year’s Tokyo games, threw a ceremonial first pitch.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: Baldelli mentioned C Mitch Garver (abet) is working his methodology thru some things and can merely not come off the IL in the next few days. … OF Trevor Larnach (bruised left hand) turned into build on the IL by Triple-A St. Paul.

Rays: OF Brett Phillips (ankle) and 1B Ji-Man Choi (hamstring) played with the rookie-level FCL Rays.

UP NEXT

Twins RHP Griffin Jax (3-3) and Tampa Bay RHP Luis Patiño (4-3) are Sunday’s starters.

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