Willi Castro hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2. Edouard Julien also homered for the Twins.
Louie Varland pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, followed by a shutout inning from Caleb Thielbar before Jhoan Duran had a 1-2-3 ninth for his 26th save in 31 chances.
Littell, a full-time starter since July 30, allowed three earned runs and five hits over seven innings. He allowed one earned run in eight innings last Thursday against Seattle.Pinto’s fifth-inning home run to the seats in left gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead. Joe Ryan, who shook off a bouncing comebacker off his pitching hand in the second inning, allowed two earned runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings, the second time in four starts since returning from a groin strain he did not make it out of the fifth inning.
Ryan walked Yandy Díaz to start the game but retired nine straight Tampa Bay hitters before Brandon Lowe doubled to start the fourth. He scored two batters later when a liner from Lowe went off the glove of Correa.Tampa Bay OF/1B Luke Raley struck out twice and has at least one strikeout in 19 straight games, the longest active streak in the majors. Tampa Bay struck out 11 times.Rays: Tampa Bay 1B Yandy Díaz left in the fifth inning with a testicular contusion from an at-bat foul ball.
Twins: Placed on the bereavement list Sunday, IF Jorge Polanco is expected back Wednesday. … RHP Brock Stewart, out since June 26 with right elbow soreness, felt good after throwing 25 pitches of live batting practice and is expected to begin a Triple-A rehab assignment Friday.Tampa Bay RHP Taj Bradley is scheduled to face Minnesota LHP Dallas Keuchel in Wednesday afternoon’s series finale.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.
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