Gray’s Grand Slam Powers Twins Past Rays

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Tristan Gray hit a seventh-inning grand slam to cap a seven-run outburst, powering the Minnesota Twins to a 10-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday afternoon at Target Field.

The Rays built an early 4-0 lead, but the Twins chipped away before breaking the game open in the seventh. Gray’s blast off reliever Yoendrys Gómez, his first homer of the season, drove in five runs total.

Joe Boyle struck out nine over 5 1/3 innings for Tampa Bay, but reliever Kevin Kelly took the loss. Kody Funderburk earned the win for Minnesota. The Twins improved to 3-4, while the Rays fell to 2-5. Attendance was 36,042.