Rays Sweep Twins Behind Diaz, Aranda

TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Yandy Díaz homered and Jonathan Aranda drove in two runs during a four-run third inning as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Sunday afternoon at George Steinbrenner Field.

The Rays completed a three-game series sweep, winning their fourth straight to improve to 16-11. The Twins dropped their fifth consecutive contest and fell to 12-16.

Jesse Scholtens (2-1) allowed two earned runs over 4⅓ innings for the win. Bryan Baker earned his sixth save with a hitless ninth.

Díaz’s fourth homer of the season followed Aranda’s two-run single after Hunter Feduccia and Chandler Simpson reached on an error and a single, respectively. Brooks Lee hit a two-run homer in the seventh for Minnesota’s only runs.

Simeon Woods Richardson (0-4) took the loss. Attendance was 17,618, and the game lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes.