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Minnesota Twins 2 Tampa Bay Rays 6
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Twins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 0
Rays 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 - 6 7 0
Caminero and Aranda each homer twice as the Rays beat the Twins 6-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda each hit two home runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Friday night to take the first game of the series.
Caminero hit his seventh of the year, a solo shot to center field in the second inning. He added a two-run homer in the seventh to make it 6-1.
Aranda's home runs came in the fourth and sixth innings. Chandler Simpson and Nick Fortes both scored runs.
Brooks Lee hit a home run for the Twins in the fifth.
Drew Rasmussen (2-0) threw 98 pitches and allowed one earned run over five innings. He finished with six strikeouts and a walk. Reliever Trevor Martin gave up a home run to Royce Lewis in the ninth, then hits to the next two batters before being pulled for Bryan Baker . Baker got the final three outs for his fifth save.
Twins starting pitcher Taj Bradley (3-1) took the mound in his first start against his former team. The Rays traded Bradley at the deadline last season. He pitched 6 1/3 innings and allowed six earned runs with seven hits, three walks and three strikeouts. Coming into the game, he had not given up a home run all season.
The Rays and Twins resume their three-game series Saturday. Shane McClanahan (1-2, 5.00 ERA) will take the mound for Tampa Bay, opposite Bailey Ober (2-0, 4.15) for Minnesota.
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