Twins, D. Santana rally, pile on vs. Rays
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Danny Santana continued his strong spring with a triple to spark a three-run rally in the fifth and Minor Leaguer Niko Goodrum hit a three-run homer to help the Twins to a 9-4 win over the Rays on Monday at Hammond Stadium.Rays right-hander Jose De Leon,
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Danny Santana continued his strong spring with a triple to spark a three-run rally in the fifth and Minor Leaguer Niko Goodrum hit a three-run homer to help the Twins to a 9-4 win over the Rays on Monday at Hammond Stadium.
Rays right-hander
De Leon was hurt by the three-run homer from Goodrum. But De Leon got a boost from
"I'm happy because I felt better than my previous starts," De Leon said. "Still working on the command, but I think it's a step forward today. Just have to keep working on it and it will be good."
Twins right-hander
• Haley happy to accept any role with Twins
"It was a good experience," Haley said. "I just wanted to go out there and get a good feel for everything. I thought I threw a lot of pitches well, but didn't have the best of luck on a couple of them."
The Rays took an early lead in the first on a sacrifice fly from
Tampa Bay took the lead again in the fifth on an RBI ground-rule double from Steven Souza Jr. But Minnesota came back with three runs, keyed by a leadoff triple from Santana, an RBI double from Benji Gonzalez and a sacrifice fly from
Ben Paulsen added a two-run single in the eighth off right-hander
Rays Up Next: The Rays will split up on Tuesday to play the Yankees and Orioles. They'll host the Yankees at Charlotte Sports Park in a 1:05 p.m. ET contest that will air on a free, exclusive audio webcast on raysbaseball.com. Jake Odorizzi will start for Tampa Bay opposite New York's
Twins Up Next: The Twins have an off-day on Tuesday, but right-hander
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