Rays 2, Twins 4: Hello .500, my old friend

The Tampa Bay Rays and Minnesota Twins faced off on Tuesday night in game two of this three game set and played a close, entertaining game. The Twins eventually emerged with the win behind a strong Joe Ryan start and some timely hitting.

The Rays got a strong start from Taj Bradley and had their chances in this one, but fell just short, unable to deliver hits with RISP early in the game. The Twins won by a score of 4-2 and improved their record to 30-24, while the loss dropped the Rays back to the .500 mark at 27-27.

First inning scoring has plagued Bradley all year and again he surrendered an early lead to the Twins in the top of the first. Larnach doubled to lead off the game and later…