Today’s game marks the middle point of this 9 game road trip. Yesterday’s game ended in heartbreaking fashion; with Carlos Santa hitting a walk-off single to right center. Today, Taj Bradley will face Joe Ryan for the second game in Minneapolis. Both of today’s starting pitchers were drafted within a couple of hours; they were both drafted by the same team (Tampa Bay Rays) in the same year (2018). The Rays will try to bounce back and finally put together a strong defensive and offensive showing.
The game started with Yandy Diaz extending his hitting streak to 12 with an infield single, then Paredes hit a bloop single to left field.