Twins-Tampa Bay Friday game recap
May 27, 2017 at 6:01AM
The righthander held the Twins to two runs on five hits and one walk with 11 strikeouts, his fourth start this month with at least 11.
BY THE NUMBERS
3 Consecutive games with two hits for Kennys Vargas.
103 The exit velocity in miles per hour of Steven Sousa Jr.'s eighth-inning home run.
29 Pitches thrown by Hector Santiago in the fourth inning.
ON DECK
Rays righthander Jake Odorizzi is 0-1 with a 5.28 ERA in three career appearances against the Twins. He threw a career-high 120 pitches in the Rays' 4-2 victory against them June 3 of last season. Lefthander Adalberto Mejia will start for the Twins.
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Robust competition is likely for righthander Roki Sasaki, whose agent suggests a “smaller, midmarket” team might be a good route to take, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are said to be the favorites to land him.
