Springs, Rays finally slow Twins hitters in 6-0 勝利，勝つ
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jeffrey Springs threw two-攻撃する，衝突する ball into the sixth inning, Randy Arozarena stole two bases after twice getting 攻撃する，衝突する by pitches and the Tampa Bay Rays （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Minnesota Twins 6-0 Sunday.
Springs (3-2) continued his impressive 移行 to the starting rotation. He struck out five and walked two in 5 1/3 innings against a Twins team that had 得点する／非難する／２０d a 連合させるd 15 runs in winning the first two games of the series.
"Jeffrey Springs 始める，決める the トン, so that was really encouraging," Tampa Bay 経営者／支配人 Kevin Cash said. "Really 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd his entire 団体／死体 of work today to 限界 a very good 罪／違反. Offensively, we did some good things, put some 圧力 on a younger 投手, so encouraged by that."
Arozarena was 攻撃する，衝突する by a pair of pitches twice and visibly upset with Minnesota starter Cole Sands. Arozarena then stole two bases and 追加するd an 打点 二塁打.
Arozarena said the stolen bases were 復讐 for getting 攻撃する，衝突する.
"I think it gave me a little bit of energy," Arozarena said through an interpreter. "When you get 攻撃する，衝突する by a pitch, you lose your at-bat. So, at least I can steal a base and today I was able to steal two bases and still be able to base run 正確に. Even though it 傷つける, you still got to be able to play the game and be part of it and be 積極的な, even though you got 攻撃する，衝突する by a pitch."
Tampa Bay Rays starting 投手 Jeffrey Springs (59) throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Kevin Kiermaier 攻撃する，衝突する a 単独の ホームラン and 地位，任命するd 多重の 攻撃する，衝突するs for the third straight game for Tampa Bay, which 長，率いるs to New York for a 重要な series with the Yankees.
Sands (0-3) struggled again, giving up five runs in 4 2/3 innings. He´s 降伏するd 13 earned runs in 12 1/3 innings in his first three career starts.
"I think I´m taking steps 今後," Sands said. "I´ve just got to do a better 職業 of controlling the running game, and then just the 解放する／自由な passes -- those were the two things, I think, that （機の）カム 支援する to 傷つける me today."
The Twins had opened a six-game homestand by sending the New York Yankees´ Jameson Taillon, Nestor Cortes and Gerrit Cole each to season highs in runs 許すd and then did the same Friday against Rays 権利-hander Drew Rasmussen.
Minnesota followed with five runs in 2 1/3 against Shane Baz, Tampa Bay´s 最高の，を越す pitching prospect, on Saturday in his 2022 debut. The Twins 得点する／非難する／２０d 57 runs in their previous eight games.
"We 直面するd a guy throwing the ball really 井戸／弁護士席," Minnesota 経営者／支配人 Rocco Baldelli said. "But our 罪／違反 has done a good 職業 all week long against some really good 武器, and we 直面するd another one today. We just couldn´t start it up and keep it going."
Springs, making his eighth start this season, kept the Twins off-balance throughout. No 走者 even reached second base, but a walk to Carlos Correa with one out in the sixth ended Springs´ day with a career-high 94 pitches.
"One through nine, they´re good," Springs said. "Just to keep 肉親，親類d of them at bay today, I´m definitely pleased with that."
The left-hander is now 2-2 as a starter this season and has given up eight runs in 39 1/3 innings for a 1.85 ERA. Springs has made 108 救済 外見s in his five-year career.
MAN OF HIS WORD
Tampa Bay outfielder Brett Phillips walked into the Rays clubhouse Sunday clean-shaven. He shaved after getting a 攻撃する，衝突する Saturday to snap a stretch of 31 hitless at-bats.
Phillips told a reporter that he was a "man of my word," and he hasn´t been clean-shaven since August 2019 when he was a minor leaguer with the Kansas City 王室のs.
NEW ARM
退役軍人 reliever Tyler Thornburg threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings in his Minnesota debut after having his 契約 selected on Sunday from ３倍になる-A St. Paul. Thornburg, 33, had pitched in two games for St. Paul after pitching in nine games for the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs earlier this season with a 3.86 ERA.
Chi Chi Gonz?lez was 指定するd for 解放（する） or assignment. He started Saturday´s game and 許すd three runs in four innings.
TRAINER´S ROOM
Rays: SS Wander フランス系カナダ人 (権利 quadriceps 緊張する) will begin agility 演習s on Monday. フランス系カナダ人 has been out since May 30. ... 2B Brandon Lowe (強調する／ストレス reaction in low 支援する) 前進するd to hitting flips from a coach. ... RHP Luis Pati?o (left oblique 緊張する) threw two innings and 29 pitches for Tampa Bay´s team in the Florida コンビナート／複合体 League on Saturday. His rehab assignment will now move to ３倍になる-A Durham.
Twins: Nick Gordon （機の）カム on as a 防御の 交替／補充 in the eighth after leaving Saturday´s game with a hamstring 傷害.
UP NEXT
Rays: The nine-game road trip continues Tuesday with RHP Corey Kluber (3-2. 3.88 ERA) scheduled to pitch against New York. Kluber 許すd one run in six innings against the Yankees on May 28. New York is scheduled to start RHP Gerrit Cole (5-1, 3.63).
Twins: RHP Chris Archer (1-2, 3.65) will start the first of three game s in Seattle on Monday. The 水夫s have RHP Chris Flexen (2-7, 4.35) lined up to start. Archer earned his first Twins 勝利，勝つ in his last start with five innings and one run 許すd against the Yankees.
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Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena steals second base during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Minnesota Twins starting 投手 Cole Sands (77) throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena 得点する／非難する／２０s against Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers (27) during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Tampa Bay Rays' Kevin Kiermaier 攻撃する，衝突するs a 選び出す／独身 during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Minnesota Twins' Byron Buxton follows through on a swing during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, Jun e 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa throws the ball to first baseman Jose Miranda for an out after Tampa Bay Rays' Ji-Man Choi 攻撃する，衝突する a ground ball during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
