How to Watch Rays vs. Twins: Watch Live MLB Spring Training on Television
The Minnesota Twins, who have lost six straight, will play the Tampa Bay Rays in the Grapefruit League on Saturday at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. The Rays are on a three-game winning streak.
The Minnesota Twins (6-13), who have lost six straight games, will host the Tampa Bay Rays (7-11) on Saturday at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers, Florida. The Rays have assembled their longest winning run in spring training, having won three in a row.
Jake Odorizzi, a right-hander, was invited to spring training by the Rays and signed a minor-league contract on Friday. Following shoulder debridement surgery in the spring, Odorizzi did not pitch for the Texas Rangers in the previous season.
In 127 appearances, all but three of which were starts, Odorizzi recorded a 3.82 ERA and 1.215 WHIP while with the Tampa Bay Rays from 2013 to 2017. In addition, he has played for the Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, and Kansas City Royals.
Tampa Bay defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 on Friday thanks to a six-run seventh inning that was highlighted by a two-run single from Nick Meyer. Naoyuki Uwasawa, a left-hander, threw four scoreless innings and gave up one run, his finest performance of the spring. With an RBI single, Osleivis Basabe scored the first run of the huge inning.
After tying the game in the sixth inning after trailing by five runs, Minnesota lost 8-5 on Friday to the Boston Red Sox, who scored twice in the bottom half of the inning. The huge inning began with home runs from Alex Kiriloff and Christian Vázquez, followed by a two-run single from Michael Helman.
Right-hander Pablo Lopez, who has given up eight runs, seven of which were earned, in nine innings in Florida, will get the ball first for the Twins.
Ryan Pepiot, a right-hander who was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Tyler Glasnow, makes his third springtime appearance. In 4.2 innings, he has allowed six runs to be scored on 11 hits.
