The Twins had fallen behind innings earlier when René Pinto’s home run off starter Joe Ryan broke open a tied game. When you wait for the pitch that you want to hammer, I was waiting for that pitch and that was the result.” “The low pitch is a hot spot for me,” Castro said. Kepler was on base when Castro got ahold of a first-pitch slider that was below the zone and took it out to center field for his seventh home run of the season. In between Edouard Julien’s home run in the third inning and Max Kepler’s single in the seventh, Littell retired 11 straight batters, getting ahead, throwing strikes and working efficiently. Littell, who was a reliever for the Twins from 2018-20, started on Tuesday for the Rays (89-57) and spent most of his night keeping the Twins (76-69) quiet. “We needed someone to do it today and he did it.” “He’s playing the way he’s played all year long and I think he’s even taken it to another level right now, which is pretty sweet to see,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.

Castro’s two-run home run off former Twin Zack Littell was the difference in the Twins’ 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Target Field.

When the Twins broke camp, Willi Castro was the 26th man on the roster, included only because a pair of expected starters, Jorge Polanco and Alex Kirilloff, were beginning the season on the injured list.Ĭastro has spent the entire season becoming increasingly more valuable, and Tuesday provided yet another good example of that.

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