Friday's Twins-Rays recap
September 4, 2021 at 2:34AM
IMPACT PLAYER
Michael Wacha, Tampa Bay
Rays' starter allowed two runs in six innings, his first win since July 7 against Cleveland. That's eight starts between victories.
BY THE NUMBERS
15 Consecutive batters retired by Twins starter Randy Dobnak after Rays led 5-1 in the third inning. He's 1-7 this season.
32-13 Rays' record since the All-Star break, including 14-3 in their last 17.
25 Twins second baseman Jorge Polanco's homers this season after a two-out, first-inning one. The 25 are second-most by a switch hitter in a single Twins season, trailing only Chili Davis' 29 in 1991.
UP NEXT
Twins left-hander Andrew Albers goes against Tampa Bay's Chris Archer in a 3:05 p.m. Central game on FS1 and BSN.
Jerry Zgoda
about the writer
The Twins executive was on hand with Cleveland when Mark Shapiro did the double, and Shapiro noticed then his ability to “connect across every role in the organization.”
