Unbelievable DP retains it tied, then Arozarena walks it off

ST. PETERSBURG — After Isaac Paredes and Taylor Walls turned an incredible double play to maintain the sport tied within the ninth, Randy Arozarena made certain the Rays walked off with a 2-1 win over the Twins on Wednesday evening at Tropicana Field.

After being shut out for eight innings by a whole-staff efficiency from the Rays, the Twins scored off high-leverage reliever Jason Adam and loaded the bases with one out. But Paredes stabbed a tough grounder hit by Ryan Jeffers and made a throw to second base from his knees, then Walls reached to catch it and completely fired the ball to first baseman Luke Raley to finish the inning-ending double play.

That introduced up Arozarena to guide off the ninth in opposition to hard-throwing right-hander Jhoan Duran. Arozarena promptly bashed Duran’s second pitch out to right-center discipline for his twelfth dwelling run of the season and first profession walk-off homer.

The Rays’ forty fifth win of the season improved their dwelling file to 28-6. They are simply the fifth membership within the growth period to win 28 of its first 34 dwelling video games, becoming a member of the 1972 White Sox, ‘79 Expos and ‘98 Yankees (28 wins) and the ‘78 Red Sox (29).