BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins host the Tampa Bay Rays looking to continue a three-game home winning streak. Minnesota has a 23-17 record in home games and a 42-46 record overall. The Twins have a 31-13 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

After letting a two-run lead get away in the seventh inning, the Rays were walked off in the ninth by the Twins and lost 4-3. Harrison Bader, a former Florida Gator, homered on Kevin Kelly’s first pitch of the ninth. The loss was the Rays’ fourth in their last five games and dropped them to 48-40.

There was no postgame fireworks show scheduled for the Fourth of July at Target Field. It was, after all, a day game under a bright blue sky and puffy clouds. So Harrison Bader provided some