The Twins and Rays played a hard fought game, punctuated by a series of tappers to the mound resulting in two runs for the Rays in the eighth, and a dramatic Harrison Bader home run to tie it at 4. But Justin Topa couldn't hold the Rays down in the 10th,

Harrison Bader hit two home runs, including the first walk-off blast of his career, in the Twins’ series-opening win against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Harrison Bader hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. Bader, the No. 9 batter, lined the first pitch he saw from Kevin Kelly (0-1) into the first row of left-field seats to complete a three-run Minnesota comeback.