Overview
- Bader opened the scoring with a second-deck blast in the fifth inning to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead.
- Tampa Bay scored three runs off Chris Paddack in the sixth and seventh innings to seize a 3-1 advantage.
- The Twins tied the game in the seventh on a two-out RBI double by Byron Buxton and back-to-back hit batsmen from Edwin Uceta.
- Bader’s ninth-inning shot came on the first pitch from Kevin Kelly, marking his third career walk-off homer.
- Minnesota begins a nine-game homestand at Target Field that runs through the July 15 All-Star Game in Atlanta.