Minnesota Twins defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 8-6

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - This popup took a bad hop.

Jason Kubel's two-out pop clanked off a catwalk high above Tropicana Field and fell behind the pitcher's mound for a go-ahead single in the ninth inning, a true dome run that sent the Minnesota Twins past the Tampa Bay Rays 8-6 Thursday.

"I'll take it," Kubel said. "Get a run in, that's all that matters. Anyway it works. I'm happy with that."

After the Rays scored six times in the eighth, capped by pinch-hitter Jas...

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