MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brian Dozier homered, Eduardo Escobar had four hits and the Minnesota Twins took advantage of a rare Tampa Bay error to beat the Rays 6-4 on Saturday.
After Tim Beckham hit a two-run homer to tie it at 3 in the top of the seventh, Torii Hunter singled and Joe Mauer walked with one out in Minnesota's half of the inning.
Trevor Plouffe tapped a bouncer back to reliever Kevin Jepsen (1-3), whose wide throw to second pulled Beckham off the base.
Kurt Suzuki followed with a sacrifice fly to give Minnesota the lead. Escobar added an RBI single, which right fielder Steven Souza Jr. misplayed for another error.
 
Twins take advantage of rare Rays' error for 6-4 win
 
Entering Saturday, Tampa Bay was tied for the fewest errors in baseball with 13.
Dozier added his sixth home run in the eighth.
Brian Duensing (1-0) threw just one pitch for the win. He took over for starter Trevor May and got Kevin Kiermaier to ground out to end the seventh, leaving the game 3-all
Glen Perkins earned his 13th straight save to start the season despite giving up a home run to Logan Forsythe in the ninth.
May pitched a career-long 6 2-3 innings. He gave up three runs on seven hits and no walks.
 

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