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MLB: Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 11 (UPI) -- Matt Moore picked up his 13th win and Luke Scott and Evan Longoria hit back-to-back home runs Thursday in the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Moore (13-3), who struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings, kept the Twins hitless through 5 2/3 innings before Brian Dozeri doubled and scored on Jamey Carroll's single. No pitcher in the majors has more than 13 wins so far this season.

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The home runs by Scott and Longoria came off Minnesota starter Mike Pelfrey (4-7) in the sixth inning and put the Rays ahead 3-1. Tampa Bay added another run in the seventh.

Minnesota, however, strung together a two-walk, two-single rally that ended with Joe Mauer's two-run base hit, pulling the Twins within 4-3.

Joel Peralta was brought in at that point and got the final out of the eighth and Jake McGee pitched a 1-2-3 ninth -- striking out the last two Minnesota batters -- for his first major league save. The Tampa Bay pitchers only allowed four hits between them. Moore allowed three hits.

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Consecutive singles by Sean Rodriguez, Matt Joyce and Wil Myers in the third inning gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead.

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