Longo, LoMo cap huge series with 2 HRs each

MINNEAPOLIS — Longo and LoMo aren’t Mantle and Maris, nor are they Mays and McCovey, but for a fleeting moment in time on Sunday afternoon, the pair proved to be just as feared while dominating Twins pitching at Target Field.

“It is a little rare [to have two guys as hot as Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison], but we’ll gladly welcome it, because they’re carrying a big load for us,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Whether there’s guys on base or not, it seems like they’re coming through.”

Batting in the Nos. 3 and 4 spots, respectively, Longoria and Morrison each homered twice to account for all of the Rays’ runs leading up to the ninth inning. Longora added an exclamation point with an RBI single in the ninth to give the Rays a two-run cushion heading into the bottom half of the inning.

Once the dust cleared, the Rays had a 7-5 win and they could swell their chests, having taken three out of four from the Twins over the weekend.

“Look, Evan Longoria has been a part of every great thing the Rays have every accomplished in their history — I think Longo’s been right in the thick of all of it,” Cash said. “For a team that probably was in need of a player like that the last 10 days or two weeks, he has been just unbelievable how he’s carried the load.”

Morrison homered to right in his first at-bat, giving him a home run in three consecutive games for the second time in his career. He celebrated in his next at-bat by going deep to left field …

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