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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Archer had one of those days that have been rare for him this season -- almost everything went his way.Evan Longoria, Bobby Wilson and Logan Forsythe all homered to back Archers six strong innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Saturday night.Archer (6-15) won for the third time in his last 15 starts, giving up one run and three hits and striking out seven to regain the American League lead in strikeouts with 168.I feel lately Ive been pretty efficient, even when Im not getting a lot of strikeouts, Archer said. Tonight, the sixth inning got away from me a little bit but Im not even worried about it. Six was all the team needed tonight. I definitely wanted to go deeper but its not all about me, its about getting a team win.Alex Colome got the final two outs for his 27th save after the Twins rallied for two runs in the ninth. The Rays clinched their first winning homestand of the season, improving to 6-3 with the finale on Sunday.When a reporter suggested it was crazy that it took until August for a winning homestand, manager Kevin Cash said: I can think of better words than crazy. Ill stick with disappointing, but were happy that it finally has come.Obviously to be a winning team youve got to play well at home.Archer snapped a stretch of eight home starts without a win.We all know hes a very talented young man, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. Hes been trying to find ways to win games this year. Tonight it seemed like he had it going. He had his velocity going and took advantage of some of our inexperience to expand (the strike zone). Longoria and Wilson homered off Minnesota starter Jose Berrios (2-2), who gave up four runs and six hits in five innings.Longorias 24th home run gave the Rays a 2-0 lead in the third. Wilson, re-acquired by the Rays off waivers from Texas on Thursday, homered in his second at bat and drove in another run with a single. Forsythe added his 11th home run in the seventh off reliever Trevor May.Brian Dozier drove in the Twins first run with a double in the sixth, extending his career-high hitting streak to 15 games.MILLER MASHINGBrad Miller hasnt let a pending move from shortstop to first base due to the acquisition of Duffy impact his offense. He entered Saturday with five homers in seven games and 15 since June 11. Its taking good swings, not necessarily home-run swings, Miller said. Im just trying to catch the ball out front. Miller is working out at first and is expected to play games there soon.MOVING DAYThe Rays placed OF Desmond Jennings (bruised left knee) on the 15-day disabled day and reinstated OF Mikie Mahtook (fractured left hand) from the DL.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: 3B Trevor Plouffe, on the disabled list with a fractured left rib, homered in the seventh inning for Triple-A Rochester to break up a perfect game Saturday night. The Twins expect to activate Plouffe as early as Monday.Rays: SS Matt Duffy (strained left Achilles tendon) plans to make his Tampa Bay debut Friday night at the New York Yankees. Duffy, acquired from San Francisco on Monday, said running the bases in a rehab game Friday with Class A Charlotte felt almost like nothing happened. ... The Rays placed OF Desmond Jennings (bruised left knee) on the 15-day disabled day and reinstated OF Mikie Mahtook (fractured left hand) from the DL. ... OF Oswaldo Arcia (strained right elbow) and 1B Logan Morrison (strained right forearm) could be ready for minor league games in the next week.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Kyle Gibson (3-6) will pitch the series finale. He is 0-4 with an 8.85 ERA in four starts against the Rays.Rays: RHP Matt Andriese (6-2) expects to be held to a pitch count around 80 in his second start since spending more than a month in the bullpen.Air Force 1 Just Do It . Denis Coderre, the former federal MP who was elected mayor on Nov. 3, has drawn the ire of some Montreal Canadiens. During last nights game he tweeted: "Hello? Can we get a one-way ticket to (minor-league) Hamilton for David Desharnais please. Nike Air Force 1 Pánské Levně . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss. http://www.airforce1levne.com/air-force-1-damske-boty-levna.html . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. Nike Boty Levně . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Nike Air Force Dámské Černé . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts.The San Francisco Giants have signed former first-round draft pick Kyle Drabek to a minor league contract and plan to audition him as a pitcher and an infielder, the team said late Monday night.At our request, Drabek is taking ground balls and giving us a look at him as an infielder [as he was in high school], Giants general manager Bobby Evans said in a text message. But were not ruling out his continuing with us from the mound.Drabek, 28, is the son of 1990 National League Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek. He was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies as the 18th overall pick in the 2006 first-year player draft and received a signing bonus of $1.55 million, but he has failed to live up to expectations in professional ball.In 2009, the Phillies traded Drabek, catcher Travis dAArnaud and outfielder Michael Taylor to the Toronto Blue Jays for pitcher Roy Halladay.ddddddddddddOver parts of seven seasons with the Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks, Drabek has a major league record of 8-15 with a 5.26 ERA.Drabek underwent Tommy John surgery as a minor leaguer with the Phillies in 2007 and had a second elbow reconstruction while pitching for the Blue Jays in 2012.As a senior at The Woodlands High School in Texas, Drabek went 10-0 with a 1.18 ERA as a pitcher and hit .479 with six home runs as a shortstop. In 2007, Baseball America described him as one of the best athletes in the Phillies minor league system. ' ' '