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At snowy Target Field, Ben Zo-brist tripled and drove in three runs Wednesday night as the

Tampa Bay Rays pounded Francisco Liriano in an 8-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees during the game and flurries turned the ballpark into a late-April snow globe. But the cold weather didn’t bother the boys from the Sunshine State, who won for the 11th time in 14 games to jump over .500 for the first time this season.

Not even Santa Claus and a Christ-mas jingle could get them going on this night. A fan dressed as jolly old St. Nick danced in the stands as “Jingle Bell Rock” played before the sixth inning, trying to make the best of a tough night for Liriano and the home team.

Liriano (1-4) was chased in the

fourth inning, allowing seven runs on six hits with four walks. His ERA swelled to 9.13, a far cry from the impressive comeback season he had last year.

Wade Davis (3-2) allowed two runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings for the Rays (12-11).

Luke Hughes had three hits for the Twins, whose pitchers walked nine hitters.

Twins defenders were left out to shiver for 17 minutes in the first inning while the Rays pounced on Liriano. Johnny Damon had an RBI single, Zobrist had a two-run triple and Sean Rodriguez followed with a single to get the home crowd boo-ing their struggling left-hander, who needed 40 pitches to get through the inning.

Liriano gave up a leadoff single

WAMPUSHe survived Charley by lashing himself to a dock

He would have turned 100 this week (maybe)

He disappeared without a trace

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