minor league season and was home in Venezuela spending time with his son and focusing on the offseason when he got a surprise phone call to return and play with the Detroit Tigers.Castro’s first career hit started an eighth-inning rally that led the Tigers to a 4-2 victory over Minnesota on Tuesday in a game in which Joe Mauer set the Twins‘ record for reaching base.“I was relaxing with my son http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey ,” Castro said. “I was taking time with him because of eight months here. I was eating with him when I received the call to the major leagues.”Mauer singled in the first inning, reaching base for the 3,073 time in his career and surpassing Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew. Mauer stood at first base and waved his hat to the home crowd after the feat was acknowledged on the Target Field video board.“You mention Harmon and you mention Kirby (Puckett) and mention Tony (Oliva) and some of the other greats, to be up there with them is very special and humbling,” Mauer said. “It kind of really didn’t hit me until the second half. It was a nice moment.”Detroit selected Castro’s contract from Triple-A Toledo last week and made the call to Venezuela for him to return and play the final week of the season. He made his first career start in his second game, and singled to start a four-run rally in the eighth inning for the Tigers.Castro stole second base and scored on Nicholas Castellanos‘ RBI single. Niko Goodrum added an RBI single and James McCann capped the inning with a two-run double.“We saw him in spring training, he can pick it,” Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire said. “We needed an infielder desperately. Well, if we’re going to make him go through all that, he’s going to play. He’s going to get a chance to play and then, lucky for us, he got his first major league hit.”Victor Alcantara (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless inning in relief of starter Spencer Turnbull Gregor Blanco Jersey , who allowed one run in six innings in his second major league start. Shane Greene earned his 32nd save.Twins reliever Trevor Hildenberger (4-6) surrendered four runs and retired one batter while giving up three hits and a walk.Mauer finished with two hits, a walk and two runs scored. Mauer could be playing his final homestand after 15 seasons with Minnesota. He is a free agent after the season and has said he’ll decide after the season whether to retire.“They grabbed the base and the ball,” Mauer said of setting the record. “I was telling (senior director of communications Dustin Morse) that I’ll have the team keep the base and I’ll take the ball. It’s kind of fun to get some of these mementos from these days.”POTENT PRIMARYKohl Stewart pitched six scoreless innings as the Twins’ “primary” pitcher. He gave up two hits and struck out five batters after Gabriel Moya started and pitched one inning. Minnesota is 3-4 in games in which it’s used an opener.Stewart has thrown 12 straight scoreless innings and has allowed just three runs in 20 1/3 innings in four games as one of the team’s primary pitchers.“You’re trying to get these guys out on positive notes, and he did really well,” manager Paul Molitor said. “He’s done a nice job of adapting to the primary role of coming in, and the last few outings have been really good.”TRAINER’S ROOMTigers: CF JaCoby Jones was back in the lineup after missing Sunday’s game with a shoulder injury.Twins: Molitor reiterated that OF Eddie Rosario’s season is done because of a right quadriceps injury. … Molitor is hopeful Miguel Sano, who has played just one game since Sept. 4 because of a bruised leg, can still return this season. … C Mitch Garver has cleared concussion tests. Garver has been out since Sept. 12. … RHP Aaron Slegers was activated off the disabled list after recovering from right shoulder inflammation.UP NEXTRight-hander Jake Odorizzi (7-10, 4.35 ERA) will make his 30th start of the season for Minnesota on Wednesday. Detroit will counter with left-hander Matt Boyd (9-12, 4.16), who is making his 31st start of the year in the middle of the three-game series. Odorizzi is coming off back-to-back quality starts for the first time this season after beating the Tigers on Sept. 18. He allowed two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Boyd had his shortest outing of the year in his last start, giving up five runs — two earned — in 1 1/3 innings against Kansas City. He’s 1-2 with a 3.80 ERA against the Twins this season. The Marlins took a 4-1 lead after two innings and held that very same lead heading to the bottom of the ninth.The Rays cut the deficit to 4-2 http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , but were down to their final out.With the bases loaded, Daniel Robertson pinch-hit for Adam Moore and connected on a grand slam, ruining the day for Marlins (+151 and +1.5) and under (8) bettors.It was looking like a relatively uneventful game in Tampa, where less than 12,000 brave souls went to the Trop to watch the mediocre Rays host Derek Jeter’s terrible — but still better than the Mets — Marlins squad.Legal Sports Betting in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago? Outlook for 25 Biggest U.S. CitiesRead nowThe second inning was a spicy one, as the Marlins hopped on the board with four runs and the Rays countered with one of their own. The fans were certainly getting their money’s worth at this point, though it doesn’t exactly take much to get $3 worth of fun.After that, nothing happened for hours and hours. Surely the only people who stuck it out were either absolutely loaded or parents of children who would throw a fit if they left before the game ended. Little did they know that they were about to witness an ending of epic proportions.>> Download The Action Network App to get real-time odds, track your bets and follow all of our experts’ picks.The score remained 4-1 as the Rays came up to bat in the bottom of the ninth. Three straight hits made the score 4-2, but Marlins closer Kyle Barraclough wasn’t going to lose it that easily. He would lose it Duane Kuiper Jersey , yes, but it would take a bit more effort.Bear Claw struck out Carlos Gomez and got another out on a fielder’s choice that put runners at the corners with two down. However, he then walked rookie Willy Adames to load the bases. Thirty-four-year-old journeyman catcher Adam Moore and his .540 career OPS were due up, but the Rays wisely decided to pinch-hit for him with Daniel Robertson. You know, because Moore sucks.Good choice.Robertson’s grand slam swung the outcomes of the moneyline (obviously), total and even the spread, all on one swing of the bat. All three helped public bettors, too.68% of bets were on the Rays -16870% of bets were on the Over 874% of bets were on the Rays -1.5 (+125)The moral of the story: Next time you’re in the Tampa Bay area and deciding on whether to buy a couple McChickens or go to a Rays game, think it over long and good.