Brian Duensing overcame a shaky start to throw a six-hitter and Danny Valencia homered among his three hits and had three RBIs to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-0 on Monday.

Duensing (6-7) struck out seven and walked four for his second career shutout, giving struggling closer Matt Capps the day off.

David Price (8-7) gave up four runs on five hits with six strikeouts in six innings for the Rays.

Michael Cuddyer added a solo homer and Tsuyoshi Nishioka had a
two-run double for the Twins. Capps blew a three-run lead on
Saturday and had to be pulled from the game in the ninth on Sunday.

Casey Kotchman and Sean Rodriguez each had two hits for Tampa.