Arraez was activated before the game after missing 13 games with left knee tendinitis.

In his first two at-bats since Sept. 8, Arraez doubled and scored in the first and added an RBI double in the third as part of three straight two-baggers by Minnesota hitters. It was Arraez’s first career multi-double game.

Marwin Gonzalez doubled in the fourth and scored on a wild pitch by Luis Castillo (4-6) for a 4-2 lead. Castillo allowed four earned runs in four innings.

Arraez had an RBI double in the fifth and an RBI single in the seventh.

Cincinnati scored twice against Michael Pineda in the first inning, including an RBI double by Votto, but the big right-hander, Minnesota’s Game 3 postseason starter, scattered just three more hits and was done after tossing 80 pitches in four innings.

With a light rain falling, pinch-hitter Nick Castellanos hit an RBI single in the seventh to get the Reds to 5-3, but with the bases loaded, Votto struck out and Eugenio Suarez grounded out.

Twins: Two players who left Friday’s game — 3B Josh Donaldson (right calf cramp) and CF Byron Buxton (hit in the helmet by a pitch) — did not play. Donaldson, who missed 30 games this season with a strain of the same calf, feels better and received treatment. Buxton arrived at the ballpark with a few mild concussion symptoms and will be reassessed daily. “I’m hopeful Buck will be ready to go Tuesday,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.