Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3
When: 6:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 10042
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .320
Michael Cuddyer 2B-RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .220
Justin Morneau 1B 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .239
Jim Thome DH 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .222
Delmon Young LF 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .205
Jason Kubel RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .318
     Matt Tolbert SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .364
Danny Valencia 3B 4 0 3 1 1 1 1 .238
Drew Butera C 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .154
Alexi Casilla SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125
     Luke Hughes PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Totals 41 3 12 3 2 6 16  
Batting
2B - Denard Span (2), Michael Cuddyer (1), Justin Morneau (5), Jason Kubel (4)
TB - Denard Span 2, Michael Cuddyer 2, Justin Morneau 3, Jim Thome 2, Jason Kubel 2, Matt Tolbert, Danny Valencia 3, Drew Butera
RBI - Delmon Young (6), Danny Valencia (4), Drew Butera (1)
2-Out RBI - Danny Valencia (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span 2 (3), Michael Cuddyer (5), Justin Morneau (7), Drew Butera 2 (4), Luke Hughes (2)
SF - Delmon Young (1)
Team LOB - 11
Baserunning
PO - Alexi Casilla (1st by Shields)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Carl Pavano 8.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 3.60
Joe Nathan (BS 1) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 5.40
Matt Capps (L 1-1; BS 1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 3.86
Pitches-Strikes - Carl Pavano 104-65, Joe Nathan 29-17, Matt Capps 6-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carl Pavano 7-3, Joe Nathan 1-2, Matt Capps 0-1
Batters Faced - Carl Pavano 29, Joe Nathan 6, Matt Capps 3
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Sam Fuld LF 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .324
Johnny Damon DH 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 .217
B.J. Upton CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .262
Felipe Lopez 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .273
Ben Zobrist 2B 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .178
Matt Joyce RF 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 .212
Dan Johnson 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .136
John Jaso C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125
Reid Brignac SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192
Totals 35 4 8 4 3 7 8  
Batting
2B - Felipe Lopez (2), Matt Joyce (3)
HR - Johnny Damon (3)
TB - Sam Fuld 2, Johnny Damon 4, Felipe Lopez 2, Matt Joyce 4, Dan Johnson
RBI - Johnny Damon 2 (9), Matt Joyce 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B.J. Upton (2), John Jaso 2 (4)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Sam Fuld (7, 2nd off Pavano/Butera)
PO - Matt Joyce (2nd by Pavano)
Fielding
E - Reid Brignac (2)
PB - John Jaso (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
James Shields 7.0 9 2 2 2 4 0 3.98
Jake McGee 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00
Juan Cruz 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.23
Cesar Ramos 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
Kyle Farnsworth (W 1-0) 0.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.80
WP - James Shields
IBB - Danny Valencia (by Shields)
Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 116-72, Jake McGee 17-12, Juan Cruz 9-7, Cesar Ramos 16-11, Kyle Farnsworth 12-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 9-5, Jake McGee 1-0, Juan Cruz 1-0, Cesar Ramos 2-1, Kyle Farnsworth 2-0
Batters Faced - James Shields 32, Jake McGee 2, Juan Cruz 2, Cesar Ramos 4, Kyle Farnsworth 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Cruz 1-0