Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 16, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 16428
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 011010000380
Tampa Bay 001000012480
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 5 0 3 1 0 1 1 .339
Luke Hughes 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .176
     Matt Tolbert 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Delmon Young LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .220
Justin Morneau DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .208
Jason Kubel RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .320
Michael Cuddyer 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .204
Danny Valencia 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .229
Steve Holm C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
     Jim Thome PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .194
     Drew Butera C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Alexi Casilla SS 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .179
Totals 34 3 8 2 3 8 12  
Batting
3B - Denard Span (1)
HR - Jason Kubel (1)
TB - Denard Span 5, Delmon Young, Jason Kubel 5, Alexi Casilla 2
RBI - Denard Span (5), Jason Kubel (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (5), Luke Hughes (3), Delmon Young (2), Justin Morneau (8), Danny Valencia (5)
GIDP - Luke Hughes (1)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
SB - Denard Span (1, 2nd off Niemann/Jaso), Delmon Young (1, 2nd off Niemann/Jaso), Jason Kubel (1, 2nd off Niemann/Jaso)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Scott Baker 7.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 4.50
Matt Capps (H 2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.50
Joe Nathan (L 0-1; BS 2) 0.1 1 2 2 2 0 1 8.44
Jose Mijares 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Scott Baker 96-67, Matt Capps 18-11, Joe Nathan 16-6, Jose Mijares 18-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Scott Baker 5-7, Matt Capps 2-0, Joe Nathan 0-1, Jose Mijares 0-0
Batters Faced - Scott Baker 26, Matt Capps 5, Joe Nathan 4, Jose Mijares 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Mijares 2-1
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Sam Fuld LF 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 .341
Johnny Damon DH 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 .218
Matt Joyce RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .293
Felipe Lopez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267
Ben Zobrist 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .184
B.J. Upton CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .245
Casey Kotchman 1B 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .222
John Jaso C 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .179
Reid Brignac SS 3 1 1 0 0 2 4 .219
     Elliot Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267
Totals 33 4 8 4 4 8 19  
Batting
2B - Matt Joyce (5)
HR - Ben Zobrist (2)
TB - Johnny Damon, Matt Joyce 3, Ben Zobrist 4, Casey Kotchman, John Jaso 2, Reid Brignac
RBI - Sam Fuld (5), Johnny Damon (12), Matt Joyce (3), Ben Zobrist (5)
2-Out RBI - Johnny Damon (1), Matt Joyce (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Johnny Damon 2 (6), B.J. Upton (3)
SF - Sam Fuld (1)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - B.J. Upton (2, 2nd off Nathan/Butera)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann 7.0 8 3 3 1 6 1 6.32
Adam Russell 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.59
Juan Cruz (W 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.06
WP - Jeff Niemann
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 108-67, Adam Russell 22-13, Juan Cruz 18-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 5-5, Adam Russell 2-0, Juan Cruz 1-0
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 29, Adam Russell 4, Juan Cruz 4