Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 9,
Tampa Bay 7
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 24, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 13177
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 13177
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .224 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .264 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .309 |
| Chris Colabello | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .325 |
| Chris Herrmann | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| Josmil Pinto | DH | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .222 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .310 |
| Sam Fuld | LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .182 |
| Pedro Florimon | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .125 |
| Totals | 39 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Trevor Plouffe (9), Sam Fuld 2 (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Aaron Hicks (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier, Joe Mauer 2, Trevor Plouffe 3, Kurt Suzuki 3, Sam Fuld 5, Aaron Hicks 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Trevor Plouffe (14), Kurt Suzuki 3 (17), Sam Fuld 2 (7), Aaron Hicks 3 (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Kurt Suzuki 3 (9), Sam Fuld (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chris Colabello 2 (5), Kurt Suzuki (9), Aaron Hicks (7), Pedro Florimon 3 (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 13 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Brian Dozier (6, 2nd off Oviedo/Molina) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kurt Suzuki (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ricky Nolasco (W 2-2) | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.67 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Michael Tonkin (H 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Jared Burton (H 3) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10.12 |
| Glen Perkins (SV 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ricky Nolasco 96-58, Caleb Thielbar 9-6, Michael Tonkin 5-3, Jared Burton 26-14, Glen Perkins 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ricky Nolasco 8-5, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Michael Tonkin 0-0, Jared Burton 0-0, Glen Perkins 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ricky Nolasco 27, Caleb Thielbar 3, Michael Tonkin 1, Jared Burton 7, Glen Perkins 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 2-2, Michael Tonkin 1-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .310 |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .284 |
| Matt Joyce | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 |
| Sean Rodriguez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .185 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .310 |
| James Loney | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .301 |
| Wil Myers | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 |
| David DeJesus | DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .176 |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Jose Molina | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 |
| Logan Forsythe | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Joyce (7), Evan Longoria (5), James Loney (8) | |||||||||
| HR - David DeJesus (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Zobrist 3, Matt Joyce 3, Evan Longoria 2, James Loney 3, Wil Myers, David DeJesus 4, Yunel Escobar, Jose Molina, Logan Forsythe | |||||||||
| RBI - Desmond Jennings (6), Matt Joyce (13), James Loney 2 (14), David DeJesus 2 (5), Logan Forsythe (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Logan Forsythe (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (10), Desmond Jennings 2 (9), James Loney (8) | |||||||||
| SF - Desmond Jennings (1), Matt Joyce (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Desmond Jennings (2), David DeJesus (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Matt Joyce (1, 2nd off Nolasco/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Erik Bedard (L 0-1) | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7.45 |
| Heath Bell | 1.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.25 |
| Juan Oviedo | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Josh Lueke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 |
| Jake McGee | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 |
| HBP - Josmil Pinto (by Bell), Kurt Suzuki (by Lueke) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Erik Bedard 90-55, Heath Bell 44-27, Juan Oviedo 30-13, Josh Lueke 21-12, Jake McGee 21-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Erik Bedard 5-3, Heath Bell 5-0, Juan Oviedo 1-1, Josh Lueke 2-0, Jake McGee 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Erik Bedard 22, Heath Bell 11, Juan Oviedo 7, Josh Lueke 5, Jake McGee 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Oviedo 1-0 | ||||||||