Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 5,
Tampa Bay 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, July 12, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Quinn Wolcott, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Ryan Additon
Attendance: 25281
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Quinn Wolcott, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Ryan Additon
Attendance: 25281
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 |
| Daniel Robertson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .260 |
| Jake Bauers | LF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .295 |
| Ji-Man Choi | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .250 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .253 |
| Joey Wendle | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Matt Duffy | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .309 |
| Mallex Smith | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jake Bauers (11), Wilson Ramos (12), Adeiny Hechavarria (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Jake Bauers 4, Wilson Ramos 3, C.J. Cron, Adeiny Hechavarria 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Kevin Kiermaier (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ji-Man Choi 2 (3), C.J. Cron (28), Joey Wendle (36), Matt Duffy 2 (34) | |||||||||
| SF - Kevin Kiermaier (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Daniel Robertson (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Blake Snell (L 12-5) | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.27 |
| Chih-Wei Hu | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.87 |
| WP - Blake Snell 2 | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Blake Snell 75-43, Chih-Wei Hu 61-43 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Blake Snell 4-1, Chih-Wei Hu 4-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Blake Snell 16, Chih-Wei Hu 18 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Robbie Grossman | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 |
| Willians Astudillo | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 |
| Max Kepler | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .228 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .163 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Robbie Grossman (12), Jorge Polanco (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Eddie Rosario (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Joe Mauer, Eddie Rosario 5, Brian Dozier, Robbie Grossman 2, Jorge Polanco 2, Ehire Adrianza | |||||||||
| RBI - Eddie Rosario 2 (56), Robbie Grossman (27), Jorge Polanco (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Willians Astudillo 2 (6), Max Kepler (24) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Bobby Wilson (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jorge Polanco (2, 3rd off Snell/Ramos) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson (W 4-6) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.42 |
| Ryan Pressly | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.77 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 21) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| WP - Kyle Gibson | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 113-72, Ryan Pressly 16-9, Fernando Rodney 7-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 4-3, Ryan Pressly 0-0, Fernando Rodney 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 29, Ryan Pressly 4, Fernando Rodney 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Fernando Rodney 3-0 | ||||||||