Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Minnesota 4,
Tampa Bay 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, March 2, 2023
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brennan Miller, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 2531
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brennan Miller, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 2531
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Edouard Julien | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 |
| Chance Sisco | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Jose Miranda | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Chris Williams | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Wallner | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 |
| Andrew Bechtold | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Willi Castro | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .222 |
| Jose Salas | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Tony Wolters | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Noah Miller | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Brooks Lee | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Kala'i Rosario | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Mark Contreras | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| DaShawn Keirsey | CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Aaron Sabato | 1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Ryan LaMarre | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Will Holland | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - DaShawn Keirsey (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Miranda, Noah Miller, DaShawn Keirsey 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Miranda (1), DaShawn Keirsey (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Miranda (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chance Sisco (1), Matt Wallner (2), Brooks Lee (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Noah Miller (1, 2nd off Gross/Alvarez), DaShawn Keirsey (1, 3rd off Gross/Alvarez), Aaron Sabato (1, 2nd off Gross/Alvarez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Chance Sisco (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kenta Maeda | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Randy Dobnak (BS 1) | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Oliver Ortega | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Cody Laweryson | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Dereck Rodriguez (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Locke St. John (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kenta Maeda 21-14, Randy Dobnak 16-12, Griffin Jax 6-6, Oliver Ortega 3-3, Cody Laweryson 11-7, Dereck Rodriguez 5-5, Locke St. John 3-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kenta Maeda 1-0, Randy Dobnak 3-1, Griffin Jax 1-0, Oliver Ortega 1-2, Cody Laweryson 0-2, Dereck Rodriguez 1-1, Locke St. John 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kenta Maeda 8, Randy Dobnak 11, Griffin Jax 3, Oliver Ortega 3, Cody Laweryson 5, Dereck Rodriguez 3, Locke St. John 3 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Manuel Margot | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Kameron Misner | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Osleivis Basabe | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .714 |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .143 |
| Jordan Qsar | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Luke Raley | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 |
| Curtis Mead | PH-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Harold Ramirez | RF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Francisco Mejia | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Gavin Collins | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Charlie Culberson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 |
| Ben Gamel | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Daniel Robertson | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 |
| Ronny Simon | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rene Pinto | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Roberto Alvarez | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Osleivis Basabe, Harold Ramirez 2, Francisco Mejia, Charlie Culberson, Rene Pinto 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Rene Pinto (2), Roberto Alvarez (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Rene Pinto (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Manuel Margot (1), Luke Raley (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Roberto Alvarez (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Daniel Robertson (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Ronny Simon (1, 2nd off Laweryson/Sisco) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jordan Qsar (1), Roberto Alvarez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zach Eflin | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hector Perez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Heath Hembree | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jaime Schultz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 |
| Trevor Brigden | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Graham Spraker | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andrew Gross (L 0-1; BS 1) | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6.00 |
| WP - Andrew Gross | ||||||||
| HBP - Ryan LaMarre (by Schultz) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Zach Eflin 17-12, Hector Perez 4-4, Mason Montgomery 14-6, Heath Hembree 5-5, Jaime Schultz 4-3, Trevor Brigden 10-6, Graham Spraker 11-7, Andrew Gross 24-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zach Eflin 0-1, Hector Perez 1-0, Mason Montgomery 0-0, Heath Hembree 1-1, Jaime Schultz 0-1, Trevor Brigden 1-0, Graham Spraker 0-1, Andrew Gross 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zach Eflin 4, Hector Perez 2, Mason Montgomery 6, Heath Hembree 3, Jaime Schultz 4, Trevor Brigden 5, Graham Spraker 4, Andrew Gross 9 | ||||||||