Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Tampa Bay 1,
Minnesota 0
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, March 8, 2012
Where: Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers, Florida
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 7830
Where: Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers, Florida
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 7830
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Mark Thomas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Elliot Johnson | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sean Rodriguez | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Hak-Ju Lee | PR-SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Tim Beckham | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Gimenez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 |
| Cole Figueroa | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bradley Coon | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Stephen Vogt | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Juan Miranda | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jesus Feliciano | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Isaias Velasquez | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nevin Ashley | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings 2, Elliot Johnson, Cole Figueroa | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hak-Ju Lee (0), Chris Gimenez (0), Bradley Coon (0) | |||||||||
| S - Elliot Johnson (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Desmond Jennings (0, 2nd by Liriano/Mauer) | |||||||||
| SB - Elliot Johnson (0, 2nd off Thompson/Towles), Hak-Ju Lee (0, 2nd off Gutierrez/Lehmann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Juan Miranda (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Christopher Archer | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jake McGee | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Augenstein | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matt Bush | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matt Torra (W 0-0) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Christopher Archer 0-0, Jake McGee 0-0, Bryan Augenstein 0-0, Matt Bush 0-0, Matt Torra 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Christopher Archer 2-3, Jake McGee 1-0, Bryan Augenstein 2-2, Matt Bush 2-1, Matt Torra 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Christopher Archer 9, Jake McGee 4, Bryan Augenstein 9, Matt Bush 9, Matt Torra 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Torra 2-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Rene Tosoni | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Trevor Plouffe | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Wilkin Ramirez | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| J.R. Towles | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Darin Mastroianni | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Danny Lehmann | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Aaron Bates | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh Willingham | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Daniel Rams | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Steven Pearce | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Doumit | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Matt Carson | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brian Dozier | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ray Chang | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Luke Hughes | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, J.R. Towles, Aaron Bates, Josh Willingham, Tsuyoshi Nishioka | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Morneau (0), Josh Willingham (0), Daniel Rams (0), Luke Hughes (0) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ryan Doumit (0) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Denard Span 2 (0, 2nd off McGee/Vogt, 2nd off Archer/Vogt) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Luke Hughes (0) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Liam Hendriks | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Diamond | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Daryl Thompson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeff Manship | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brendan Wise | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Carlos Gutierrez (L 0-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 0-0, Liam Hendriks 0-0, Scott Diamond 0-0, Daryl Thompson 0-0, Jeff Manship 0-0, Brendan Wise 0-0, Carlos Gutierrez 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 3-0, Liam Hendriks 1-0, Scott Diamond 2-1, Daryl Thompson 0-1, Jeff Manship 0-0, Brendan Wise 3-0, Carlos Gutierrez 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 9, Liam Hendriks 5, Scott Diamond 3, Daryl Thompson 4, Jeff Manship 3, Brendan Wise 3, Carlos Gutierrez 6 | ||||||||