Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4,
Minnesota 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 21, 2012
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 31774
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 31774
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .328 |
| Jamey Carroll | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .339 |
| Justin Morneau | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .209 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .235 |
| Clete Thomas | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .176 |
| Alexi Casilla | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Justin Morneau (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Joe Mauer 2, Josh Willingham, Justin Morneau 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Doumit (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan Doumit 3 (7), Danny Valencia (8), Clete Thomas (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Ryan Doumit (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Joe Mauer (2, 2nd off Shields/Molina) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Denard Span (1), Jamey Carroll (1), Danny Valencia (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carl Pavano (L 1-2) | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.72 |
| Alex Burnett | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brian Duensing | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Jeff Gray | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 |
| WP - Jeff Gray | ||||||||
| HBP - Jose Molina (by Pavano), Carlos Pena (by Burnett) | ||||||||
| IBB - Matt Joyce (by Pavano) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Carl Pavano 110-70, Alex Burnett 17-9, Brian Duensing 12-7, Jeff Gray 24-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carl Pavano 5-1, Alex Burnett 3-0, Brian Duensing 1-0, Jeff Gray 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carl Pavano 26, Alex Burnett 5, Brian Duensing 2, Jeff Gray 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Duensing 3-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .258 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .315 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .321 |
| Luke Scott | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .275 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Jose Molina | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Sean Rodriguez | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .205 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Luke Scott (4), Jose Molina (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings, Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria, Luke Scott 2, Matt Joyce, B.J. Upton 2, Jose Molina 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Evan Longoria (14), B.J. Upton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - B.J. Upton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Desmond Jennings (5), Jose Molina (2), Sean Rodriguez (5) | |||||||||
| S - Sean Rodriguez (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Luke Scott (6), B.J. Upton (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Jose Molina (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (W 3-0) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.76 |
| Fernando Rodney (SV 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 |
| HBP - Josh Willingham (by Shields) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 119-75, Fernando Rodney 13-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 7-5, Fernando Rodney 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 32, Fernando Rodney 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Fernando Rodney 2-1 | ||||||||