Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Minnesota 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 18261
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 1010001014100
Tampa Bay 30000030-661
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 .277
Alexi Casilla 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
     Jim Thome PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
     J.J. Hardy PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Joe Mauer DH 4 0 3 3 1 1 0 .318
Delmon Young LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 .330
Jason Kubel RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .261
Michael Cuddyer 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .276
Danny Valencia 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .360
Trevor Plouffe SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .115
     Jason Repko PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316
Drew Butera C 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 .200
     Jose Morales PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Totals 36 4 10 4 3 5 20  
Batting
2B - Denard Span (15), Michael Cuddyer (25)
HR - Drew Butera (2)
TB - Denard Span 3, Joe Mauer 3, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer 3, Drew Butera 5
RBI - Joe Mauer 3 (56), Drew Butera (8)
2-Out RBI - Joe Mauer 2 (26)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Delmon Young (40), Jason Kubel 2 (45), Trevor Plouffe (7)
S - Alexi Casilla (3)
GIDP - Danny Valencia (7)
Team LOB - 9
Baserunning
SB - Michael Cuddyer (3, 3rd off Niemann/Shoppach)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Denard Span (Rodriguez at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brian Duensing 6.0 4 3 3 4 3 1 2.10
Matt Guerrier (L 1-6) 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 1 3.45
Jose Mijares 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.59
Jesse Crain 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.05
Matt Capps 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
Ron Mahay 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
Pitches-Strikes - Brian Duensing 92-50, Matt Guerrier 16-6, Jose Mijares 6-4, Jesse Crain 6-4, Matt Capps 23-11, Ron Mahay 3-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Duensing 11-3, Matt Guerrier 1-0, Jose Mijares 1-0, Jesse Crain 0-0, Matt Capps 1-0, Ron Mahay 1-0
Batters Faced - Brian Duensing 24, Matt Guerrier 4, Jose Mijares 1, Jesse Crain 1, Matt Capps 4, Ron Mahay 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Ron Mahay 2-0
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
B.J. Upton CF 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 .235
Carl Crawford LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .306
Evan Longoria 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .292
Willy Aybar DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .257
Sean Rodriguez 2B 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 .258
Dan Johnson 1B 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000
Jason Bartlett SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .240
Kelly Shoppach C 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .198
     John Jaso PH-C 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .271
Gabe Kapler RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .209
     Matt Joyce PH-RF 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .244
Totals 27 6 6 6 8 4 11  
Batting
HR - B.J. Upton (9), Sean Rodriguez (7)
TB - B.J. Upton 5, Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar, Sean Rodriguez 4, Jason Bartlett
RBI - B.J. Upton 3 (38), Sean Rodriguez 3 (34)
2-Out RBI - Sean Rodriguez 3 (14)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - John Jaso (29)
GIDP - Carl Crawford (2), Sean Rodriguez (10)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
SB - Sean Rodriguez (8, 2nd off Capps/Butera)
Fielding
E - Rafael Soriano (1)
Outfield Assists - Matt Joyce (Morales at 2nd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann (W 10-3) 7.0 8 3 3 2 4 1 3.12
Joaquin Benoit (H 15) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.70
Rafael Soriano (SV 31) 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1.85
IBB - Joe Mauer (by Niemann)
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 104-67, Joaquin Benoit 13-9, Rafael Soriano 25-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 10-7, Joaquin Benoit 1-2, Rafael Soriano 2-0
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 30, Joaquin Benoit 4, Rafael Soriano 6