Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4,
Minnesota 3
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 16, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 16428
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 16428
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .339 |
| Luke Hughes | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .176 |
| Matt Tolbert | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
| Justin Morneau | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .208 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .204 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .229 |
| Steve Holm | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jim Thome | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .194 |
| Drew Butera | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 |
| Alexi Casilla | SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .179 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Denard Span (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jason Kubel (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 5, Delmon Young, Jason Kubel 5, Alexi Casilla 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Denard Span (5), Jason Kubel (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span (5), Luke Hughes (3), Delmon Young (2), Justin Morneau (8), Danny Valencia (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Luke Hughes (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Denard Span (1, 2nd off Niemann/Jaso), Delmon Young (1, 2nd off Niemann/Jaso), Jason Kubel (1, 2nd off Niemann/Jaso) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Scott Baker | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Matt Capps (H 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Joe Nathan (L 0-1; BS 2) | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8.44 |
| Jose Mijares | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Scott Baker 96-67, Matt Capps 18-11, Joe Nathan 16-6, Jose Mijares 18-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Scott Baker 5-7, Matt Capps 2-0, Joe Nathan 0-1, Jose Mijares 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Scott Baker 26, Matt Capps 5, Joe Nathan 4, Jose Mijares 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Mijares 2-1 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Sam Fuld | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .341 |
| Johnny Damon | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .218 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .293 |
| Felipe Lopez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .184 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| John Jaso | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 |
| Reid Brignac | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .219 |
| Elliot Johnson | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Joyce (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Zobrist (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Johnny Damon, Matt Joyce 3, Ben Zobrist 4, Casey Kotchman, John Jaso 2, Reid Brignac | |||||||||
| RBI - Sam Fuld (5), Johnny Damon (12), Matt Joyce (3), Ben Zobrist (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Johnny Damon (1), Matt Joyce (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Johnny Damon 2 (6), B.J. Upton (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Sam Fuld (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - B.J. Upton (2, 2nd off Nathan/Butera) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6.32 |
| Adam Russell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Juan Cruz (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 |
| WP - Jeff Niemann | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 108-67, Adam Russell 22-13, Juan Cruz 18-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 5-5, Adam Russell 2-0, Juan Cruz 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 29, Adam Russell 4, Juan Cruz 4 | ||||||||