Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Tampa Bay 7,
Minnesota 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, July 4, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 40328
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 40328
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .276 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .316 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Willy Aybar | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .246 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .174 |
| Gabe Kapler | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .225 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .229 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .228 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .223 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Evan Longoria (25), Gabe Kapler (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Evan Longoria (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Sean Rodriguez (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Sean Rodriguez 6, Evan Longoria 6, Gabe Kapler 2, Kelly Shoppach, Carlos Pena 2, B.J. Upton 2, Jason Bartlett | |||||||||
| RBI - Sean Rodriguez (29), Evan Longoria 3 (59), Gabe Kapler 2 (10) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Gabe Kapler 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Joyce (5), Gabe Kapler (12), Kelly Shoppach (11) | |||||||||
| S - Jason Bartlett (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Sean Rodriguez (8), Kelly Shoppach (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (W 7-8) | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.83 |
| Grant Balfour (H 8) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.10 |
| Randy Choate (H 7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.57 |
| Rafael Soriano (SV 21) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.47 |
| WP - James Shields | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 92-57, Grant Balfour 13-8, Randy Choate 14-7, Rafael Soriano 18-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 8-7, Grant Balfour 2-1, Randy Choate 3-0, Rafael Soriano 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 25, Grant Balfour 4, Randy Choate 3, Rafael Soriano 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Grant Balfour 2-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .344 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .219 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Justin Morneau (25), Delmon Young (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Orlando Hudson, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau 3, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Thome 2, Delmon Young 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Justin Morneau (55), Jim Thome 2 (27), Delmon Young (55) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Orlando Hudson 2 (24), Joe Mauer (18), Jason Kubel (32), J.J. Hardy (18) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Cuddyer (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Delmon Young (3, 2nd by Shields/Shoppach) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Nick Blackburn (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nick Blackburn (L 7-6) | 6.1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Brian Duensing | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 |
| Alex Burnett | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.53 |
| Ron Mahay | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.75 |
| WP - Nick Blackburn | ||||||||
| IBB - Carl Crawford (by Blackburn) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 104-75, Brian Duensing 10-7, Alex Burnett 15-10, Ron Mahay 25-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 10-6, Brian Duensing 0-1, Alex Burnett 2-1, Ron Mahay 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 30, Brian Duensing 3, Alex Burnett 4, Ron Mahay 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Duensing 2-2 | ||||||||