Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4,
Minnesota 3
When: 6:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 10042
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 10042
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .320 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 2B-RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .239 |
| Jim Thome | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .205 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .318 |
| Matt Tolbert | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .238 |
| Drew Butera | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 |
| Alexi Casilla | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 |
| Luke Hughes | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Totals | 41 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Denard Span (2), Michael Cuddyer (1), Justin Morneau (5), Jason Kubel (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 2, Michael Cuddyer 2, Justin Morneau 3, Jim Thome 2, Jason Kubel 2, Matt Tolbert, Danny Valencia 3, Drew Butera | |||||||||
| RBI - Delmon Young (6), Danny Valencia (4), Drew Butera (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Danny Valencia (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span 2 (3), Michael Cuddyer (5), Justin Morneau (7), Drew Butera 2 (4), Luke Hughes (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Delmon Young (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Alexi Casilla (1st by Shields) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carl Pavano | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Joe Nathan (BS 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Matt Capps (L 1-1; BS 1) | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Carl Pavano 104-65, Joe Nathan 29-17, Matt Capps 6-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carl Pavano 7-3, Joe Nathan 1-2, Matt Capps 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carl Pavano 29, Joe Nathan 6, Matt Capps 3 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Sam Fuld | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .324 |
| Johnny Damon | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .217 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .262 |
| Felipe Lopez | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .178 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 |
| Dan Johnson | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .136 |
| John Jaso | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 |
| Reid Brignac | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Felipe Lopez (2), Matt Joyce (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Johnny Damon (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Sam Fuld 2, Johnny Damon 4, Felipe Lopez 2, Matt Joyce 4, Dan Johnson | |||||||||
| RBI - Johnny Damon 2 (9), Matt Joyce 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B.J. Upton (2), John Jaso 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Sam Fuld (7, 2nd off Pavano/Butera) | |||||||||
| PO - Matt Joyce (2nd by Pavano) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Reid Brignac (2) | |||||||||
| PB - John Jaso (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields | 7.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.98 |
| Jake McGee | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Juan Cruz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Cesar Ramos | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Kyle Farnsworth (W 1-0) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
| WP - James Shields | ||||||||
| IBB - Danny Valencia (by Shields) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 116-72, Jake McGee 17-12, Juan Cruz 9-7, Cesar Ramos 16-11, Kyle Farnsworth 12-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 9-5, Jake McGee 1-0, Juan Cruz 1-0, Cesar Ramos 2-1, Kyle Farnsworth 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 32, Jake McGee 2, Juan Cruz 2, Cesar Ramos 4, Kyle Farnsworth 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Cruz 1-0 | ||||||||