Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6,
Minnesota 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 28, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 36456
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 36456
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Sam Fuld | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .315 |
| Johnny Damon | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .279 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .310 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 |
| Felipe Lopez | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| John Jaso | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .196 |
| Elliot Johnson | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ben Zobrist (7), John Jaso (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Zobrist (7), John Jaso (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Johnny Damon, B.J. Upton, Matt Joyce, Ben Zobrist 7, Casey Kotchman 2, Sean Rodriguez, John Jaso 6 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist 2 (25), Sean Rodriguez 2 (8), John Jaso 2 (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - John Jaso (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Sam Fuld (5), Ben Zobrist (9), Elliot Johnson (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - John Jaso (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann (W 1-3) | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Joel Peralta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Juan Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 84-52, Joel Peralta 12-8, Juan Cruz 22-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 9-4, Joel Peralta 0-2, Juan Cruz 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 23, Joel Peralta 3, Juan Cruz 4 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .309 |
| Matt Tolbert | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .171 |
| Jason Kubel | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Michael Cuddyer | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .235 |
| Rene Tosoni | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Drew Butera | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Luke Hughes | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Totals | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Justin Morneau | |||||||||
| RBI - Justin Morneau (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Kubel (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Cuddyer (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Anthony Swarzak (L 0-1) | 5.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8.44 |
| Glen Perkins | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 |
| Joe Nathan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.64 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Anthony Swarzak 95-55, Glen Perkins 38-25, Joe Nathan 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Anthony Swarzak 3-8, Glen Perkins 4-0, Joe Nathan 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Anthony Swarzak 25, Glen Perkins 10, Joe Nathan 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Glen Perkins 1-1 | ||||||||