Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6,
Minnesota 2
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, April 22, 2012
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 26507
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 26507
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .328 |
| Jamey Carroll | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Joe Mauer | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .295 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .328 |
| Justin Morneau | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 |
| Chris Parmelee | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .275 |
| Ryan Doumit | PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .218 |
| Clete Thomas | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .190 |
| Alexi Casilla | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .227 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Jamey Carroll 2, Ryan Doumit, Clete Thomas | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Doumit 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ryan Doumit 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jamey Carroll (6), Justin Morneau (11), Danny Valencia 2 (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Denard Span (3, 2nd off Niemann/Gimenez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Joe Mauer (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (L 0-3) | 5.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11.02 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.94 |
| Glen Perkins | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.53 |
| HBP - Elliot Johnson (by Liriano) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 86-47, Anthony Swarzak 27-19, Glen Perkins 20-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 3-7, Anthony Swarzak 3-0, Glen Perkins 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 22, Anthony Swarzak 7, Glen Perkins 5 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Ben Zobrist | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .189 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .304 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .339 |
| Jeff Keppinger | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .196 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Sean Rodriguez | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .385 |
| Elliot Johnson | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 |
| Totals | 24 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Evan Longoria (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Desmond Jennings (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings 4, Evan Longoria 3, Sean Rodriguez, Chris Gimenez | |||||||||
| RBI - Desmond Jennings 3 (7), Ben Zobrist (7), B.J. Upton 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Pena (7), Sean Rodriguez (6) | |||||||||
| SF - Desmond Jennings (1), Ben Zobrist (1), B.J. Upton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - B.J. Upton (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Evan Longoria (1, 2nd off Perkins/Mauer), Elliot Johnson (2, 2nd off Liriano/Mauer) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Carlos Pena (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann (W 1-2) | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.11 |
| Jake McGee (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Wade Davis (H 1) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.35 |
| Joel Peralta (H 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.12 |
| Fernando Rodney | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.23 |
| HBP - Josh Willingham (by Niemann) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 80-47, Jake McGee 6-4, Wade Davis 16-10, Joel Peralta 14-10, Fernando Rodney 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 8-0, Jake McGee 0-0, Wade Davis 2-1, Joel Peralta 2-0, Fernando Rodney 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 22, Jake McGee 1, Wade Davis 5, Joel Peralta 4, Fernando Rodney 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jake McGee 3-0, Wade Davis 3-2 | ||||||||