Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 11, Minnesota 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 19, 2008
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 28306
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 28306
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 56-23 record at home this season. The Minnesota Twins have a 34-45 record on the road.
- Tampa Bay has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Minnesota has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Twins have won 4 of their last 10 games.
- Edwin Jackson pitched 7.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.19. Nick Blackburn took the loss for Minnesota.
- Carlos Pena had the only homerun for Tampa Bay.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Minnesota | Tampa Bay | |
| Nick Blackburn | Player | Edwin Jackson |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 1.1 | IP | 7.2 |
| 0 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 6 | Hits | 7 |
| 40.50 | ERA | 1.17 |
Hitting
| Minnesota | Tampa Bay | |
| Denard Span | Player | Carlos Pena |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 4 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 2 | TB | 6 |
| .667 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary