Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 6,
Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Paul Schrieber
Attendance: 11993
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Paul Schrieber
Attendance: 11993
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .220 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .256 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .303 |
| Chris Colabello | DH | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .346 |
| Aaron Hicks | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .175 |
| Jason Kubel | LF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .294 |
| Josmil Pinto | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .235 |
| Chris Herrmann | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .176 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 |
| Sam Fuld | CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .229 |
| Totals | 45 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Trevor Plouffe (8), Eduardo Escobar (1), Sam Fuld (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Chris Colabello (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Brian Dozier, Joe Mauer, Trevor Plouffe 2, Chris Colabello 5, Jason Kubel, Josmil Pinto, Chris Herrmann 2, Eduardo Escobar 2, Sam Fuld 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Chris Colabello 4 (26), Eduardo Escobar (3), Sam Fuld (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (6), Joe Mauer (10), Trevor Plouffe 2 (14), Eduardo Escobar (4) | |||||||||
| SF - Eduardo Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Trevor Plouffe (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Brian Dozier (1st by Odorizzi) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Josmil Pinto (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Pelfrey | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.32 |
| Michael Tonkin (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Caleb Thielbar (BS 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Brian Duensing | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Casey Fien (W 3-0) | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Glen Perkins (SV 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 |
| WP - Mike Pelfrey, Brian Duensing | ||||||||
| HBP - Logan Forsythe (by Pelfrey) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Pelfrey 92-49, Michael Tonkin 6-2, Caleb Thielbar 3-2, Anthony Swarzak 30-20, Brian Duensing 21-13, Casey Fien 23-16, Glen Perkins 7-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Pelfrey 9-3, Michael Tonkin 1-0, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Anthony Swarzak 1-2, Brian Duensing 1-1, Casey Fien 2-1, Glen Perkins 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Pelfrey 25, Michael Tonkin 2, Caleb Thielbar 1, Anthony Swarzak 8, Brian Duensing 5, Casey Fien 7, Glen Perkins 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Michael Tonkin 2-0, Caleb Thielbar 3-1, Anthony Swarzak 2-0, Casey Fien 3-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | LF-2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .302 |
| Matt Joyce | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .346 |
| Sean Rodriguez | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .192 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .316 |
| James Loney | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .294 |
| Wil Myers | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .230 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .156 |
| David DeJesus | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .233 |
| Totals | 42 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Joyce (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings 3, Matt Joyce 2, Sean Rodriguez, Evan Longoria, James Loney, Wil Myers, Ryan Hanigan | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (7), Matt Joyce 2 (12), Evan Longoria (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Desmond Jennings (7), James Loney 2 (7), Wil Myers 2 (12) | |||||||||
| S - Yunel Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Ben Zobrist (1), Matt Joyce (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Desmond Jennings 2 (3, 2nd off Pelfrey/Pinto, 2nd off Pelfrey/Pinto) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jake Odorizzi | 3.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6.52 |
| Brandon Gomes | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.12 |
| Heath Bell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.23 |
| Jake McGee | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.12 |
| Joel Peralta | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.35 |
| Grant Balfour | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.86 |
| Josh Lueke (L 0-1) | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 |
| IBB - Joe Mauer (by Balfour) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jake Odorizzi 88-53, Brandon Gomes 32-19, Heath Bell 13-9, Jake McGee 9-7, Joel Peralta 20-11, Grant Balfour 31-16, Josh Lueke 40-30 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jake Odorizzi 0-3, Brandon Gomes 0-1, Heath Bell 1-0, Jake McGee 1-0, Joel Peralta 1-1, Grant Balfour 4-0, Josh Lueke 1-4 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jake Odorizzi 17, Brandon Gomes 7, Heath Bell 3, Jake McGee 3, Joel Peralta 5, Grant Balfour 7, Josh Lueke 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brandon Gomes 2-1 | ||||||||