Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Tampa Bay 5,
Minnesota 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, March 20, 2014
Where: Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte, Florida
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Toby Basner, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - A.J. Johnson, 3B - Shaun Lampe
Attendance: 4679
Where: Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte, Florida
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Toby Basner, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - A.J. Johnson, 3B - Shaun Lampe
Attendance: 4679
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| Dan Rohlfing | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Chris Colabello | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .387 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .074 |
| Wilkin Ramirez | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| Jason Kubel | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Deibinson Romero | PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .229 |
| Oswaldo Arcia | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .290 |
| Jason Bartlett | RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Pedro Florimon | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .125 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Aaron Hicks (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Eduardo Escobar, Dan Rohlfing, Jason Kubel 2, Jason Bartlett, Aaron Hicks 5, Pedro Florimon | |||||||||
| RBI - Eduardo Escobar (8), Dan Rohlfing (1), Pedro Florimon 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (4), Dan Rohlfing 2 (2), Wilkin Ramirez (4), Trevor Plouffe (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Chris Colabello (1), Pedro Florimon (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Pedro Florimon (1, 2nd off Odorizzi/Acosta) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Kurt Suzuki (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Scott Diamond (L 1-1) | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 |
| Brian Duensing | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.14 |
| Matt Hoffman | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Aaron Thompson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Scott Diamond 0-0, Brian Duensing 0-0, Ryan Pressly 0-0, Matt Hoffman 0-0, Aaron Thompson 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Scott Diamond 9-2, Brian Duensing 1-1, Ryan Pressly 0-0, Matt Hoffman 1-1, Aaron Thompson 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Scott Diamond 20, Brian Duensing 3, Ryan Pressly 4, Matt Hoffman 6, Aaron Thompson 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Duensing 3-3 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .387 |
| Cole Figueroa | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| James Loney | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .393 |
| Jayson Nix | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .450 |
| Jerry Sands | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .324 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Justin Christian | CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
| Logan Forsythe | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Ray Olmedo | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .433 |
| Willie Argo | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Sean Rodriguez | RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Ariel Soriano | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .273 |
| Mayo Acosta | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Brandon Guyer | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .303 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jerry Sands (5), Evan Longoria (1), Ray Olmedo (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings, Ben Zobrist, Jerry Sands 2, Evan Longoria 2, Justin Christian, Ray Olmedo 2, Yunel Escobar 2, Sean Rodriguez 2, Mayo Acosta | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (6), Evan Longoria 2 (6), Justin Christian (3), Ray Olmedo (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria 2 (5), Justin Christian (2), Ray Olmedo (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Logan Forsythe (3), Willie Argo (1), Brandon Guyer (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ryan Hanigan (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Sean Rodriguez (3, 2nd off Pressly/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jayson Nix (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cesar Ramos | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Grant Balfour (W 2-0) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.27 |
| Jake Odorizzi (SV 2) | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cesar Ramos 0-0, Grant Balfour 0-0, Jake Odorizzi 0-0 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cesar Ramos 3-2, Grant Balfour 0-0, Jake Odorizzi 5-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cesar Ramos 18, Grant Balfour 1, Jake Odorizzi 19 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Grant Balfour 1-0 | ||||||||