Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Minnesota 11,
Tampa Bay 7
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 9632
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 9632
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .226 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .244 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .287 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .276 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .237 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .239 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Byron Buxton (3), Eduardo Escobar (21) | |||||||||
| 3B - Eddie Rosario (10) | |||||||||
| HR - Brian Dozier (26), Miguel Sano (12), Eddie Rosario (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton 3, Brian Dozier 4, Miguel Sano 4, Trevor Plouffe, Eddie Rosario 7, Torii Hunter 2, Kurt Suzuki, Eduardo Escobar 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Byron Buxton (2), Brian Dozier 2 (65), Miguel Sano 3 (37), Eddie Rosario (32), Torii Hunter 2 (63), Eduardo Escobar 2 (37) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Byron Buxton (2), Torii Hunter 2 (26), Eduardo Escobar 2 (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier 2 (33), Torii Hunter (36) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kurt Suzuki (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ervin Santana | 2.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.05 |
| J.R. Graham (W 1-1) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.15 |
| Neal Cotts | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Casey Fien (H 14) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 |
| Trevor May | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.96 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 |
| HBP - Daniel Nava (by Graham), Grady Sizemore (by Cotts) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 60-32, J.R. Graham 20-10, Neal Cotts 24-15, Casey Fien 21-15, Trevor May 24-12, Kevin Jepsen 15-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 4-1, J.R. Graham 1-0, Neal Cotts 1-0, Casey Fien 2-1, Trevor May 0-1, Kevin Jepsen 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 17, J.R. Graham 5, Neal Cotts 7, Casey Fien 8, Trevor May 5, Kevin Jepsen 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - J.R. Graham 1-0, Neal Cotts 2-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Grady Sizemore | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .229 |
| Desmond Jennings | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 |
| Daniel Nava | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .161 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .269 |
| John Jaso | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .278 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .264 |
| James Loney | 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Curt Casali | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .238 |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .188 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - John Jaso (11), James Loney 2 (12) | |||||||||
| 3B - Asdrubal Cabrera (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Curt Casali (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Desmond Jennings, Evan Longoria, John Jaso 3, Logan Forsythe, Asdrubal Cabrera 3, James Loney 5, Kevin Kiermaier 3, Curt Casali 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - John Jaso (15), Asdrubal Cabrera (36), James Loney 3 (27), Kevin Kiermaier (28), Curt Casali (18) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - James Loney 2 (11), Kevin Kiermaier (14), Curt Casali (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Grady Sizemore 2 (11), Desmond Jennings (13), Asdrubal Cabrera 2 (38), Curt Casali (12) | |||||||||
| GIDP - John Jaso (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Kevin Kiermaier 2 (15, 2nd off Santana/Suzuki, 2nd off Graham/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nathan Karns | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.69 |
| Matt Andriese (L 3-4) | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4.18 |
| Xavier Cedeno | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.04 |
| Enny Romero | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.65 |
| WP - Nathan Karns | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nathan Karns 68-36, Matt Andriese 63-43, Xavier Cedeno 8-7, Enny Romero 28-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nathan Karns 1-3, Matt Andriese 1-2, Xavier Cedeno 2-0, Enny Romero 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nathan Karns 17, Matt Andriese 15, Xavier Cedeno 4, Enny Romero 7 | ||||||||