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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1010110000490
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