Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 7
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 24, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Will Little, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 13177
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 3100410009121
Tampa Bay 0300012107130
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Brian Dozier 2B 3 2 1 0 3 1 0 .224
Joe Mauer 1B 5 1 2 0 1 1 2 .264
Trevor Plouffe 3B 5 1 2 1 1 0 4 .309
Chris Colabello RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 .325
     Chris Herrmann RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167
Josmil Pinto DH 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 .222
Kurt Suzuki C 4 1 3 3 0 0 2 .310
Sam Fuld LF 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 .275
Aaron Hicks CF 3 1 1 3 2 1 2 .182
Pedro Florimon SS 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .125
Totals 39 9 12 9 8 7 28  
Batting
2B - Trevor Plouffe (9), Sam Fuld 2 (3)
HR - Aaron Hicks (1)
TB - Brian Dozier, Joe Mauer 2, Trevor Plouffe 3, Kurt Suzuki 3, Sam Fuld 5, Aaron Hicks 4
RBI - Trevor Plouffe (14), Kurt Suzuki 3 (17), Sam Fuld 2 (7), Aaron Hicks 3 (7)
2-Out RBI - Kurt Suzuki 3 (9), Sam Fuld (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Chris Colabello 2 (5), Kurt Suzuki (9), Aaron Hicks (7), Pedro Florimon 3 (9)
Team LOB - 13
Baserunning
SB - Brian Dozier (6, 2nd off Oviedo/Molina)
Fielding
E - Kurt Suzuki (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Ricky Nolasco (W 2-2) 6.0 10 6 6 2 1 1 6.67
Caleb Thielbar 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.57
Michael Tonkin (H 2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
Jared Burton (H 3) 1.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 10.12
Glen Perkins (SV 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.60
Pitches-Strikes - Ricky Nolasco 96-58, Caleb Thielbar 9-6, Michael Tonkin 5-3, Jared Burton 26-14, Glen Perkins 13-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ricky Nolasco 8-5, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Michael Tonkin 0-0, Jared Burton 0-0, Glen Perkins 0-1
Batters Faced - Ricky Nolasco 27, Caleb Thielbar 3, Michael Tonkin 1, Jared Burton 7, Glen Perkins 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 2-2, Michael Tonkin 1-0
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Ben Zobrist 2B 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 .310
Desmond Jennings CF 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 .284
Matt Joyce LF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .364
     Sean Rodriguez PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .185
Evan Longoria 3B 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .310
James Loney 1B 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 .301
Wil Myers RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .231
David DeJesus DH 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 .176
Yunel Escobar SS 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .218
Jose Molina C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .133
     Logan Forsythe PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .174
     Ryan Hanigan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Totals 35 7 13 7 4 5 14  
Batting
2B - Matt Joyce (7), Evan Longoria (5), James Loney (8)
HR - David DeJesus (1)
TB - Ben Zobrist 3, Matt Joyce 3, Evan Longoria 2, James Loney 3, Wil Myers, David DeJesus 4, Yunel Escobar, Jose Molina, Logan Forsythe
RBI - Desmond Jennings (6), Matt Joyce (13), James Loney 2 (14), David DeJesus 2 (5), Logan Forsythe (1)
2-Out RBI - Logan Forsythe (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (10), Desmond Jennings 2 (9), James Loney (8)
SF - Desmond Jennings (1), Matt Joyce (4)
GIDP - Desmond Jennings (2), David DeJesus (3)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
SB - Matt Joyce (1, 2nd off Nolasco/Suzuki)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Erik Bedard (L 0-1) 4.0 5 4 4 5 3 0 7.45
Heath Bell 1.2 5 5 5 0 0 1 8.25
Juan Oviedo 1.1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0.00
Josh Lueke 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.05
Jake McGee 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.00
HBP - Josmil Pinto (by Bell), Kurt Suzuki (by Lueke)
Pitches-Strikes - Erik Bedard 90-55, Heath Bell 44-27, Juan Oviedo 30-13, Josh Lueke 21-12, Jake McGee 21-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Erik Bedard 5-3, Heath Bell 5-0, Juan Oviedo 1-1, Josh Lueke 2-0, Jake McGee 0-1
Batters Faced - Erik Bedard 22, Heath Bell 11, Juan Oviedo 7, Josh Lueke 5, Jake McGee 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Oviedo 1-0