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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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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