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Tampa Bay Rays @ Minnesota Twins

1998-04-29 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 8964 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:33

Minnesota Twins defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2–0. Bob Tewksbury earned the win and Rick Aguilera picked up the save. Paul Molitor went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		2	6

W: Bob Tewksbury L: Wilson Alvarez SV: Rick Aguilera

Umpires — HP: Fieldin Culbreth · 1B: Drew Coble · 2B: Ted Hendry · 3B: Larry Young · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Dave Martinez	4	2	0
Miguel Cairo	4	0	1
Rich Butler	4	2	1
Fred McGriff	4	0	2
Mike Kelly	4	1	2
Paul Sorrento	3	0	0
Bob Smith	3	0	1
Mike Difelice	2	0	0
Kevin Stocker	3	0	2
Quinton McCracken	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Torii Hunter	3	0	0	0	1	1
Matt Lawton	3	1	0	0	1	0
Paul Molitor	4	0	3	1	0	0
Ron Coomer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Ochoa	3	0	0	0	0	1
David Ortiz	2	0	0	1	0	0
Terry Steinbach	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brent Gates	2	0	0	0	1	0
Pat Meares	3	1	2	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilson Alvarez	7.1	5	3	3
Ramon Tatis	0.1	0	0	0
Albie Lopez	0.1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Tewksbury	8.0	5	0	9
Rick Aguilera	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Martinez: S8/L78M
Miguel Cairo: 64(1)/FO/G56
Rich Butler: S9/F9S.1-2
Fred McGriff: 43/G34.2-3;1-2
Mike Kelly: K

Bot 1

Torii Hunter: K
Matt Lawton: 4/P4
Paul Molitor: S8/F89M
Ron Coomer: 8/F8RD

Top 2

Paul Sorrento: 7/F7LM
Bob Smith: E6/G6
Mike Difelice: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Alex Ochoa: K
David Ortiz: 31/G4S
Terry Steinbach: K

Top 3

Kevin Stocker: 5/L5
Dave Martinez: 8/F8LD
Miguel Cairo: 13/G15

Bot 3

Brent Gates: 53/G56
Pat Meares: S8/G6M
Torii Hunter: 4(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 4

Rich Butler: S8/G4M
Fred McGriff: K
Mike Kelly: SB2
Mike Kelly: 3/P34S
Paul Sorrento: 13/G15

Bot 4

Matt Lawton: 8/L8LM
Paul Molitor: 7/F7D
Ron Coomer: 63/G6

Top 5

Bob Smith: 43/G4
Mike Difelice: 6/L56
Kevin Stocker: K

Bot 5

Alex Ochoa: 3/P3F
David Ortiz: 6/P6
Terry Steinbach: 63/G6MS

Top 6

Dave Martinez: 63/G6MS
Miguel Cairo: K
Rich Butler: K

Bot 6

Brent Gates: 7/L7D
Pat Meares: S8/L8LM
Torii Hunter: CS2(4)
Torii Hunter: 8/F8LXD

Top 7

Fred McGriff: K
Mike Kelly: S8/L8LM
Paul Sorrento: 9/F89D
Bob Smith: SB2
Bob Smith: K

Bot 7

Matt Lawton: W
Paul Molitor: S7/G56.1-2
Ron Coomer: S9/L9S.2-3;1-2
Alex Ochoa: 6/P7LSF
David Ortiz: 7/SF/F7M.3-H
Terry Steinbach: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 8

Quinton McCracken: K
Kevin Stocker: K
Dave Martinez: D8/F8LS
Miguel Cairo: 9/L9LS

Bot 8

Brent Gates: W
Pat Meares: 64(1)/FO/G6M
Torii Hunter: W.1-2
Matt Lawton: 5/L5
Paul Molitor: S8/L8LM.2-H;1-2
Ron Coomer: WP.2-3;1-2
Ron Coomer: 9/F89M

Top 9

Rich Butler: 53/G56
Fred McGriff: 6/P6
Mike Kelly: K