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Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Rays

2001-08-11 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 17576 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind from CF · 2:49

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Minnesota Twins 4–3. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 2 in the 3rd. Ryan Rupe earned the win and Esteban Yan picked up the save. Brent Abernathy went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ryan Rupe L: Brad Thomas SV: Esteban Yan

Umpires — HP: Ron Kulpa · 1B: Wally Bell · 2B: Marty Foster · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Rivas	5	0	2	0	0	0
Denny Hocking	3	0	1	0	1	1
Doug Mientkiewicz	3	0	0	0	1	1
David Ortiz	4	1	1	1	0	0
Chad Allen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Corey Koskie	4	1	1	1	0	1
Torii Hunter	4	1	1	1	0	2
Jacque Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0
A. J. Pierzynski	4	0	1	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damian Rolls	4	0	1	0	0	2
Brent Abernathy	3	1	1	2	1	0
Ben Grieve	4	0	1	0	0	1
Greg Vaughn	2	1	0	0	2	0
Randy Winn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Sandberg	4	1	1	1	0	0
Aubrey Huff	3	0	1	1	1	1
Chris Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	2
John Flaherty	2	1	0	0	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Thomas	3.0	3	3	2
Jack Cressend	3.0	1	2	3
Bob Wells	2.0	1	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Rupe	6.0	5	1	5
Travis Phelps	2.0	1	1	2
Esteban Yan	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Rivas: S9/L9S
Denny Hocking: 8/F8LM
Doug Mientkiewicz: W.1-2
David Ortiz: 8/F8LM
Chad Allen: 4/P4D

Bot 1

Damian Rolls: K
Brent Abernathy: 4/P9S
Ben Grieve: S9/G5
Greg Vaughn: 7/F78M

Top 2

Corey Koskie: HR/L9D
Torii Hunter: K
Jacque Jones: 3/G3
A. J. Pierzynski: 5/FL

Bot 2

Randy Winn: 3/G3+
Jared Sandberg: HR/F8LXD
Aubrey Huff: W
Chris Gomez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 3

Luis Rivas: 3/FL
Denny Hocking: S8/L8RS
Doug Mientkiewicz: K
David Ortiz: 53/G4S

Bot 3

John Flaherty: W
Damian Rolls: K
Brent Abernathy: HR/F7LD.1-H
Ben Grieve: 3/G3
Greg Vaughn: W
Randy Winn: 9/FL/F9LMF

Top 4

Chad Allen: 3/FL/P3F
Corey Koskie: 9/L9D
Torii Hunter: 63/G6

Bot 4

Jared Sandberg: 53/G5
Aubrey Huff: K
Chris Gomez: K

Top 5

Jacque Jones: 43/G4
A. J. Pierzynski: S9/L9LS
Luis Rivas: 8/F8LD
Denny Hocking: K

Bot 5

John Flaherty: 6/P6M
Damian Rolls: 5/P56
Brent Abernathy: W
Ben Grieve: SB2
Ben Grieve: 63/G6

Top 6

Doug Mientkiewicz: 8/L8LM
David Ortiz: HR/F9D
Chad Allen: K/C
Corey Koskie: K/C

Bot 6

Greg Vaughn: W
Randy Winn: SB2
Randy Winn: 13/G15.2-3
Jared Sandberg: 6/P6D
Aubrey Huff: S8/G4M.3-H
Chris Gomez: K

Top 7

Torii Hunter: K
Jacque Jones: 63/G6
A. J. Pierzynski: K

Bot 7

John Flaherty: 8/F8RD
Damian Rolls: S/G34
Brent Abernathy: SB2
Brent Abernathy: 8/F8RS
Ben Grieve: K/C

Top 8

Luis Rivas: S9/P9LS
Denny Hocking: W.1-2
Doug Mientkiewicz: 8/F8RD.2-3
David Ortiz: 7/F7LS
Chad Allen: SB2
Chad Allen: 43/G4

Bot 8

Greg Vaughn: 7/F7LD
Randy Winn: 13/G13
Jared Sandberg: E6/TH1/G6
Aubrey Huff: 43/G34

Top 9

Corey Koskie: 31/BG34S
Torii Hunter: HR/F8LXD
Jacque Jones: D9/L9M
A. J. Pierzynski: K
Luis Rivas: 43/G4