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Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Rays

2008-09-19 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 28306 · 72°F, dome · Wind L to R · 2:58

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Minnesota Twins 11–1. Tampa Bay Rays put up 3 in the 1st. Edwin Jackson earned the win. Carlos Pena went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7
TBA	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0		11	10

W: Edwin Jackson L: Nick Blackburn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Everitt · 1B: Mike DiMuro · 2B: Gerry Davis · 3B: Larry Vanover · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	3	1	2	0	1	0
Alexi Casilla	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Mauer	2	0	1	1	0	0
Justin Morneau	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Kubel	2	0	0	0	0	0
Delmon Young	2	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Tolbert	3	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Punto	2	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Randy Ruiz	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Pridie	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brendan Harris	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Jorgensen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Macri	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Akinori Iwamura	2	4	1	0	2	0
Jason Bartlett	3	0	1	2	2	1
Carlos Pena	3	2	2	4	1	1
Evan Longoria	3	1	1	3	0	0
Cliff Floyd	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dioner Navarro	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Gross	4	1	2	0	0	0
Eric Hinske	1	2	0	0	2	1
Fernando Perez	3	1	1	0	0	1
Willy Aybar	1	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Ruggiano	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Zobrist	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dan Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Jaso	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Blackburn	1.1	6	3	0
Boof Bonser	3.2	2	2	3
Craig Breslow	1.0	1	1	1
Jose Mijares	1.0	0	0	0
Bobby Korecky	1.0	1	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edwin Jackson	7.2	7	1	5
Jeff Niemann	1.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denard Span: W
Alexi Casilla: 3/P3F
Joe Mauer: S7/G6.1-2
Justin Morneau: K
Jason Kubel: 4/L4-

Bot 1

Akinori Iwamura: T7/F7LD
Jason Bartlett: 63/G6S.3-H
Carlos Pena: D9/L9LS+
Evan Longoria: DGR/L9LM.2-H
Cliff Floyd: S8/L78M.2-H
Dioner Navarro: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Top 2

Delmon Young: K
Matt Tolbert: 3/G3S-
Nick Punto: 53/G5

Bot 2

Gabe Gross: S6/G56
Eric Hinske: W.1-2
Fernando Perez: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Akinori Iwamura: IW
Jason Bartlett: S7/G56.3-H;2-3;1-2
Carlos Pena: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Evan Longoria: 7/SF/F7LMF/DP.3-H;2X3(735)

Top 3

Carlos Gomez: 8/F8RM
Denard Span: 5/P5F
Alexi Casilla: 8/F8RM

Bot 3

Cliff Floyd: 3/G3+
Dioner Navarro: 7/F7S
Gabe Gross: 4/P4

Top 4

Joe Mauer: 7/F78D
Justin Morneau: S8/G4M
Jason Kubel: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Bot 4

Eric Hinske: W
Fernando Perez: K
Akinori Iwamura: W.1-2
Jason Bartlett: K
Carlos Pena: HR/F89XD+/UREV.2-H;1-H
Evan Longoria: 4/L4

Top 5

Delmon Young: S8/G6M+
Matt Tolbert: 4/LDP/L4.1X1(43)
Nick Punto: K

Bot 5

Cliff Floyd: 43/G4
Dioner Navarro: 43/G4+
Gabe Gross: S9/L9LS
Eric Hinske: K

Top 6

Carlos Gomez: K
Denard Span: S6/G6MS-
Alexi Casilla: S9/G34.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Joe Mauer: 7/SF/F7LM.3-H
Justin Morneau: 1/G34S

Bot 6

Fernando Perez: S8/F78S
Akinori Iwamura: E4/G4.1-2
Jason Bartlett: W.2-3;1-2
Carlos Pena: K
Evan Longoria: 54(1)/FO/G56.3-H(UR);2-3
Willy Aybar: E4/G4MS.3-H(UR)(NR);1-2
Dioner Navarro: 8/F8RM

Top 7

Randy Ruiz: 43/G4S
Jason Pridie: 43/G4M
Matt Tolbert: S8/L4M
Brendan Harris: K

Bot 7

Gabe Gross: 5/P5F
Justin Ruggiano: 3/G3
Fernando Perez: 63/G6

Top 8

Carlos Gomez: 8/L8LM+
Denard Span: S8/L8RM
Alexi Casilla: 9/F9M
Ryan Jorgensen: 9/F9LM

Bot 8

Ben Zobrist: S9/L9S+
Jason Bartlett: W.1-2
Dan Johnson: 8/F8RM
John Jaso: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 9

Matt Macri: 53/G5
Randy Ruiz: K
Jason Pridie: 13/G13

Notes & reviews

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