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Tampa Bay Rays @ Minnesota Twins

2014-07-18 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 31058 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 16 mph R to L · 3:04

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Minnesota Twins 6–2. Tampa Bay Rays put up 3 in the 3rd. Alex Cobb earned the win. Trevor Plouffe went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Alex Cobb L: Kyle Gibson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hunter Wendelstedt · 1B: Mike DiMuro · 2B: Gabe Morales · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Desmond Jennings	2	1	1	0	1	1
Ben Zobrist	3	2	1	2	2	0
Matt Joyce	4	0	1	1	0	0
Evan Longoria	4	0	2	3	0	0
James Loney	4	0	3	0	0	0
Yunel Escobar	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Figueroa	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Casali	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Kiermaier	4	2	2	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Santana	5	0	1	0	0	2
Brian Dozier	4	1	1	0	0	2
Kendrys Morales	4	0	1	0	0	1
Trevor Plouffe	4	1	1	2	0	1
Oswaldo Arcia	4	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Willingham	3	0	0	0	1	1
Kurt Suzuki	3	0	0	0	0	1
Eduardo Escobar	3	0	2	0	1	0
Sam Fuld	2	0	0	0	1	0
Eduardo Nunez	1	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Cobb	5.2	5	2	2
Brad Boxberger	1.1	0	1	3
Grant Balfour	1.0	0	0	1
Jake McGee	1.0	1	0	3

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Gibson	6.1	9	1	1
Matt Guerrier	0.0	1	1	0
Anthony Swarzak	1.2	1	0	0
Jared Burton	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Desmond Jennings: K
Ben Zobrist: 43/G4
Matt Joyce: 43/G4+

Bot 1

Danny Santana: 43/G4
Brian Dozier: 3/F3F-
Kendrys Morales: S7/G56+
Trevor Plouffe: 13/G

Top 2

Evan Longoria: 63/G56
James Loney: S7/L78M
Yunel Escobar: 46(1)/FO/G4
Cole Figueroa: 43/G4

Bot 2

Oswaldo Arcia: 53/G6
Josh Willingham: W
Kurt Suzuki: 7/F78D
Eduardo Escobar: S8/L4MD.1-2
Sam Fuld: 7/F78D+

Top 3

Curt Casali: S8/L8RM
Kevin Kiermaier: 7/L78M
Desmond Jennings: S13/G13+.1-2
Ben Zobrist: W.2-3;1-2
Matt Joyce: 5/F5F-
Evan Longoria: D8/F89XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
James Loney: S4/G4.2XH(42)

Bot 3

Danny Santana: K23
Brian Dozier: S8/G6+
Kendrys Morales: 7/F7M
Trevor Plouffe: HR/F78D+.1-H
Oswaldo Arcia: 63/G4

Top 4

Yunel Escobar: 63/G6
Cole Figueroa: 43/G4
Curt Casali: 63/G6-

Bot 4

Josh Willingham: 8/F8LS
Kurt Suzuki: K
Eduardo Escobar: 43/G34D

Top 5

Kevin Kiermaier: S2/MREV
Desmond Jennings: 13/SH.1-2
Ben Zobrist: HR/F9D+.2-H
Matt Joyce: 3/G3
Evan Longoria: S9/L89S
James Loney: 43/G34

Bot 5

Sam Fuld: 9/F9D
Danny Santana: S34/G34S
Brian Dozier: HP/MREV.1-2
Kendrys Morales: 8/F8RXD+.2-3
Trevor Plouffe: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 6

Yunel Escobar: 53/G56
Cole Figueroa: 63/G6
Curt Casali: 31/G34

Bot 6

Oswaldo Arcia: 7!/F7D+
Josh Willingham: 63/G56
Kurt Suzuki: HP
Eduardo Escobar: W.1-2
Sam Fuld: W.2-3;1-2
Danny Santana: 53/G56-

Top 7

Kevin Kiermaier: S9/L9LD+
Desmond Jennings: 3/SH/BG3S+.1-2
Ben Zobrist: W
Matt Joyce: S9/G34+.2-H;1-3
Evan Longoria: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 7

Brian Dozier: K
Kendrys Morales: K
Trevor Plouffe: K

Top 8

James Loney: S7/L78S
Yunel Escobar: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Cole Figueroa: 13/G13+

Bot 8

Oswaldo Arcia: 5/F56-
Josh Willingham: K
Kurt Suzuki: 3/G3S-

Top 9

Curt Casali: 53/G56
Kevin Kiermaier: 8/F8LXD+
Desmond Jennings: W
Ben Zobrist: 63/G6-

Bot 9

Eduardo Escobar: S6/G56
Eduardo Nunez: K
Danny Santana: DI.1-2
Danny Santana: K
Brian Dozier: K

Notes & reviews

replay,5,kierk001,TBA,wendh902,MIN04,,Y,M,TBA,C $when Kevin Kiermaier was called out at 1B, Rays manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,5,dozib001,MIN,wendh902,MIN04,,N,M,TBA,I $when Brian Dozier was hit by pitch, Rays manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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