Twins 11, 
Rays 8
| W: | E. Guardado (4-4) |
| L: | D. Wheeler (5-6) |
| SV: | J. Nathan (37) |
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| D Span RF-CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .298 |
| A Casilla 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| J Mauer C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .327 |
| J Morneau 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .311 |
| J Kubel DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .275 |
| b-A Everett PH-DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .210 |
| D Young LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| M Tolbert 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| N Punto SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .288 |
| C Gomez CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| a-M Cuddyer PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| J Pridie RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| a-flied out to center for C Gomez in the 8th b-doubled to deep left for J Kubel in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: D Young (27, J Shields); J Mauer (29, D Wheeler); A Everett (6, T Miller) HR: J Kubel (18, 1st inning off J Shields 2 on, 2 Out); A Casilla (7, 9th inning off D Wheeler 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Kubel 3 (75), J Mauer 3 (78), A Casilla 2 (47), A Everett (19), D Young (65), M Tolbert (6) S: A Casilla 2 SF: M Tolbert 2-out RBI: J Kubel 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Cuddyer 1, N Punto 2 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: N Punto (12, 2nd base off T Percival/D Navarro) CS: D Young (5, 2nd base by C Bradford/D Navarro) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Tolbert (6, throw) DP: 1 (A Casilla-N Punto-J Morneau). | ||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| G Perkins | 0.2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36-19 | 4.50 |
| P Humber | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 78-47 | 3.72 |
| B Korecky | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17-8 | 5.52 |
| E Guardado (W, 4-4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18-11 | 4.20 |
| J Nathan (S, 37) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-6 | 1.44 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 156-91 | |
| PITCHING HBP: G Gross (By P Humber) Batters faced: G Perkins 8; P Humber 22; B Korecky 4; E Guardado 3; J Nathan 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Perkins 2-0; P Humber 7-8; B Korecky 1-2; E Guardado 0-2; J Nathan 2-0 Game Scores: G Perkins 27 | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| A Iwamura 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| J Bartlett SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| a-W Aybar PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| C Pena 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .246 |
| E Longoria 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| R Baldelli DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| D Navarro C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| B Zobrist LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| G Gross RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| F Perez CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .237 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| a-struck out looking for J Bartlett in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: B Zobrist (9, G Perkins); G Gross (13, G Perkins) HR: E Longoria 3 (25, 1st inning off G Perkins 1 on, 2 Out; 4th inning off P Humber 0 on, 2 Out; 7th inning off B Korecky 0 on, 0 Out); D Navarro (7, 1st inning off G Perkins 1 on, 2 Out); C Pena (30, 4th inning off P Humber 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: E Longoria 4 (78), D Navarro 2 (49), G Gross (37), C Pena (92) 2-out RBI: E Longoria 3, D Navarro 2, G Gross, C Pena GIDP: C Pena Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: F Perez 2 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Bartlett (15, throw) | ||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Shields | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 90-55 | 3.61 |
| D Price (H, 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14-9 | 3.00 |
| T Percival (H, 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26-16 | 4.89 |
| D Wheeler (L, 5-6; B, 5) | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15-7 | 3.25 |
| T Miller | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-2 | 4.62 |
| C Bradford | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-6 | 2.08 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 161-95 | |
| PITCHING IBB: J Morneau (By D Wheeler) Batters faced: J Shields 29; D Price 3; T Percival 4; D Wheeler 4; T Miller 1; C Bradford 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Shields 7-9; D Price 0-0; T Percival 0-2; D Wheeler 0-0; T Miller 0-0; C Bradford 0-2 Game Scores: J Shields 36 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| MIN | TAM | |||
 | 1st | J Kubel homered to right, D Span and J Mauer scored. | 3 | 0 |
 | 1st | E Longoria homered to left, A Iwamura scored. | 3 | 2 |
| 1st | D Navarro homered to left, R Baldelli scored. | 3 | 4 |
| 1st | G Gross doubled to left center, B Zobrist scored. | 3 | 5 |
| 3rd | J Mauer singled to left, A Casilla scored. | 4 | 5 |
| 4th | C Pena homered to right center. | 4 | 6 |
| 4th | E Longoria homered to left. | 4 | 7 |
| 7th | J Mauer singled to center, C Gomez and D Span scored. | 6 | 7 |
| 7th | E Longoria homered to left. | 6 | 8 |
| 9th | A Casilla homered to right, D Span scored. | 8 | 8 |
| 9th | A Everett doubled to deep left, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to third. | 9 | 8 |
| 9th | D Young singled to right, J Morneau scored, A Everett to third. | 10 | 8 |
| 9th | M Tolbert hit sacrifice fly to left, A Everett scored. | 11 | 8 |
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| Game Notes |
| CARLOS PENA AND EVAN LONGORIA HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 17,296 (48% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Mike Dimuro, Third Base - Gerry Davis |
MLB Scores
Thursday, September 18th 2008
| LA Dodgers | 4 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | in 12 |
| Seattle | 0 | Final |
| Kansas City | 12 |
| Milwaukee | 6 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 7 | in 12 |
| LA Angels | 6 | Final |
| Oakland | 4 |
| Philadelphia | 4 | Final |
| Atlanta | 3 |
| Chi White Sox | 2 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 9 |
| Baltimore | 2 | Final |
| Toronto | 3 |
| St. Louis | 5 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 4 |
| NY Mets | 7 | Final |
| Washington | 2 |
| Houston | 1 | Final |
| Florida | 8 |
| Minnesota | 11 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 8 |
| San Francisco | 2 | Final |
| Arizona | 3 |
