Tampa Bay Rays vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 28, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 28, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 4/28)

Game 1: Monday, April 27
Tampa Bay	7	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, April 28
Tampa Bay	3	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, April 29
Tampa Bay	3	Final
Minnesota	8	Final
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Rays 3

(8-13, 6-8 away)

Twins 4

(10-11, 7-6 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 28, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: J. Nathan (1-0)

L: J. Howell (0-2)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	3	1	0	0	2	1	24	.151	.297	.189
C Crawford LF	3	0	0	0	2	0	18	.274	.333	.345
E Longoria 3B	4	1	1	1	0	2	13	.365	.422	.703
C Pena 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.256	.333	.667
W Aybar DH	3	0	1	1	0	1	14	.160	.214	.240
G Kapler RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	.219	.306	.406
a-B Zobrist PH-RF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	.275	.356	.650
D Navarro C	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.176	.188	.265
J Bartlett SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	13	.378	.418	.541
A Iwamura 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	12	.296	.359	.394
Totals	33	3	9	3	4	6	140
a-homered to right center for G Kapler in the 9th
BATTING 2B: G Kapler (6, F Liriano); W Aybar (2, F Liriano); E Longoria (10, F Liriano) HR: B Zobrist (4, 9th inning off J Nathan 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: E Longoria (18), W Aybar (1), B Zobrist (10) SF: W Aybar GIDP: E Longoria Rays RISP: 2-11 (A Iwamura 0-1, C Pena 1-2, E Longoria 1-1, C Crawford 0-2, G Kapler 0-1, W Aybar 0-1, B Upton 0-1, D Navarro 0-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: B Upton 2 (5, 2nd base off F Liriano/J Morales, 3rd base off F Liriano/J Morales); C Crawford (7, 2nd base off J Mijares/J Morales) CS: C Pena (1, 2nd base by F Liriano)
FIELDING E: C Pena (3, ground ball) DP: 3 (E Longoria-A Iwamura-C Pena, C Pena-J Bartlett-J Shields, C Pena-J Bartlett-C Pena).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Shields	6.2	7	3	3	4	4	1	100-62	3.74
B Shouse	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	2.45
T Percival	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16-9	3.37
J Howell (L, 0-2)	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	20-11	3.00
Totals	8.2	9	4	4	6	5	1	143-86
PITCHING B Shouse pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP: B Shouse; T Percival; J Howell IBB: J Kubel (By J Shields) HBP: B Buscher (By J Shields) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Shields 18/29; B Shouse 1/2; T Percival 2/3; J Howell 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Shields 20-5-17-20; B Shouse 1-0-1-2; T Percival 4-1-3-1; J Howell 2-2-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Shields 10-6; B Shouse 1-0; T Percival 0-1; J Howell 2-0 Game Scores: J Shields 48

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	23	.303	.379	.382
A Casilla 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	17	.185	.243	.231
a-B Harris PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.314	.342	.457
J Morneau DH	5	1	1	3	0	1	13	.298	.341	.536
J Kubel LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	12	.310	.347	.592
D Young PR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.296	.333
J Crede 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	10	.210	.300	.403
M Cuddyer RF	2	0	1	0	2	0	19	.216	.298	.311
B Buscher 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	14	.222	.391	.333
J Morales C	4	1	2	0	0	0	15	.375	.405	.450
N Punto SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	14	.228	.343	.246
Totals	31	4	9	4	6	5	143
a-walked for A Casilla in the 9th
BATTING 2B: A Casilla (1, J Shields) HR: J Morneau (5, 1st inning off J Shields 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Morneau 3 (17), B Buscher (2) S: N Punto 2-out RBI: B Buscher GIDP: M Cuddyer, B Buscher, N Punto Twins RISP: 1-8 (J Morales 0-1, D Span 1-1, J Crede 0-1, J Morneau 0-3, M Cuddyer 0-1, B Buscher 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: D Young (1, 3rd base by T Percival/D Navarro)
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Crede-A Casilla-B Buscher).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	96-57	6.04
M Guerrier (H, 9)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-2	5.40
J Mijares (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	16-10	0.00
J Nathan (W, 1-1; B, 2)	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	23-11	2.57
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	4	6	1	140-80
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 13/27; M Guerrier 0/1; J Mijares 2/4; J Nathan 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 14-7-14-22; M Guerrier 0-1-0-1; J Mijares 6-3-1-0; J Nathan 3-3-0-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 9-7; M Guerrier 0-1; J Mijares 0-0; J Nathan 2-1 Game Scores: F Liriano 53

Scoring Summary

			TB	MIN
	1st	J Morneau homered to left center, D Span scored.	0	2
	6th	E Longoria doubled to deep right center, B Upton scored.	1	2
	6th	W Aybar hit sacrifice fly to right, E Longoria scored.	2	2
	6th	B Buscher hit by pitch, A Casilla scored, J Kubel to third, M Cuddyer to second.	2	3
	9th	B Zobrist homered to right center.	3	3
	9th	J Morneau grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Morales scored, B Harris out at second, D Span to third.	3	4
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	18,974 (48% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:57
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Bill Hohn, First Base - Bruce Dreckman, Second Base - Paul Emmel, Third Base - Gary Darling