Tampa Bay Rays vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 29, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 29, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Minnesota won 2-1

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

(8-14, 6-9 away)

Twins 8

(11-11, 8-6 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 29, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	10	2
MIN	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	-	8	12	0

W: N. Blackburn (2-1)

L: S. Kazmir (3-2)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	4	2	1	0	1	0	22	.158	.304	.193
C Crawford LF	4	0	2	0	1	0	15	.284	.347	.352
E Longoria 3B	5	0	1	2	0	1	16	.354	.409	.671
C Pena 1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	18	.244	.326	.634
P Burrell DH	4	0	2	0	0	1	18	.254	.370	.343
B Zobrist RF-SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	16	.295	.367	.659
D Navarro C	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.181	.192	.264
A Iwamura 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	.288	.350	.384
a-W Aybar PH-2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.148	.200	.222
J Bartlett SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.368	.407	.526
G Gross RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	10	.206	.357	.324
Totals	37	3	10	3	3	4	146
a-struck out looking for A Iwamura in the 7th
BATTING 2B: P Burrell (3, N Blackburn); B Zobrist (4, C Breslow) RBI: E Longoria 2 (20), G Gross (3) Rays RISP: 1-12 (B Zobrist 0-1, A Iwamura 0-1, C Pena 0-1, E Longoria 0-3, G Gross 1-1, W Aybar 0-2, B Upton 0-1, D Navarro 0-2) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: C Crawford (8, 2nd base off L Ayala/J Morales)
FIELDING E: A Iwamura 2 (3, ground ball, throw) DP: 1 (A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena). PB: D Navarro.

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Kazmir (L, 4-4)	4.0	9	8	6	4	4	0	88-49	5.40
L Cormier	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	49-34	2.50
Totals	8.0	12	8	6	4	5	0	137-83
PITCHING WP: S Kazmir 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Kazmir 17/25; L Cormier 10/15 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Kazmir 15-7-10-17; L Cormier 8-3-9-14 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Kazmir 4-4; L Cormier 7-4 Game Scores: S Kazmir 16

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	2	3	0	0	0	16	.321	.391	.420
B Harris SS	5	2	3	1	0	1	20	.350	.372	.475
J Morneau 1B	4	2	3	1	1	0	13	.318	.365	.557
J Kubel DH	5	1	1	1	0	0	16	.303	.338	.566
J Crede 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	10	.212	.297	.409
M Cuddyer RF	2	0	1	1	2	0	16	.224	.318	.316
D Young LF	3	0	0	1	0	2	15	.241	.276	.315
J Morales C	3	0	0	0	1	1	17	.349	.391	.419
A Casilla 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.174	.230	.217
Totals	35	8	12	5	4	5	137
BATTING 2B: J Crede (4, S Kazmir); J Morneau (6, S Kazmir) 3B: D Span (1, S Kazmir) RBI: J Kubel (16), M Cuddyer (7), D Young (9), B Harris (3), J Morneau (18) SF: D Young GIDP: J Morales Twins RISP: 3-9 (A Casilla 0-1, B Harris 1-1, J Kubel 1-2, J Crede 0-1, M Cuddyer 1-2, D Young 0-2) Team LOB: 8

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (W, 5-2)	7.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	104-70	4.02
C Breslow	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-12	4.26
L Ayala	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	22-15	5.73
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	146-97
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 24/30; C Breslow 4/5; L Ayala 5/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 21-9-14-26; C Breslow 2-2-5-3; L Ayala 4-2-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 11-7; C Breslow 0-2; L Ayala 2-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 55

Scoring Summary

			TB	MIN
	1st	D Span scored, B Harris to third, J Morneau to second on wild pitch by S Kazmir.	0	1
	1st	J Kubel singled to right, B Harris scored, J Morneau to third.	0	2
	1st	M Cuddyer reached on infield single to shortstop, J Morneau scored, J Kubel to third.	0	3
	1st	D Young struck out swinging, J Kubel scored, M Cuddyer to second on wild pitch by S Kazmir.	0	4
	3rd	E Longoria grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Upton scored, C Crawford out at second.	1	4
	3rd	D Young hit sacrifice fly to right, J Crede scored.	1	5
	4th	B Harris singled to left, D Span scored.	1	6
	4th	J Morneau doubled to deep right center, B Harris scored.	1	7
	4th	J Kubel safe at first on error by second baseman A Iwamura, J Morneau advanced to third on play, J Morneau scored on throwing error by second baseman A Iwamura.	1	8
	7th	G Gross singled to left, B Zobrist scored, D Navarro to second.	2	8
	9th	E Longoria grounded out to third, B Upton scored.	3	8
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Game Notes

TAMPA BAY'S JASON BARTLETT LEFT THE GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIFTH INNING WITH LEFT HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS.

Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	21,715 (55% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:35
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Bruce Dreckman, First Base - Paul Emmel, Second Base - Gary Darling, Third Base - Bill Hohn