Minnesota Twins vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - May 30, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 30, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Tampa Bay leads 2-0 (as of 5/30)

Game 1: Friday, May 29
Minnesota	3	Final
Tampa Bay	5	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, May 30
Minnesota	2	Final
Tampa Bay	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, May 31
Minnesota	3	Final
Tampa Bay	2	Final
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Twins 2

(24-27, 5-16 away)

Rays 5

(25-27, 13-10 home)

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4:10 PM ET, May 30, 2009

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

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

W: D. Price (1-0)

L: F. Liriano (2-7)

S: R. Choate (2)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span LF	5	1	1	0	0	1	25	.300	.389	.395
J Mauer C	3	0	1	0	1	1	21	.414	.500	.838
J Morneau 1B	4	0	1	1	0	2	11	.344	.422	.651
M Cuddyer RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	16	.277	.365	.516
J Crede 3B	1	0	0	0	1	1	12	.239	.304	.493
M Tolbert SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.189	.265	.257
B Harris SS-3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	14	.275	.323	.383
D Young DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	18	.236	.281	.274
C Gomez CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	16	.219	.283	.313
A Casilla 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	15	.170	.232	.205
Totals	34	2	6	2	3	15	154
BATTING 2B: J Mauer (7, D Price); B Harris (7, D Price) RBI: J Morneau (46), A Casilla (5) Twins RISP: 0-9 (A Casilla 0-2, C Gomez 0-1, J Crede 0-1, D Span 0-1, J Morneau 0-1, M Cuddyer 0-2, D Young 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING DP: 3 (J Crede-A Casilla-J Morneau, A Casilla-M Tolbert-J Morneau, M Tolbert-A Casilla-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano (L, 2-7)	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	93-56	6.60
R Dickey	4.0	2	1	1	2	3	1	49-35	3.26
Totals	8.0	9	5	5	5	6	2	142-91
PITCHING WP: F Liriano 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 10/19; R Dickey 11/15 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 13-7-23-13; R Dickey 14-3-8-10 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 7-1; R Dickey 6-3 Game Scores: F Liriano 32

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	19	.200	.294	.286
C Crawford LF	4	1	3	2	0	1	18	.329	.385	.452
E Longoria 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	12	.332	.399	.633
C Pena 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	23	.231	.369	.555
W Aybar 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	.274	.372	.432
B Zobrist SS	3	0	1	1	1	0	20	.306	.413	.645
J Dillon DH	4	1	2	1	0	1	10	.250	.333	.625
G Kapler RF	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	.181	.277	.278
M Hernandez C	3	1	1	0	0	0	14	.289	.319	.400
Totals	29	5	9	5	5	6	142
BATTING HR: J Dillon (1, 3rd inning off F Liriano 0 on, 0 Out); C Crawford (3, 7th inning off R Dickey 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Dillon (1), C Crawford 2 (25), E Longoria (55), B Zobrist (26) 2-out RBI: E Longoria, B Zobrist, C Crawford GIDP: E Longoria, M Hernandez, W Aybar Rays RISP: 3-4 (B Zobrist 1-1, E Longoria 1-1, J Dillon 0-1, C Crawford 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING CS: C Crawford (1, 2nd base by F Liriano)
FIELDING E: D Price (1, throw)

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Price (W, 1-0)	5.2	5	1	1	2	11	0	108-76	3.00
G Balfour (H, 5)	2.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	35-25	5.48
R Choate (S, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-6	3.00
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	3	15	0	154-107
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Price 17/25; G Balfour 5/10; R Choate 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Price 23-15-26-12; G Balfour 10-7-2-6; R Choate 2-1-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Price 2-4; G Balfour 3-2; R Choate 1-0 Game Scores: D Price 64

Scoring Summary

			MIN	TB
	3rd	J Morneau grounded out to second, D Span scored, J Mauer to third.	1	0
	3rd	J Dillon homered to left.	1	1
	3rd	C Crawford reached on infield single to second, M Hernandez scored, B Upton to third.	1	2
	3rd	E Longoria singled to center, B Upton scored.	1	3
	3rd	B Zobrist reached on infield single to shortstop, E Longoria scored, C Pena to third, W Aybar to second.	1	4
	7th	C Crawford homered to center.	1	5
	9th	A Casilla grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Harris scored, C Gomez out at second.	2	5
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Game Notes

MINNESOTA THIRD BASEMAN JOE CREDE LEFT THE GAME IN THE FOURTH INNING WITH A LEFT CALF INJURY.

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	36,052 (105.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:54
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Jerry Meals, First Base - James Hoye, Second Base - Mike Dimuro, Third Base - Dale Scott