Minnesota Twins vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - August 03, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 3, 2010

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Tampa Bay leads 2-0 (as of 8/3)

Game 1: Monday, August 2
Minnesota	2	Final
Tampa Bay	4	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 3
Minnesota	4	Final
Tampa Bay	6	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 4
Minnesota	2	Final in 13
Tampa Bay	1	Final in 13
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Game 4: Thursday, August 5
Minnesota	8	Final
Tampa Bay	6	Final
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Twins 4

(59-48, 26-28 away)

Rays 6

(67-39, 34-21 home)

Alerts

7:10 PM ET, August 3, 2010

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

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

W: J. Niemann (10-3)

L: M. Guerrier (1-6)

S: R. Soriano (31)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	2	2	0	0	0	20	.277	.347	.365
A Casilla 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	.260	.341	.390
a-J Thome PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.251	.379	.535
J Hardy PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.300	.378
J Mauer DH	4	0	3	3	1	1	19	.318	.387	.472
D Young LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	12	.330	.362	.540
J Kubel RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	20	.261	.338	.431
M Cuddyer 1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	15	.276	.344	.434
D Valencia 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.360	.413	.459
T Plouffe SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.115	.111	.154
b-J Repko PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.316	.395	.553
D Butera C	2	2	2	1	1	0	9	.200	.235	.338
c-J Morales PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.000	.250	.000
Totals	36	4	10	4	3	5	142
a-reached on error for A Casilla in the 9th b-struck out swinging for T Plouffe in the 9th c-walked for D Butera in the 9th
BATTING 2B: D Span (15, J Niemann); M Cuddyer (25, J Niemann) HR: D Butera (2, 7th inning off J Niemann 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Mauer 3 (56), D Butera (8) S: A Casilla 2-out RBI: J Mauer 2 GIDP: D Valencia Twins RISP: 3-11 (A Casilla 0-2, J Thome 0-1, J Mauer 3-3, J Kubel 0-1, D Valencia 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1, D Young 0-2) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: M Cuddyer (3, 3rd base off J Niemann/K Shoppach)
FIELDING DP: 2 (D Valencia-A Casilla-M Cuddyer, T Plouffe-M Cuddyer). Outfield Assist: D Span (S Rodriguez at Home).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Duensing	6.0	4	3	3	4	3	1	92-50	2.10
M Guerrier (L, 1-6)	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	1	16-6	3.45
J Mijares	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	2.59
J Crain	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-4	3.05
M Capps	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	23-11	0.00
R Mahay	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.38
Totals	8.0	6	6	6	8	4	2	146-77
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Duensing 12/24; M Guerrier 2/4; J Mijares 1/1; J Crain 0/1; M Capps 1/4; R Mahay 1/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Duensing 16-7-11-16; M Guerrier 3-0-1-2; J Mijares 1-1-1-1; J Crain 1-1-2-0; M Capps 4-1-4-2; R Mahay 1-0-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duensing 11-4; M Guerrier 1-0; J Mijares 1-0; J Crain 0-0; M Capps 1-0; R Mahay 1-0 Game Scores: B Duensing 51

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	4	1	2	3	0	2	17	.235	.321	.407
C Crawford LF	3	1	0	0	1	0	14	.306	.359	.491
E Longoria 3B	4	1	1	0	0	2	19	.292	.382	.496
W Aybar DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	12	.257	.315	.388
S Rodriguez 2B	2	1	1	3	2	0	23	.258	.302	.411
D Johnson 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	18	.000	.500	.000
J Bartlett SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.240	.321	.327
K Shoppach C	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	.198	.333	.272
a-J Jaso PH-C	1	1	0	0	1	0	9	.271	.385	.383
G Kapler RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	.209	.292	.287
b-M Joyce PH-RF	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	.244	.381	.523
Totals	27	6	6	6	8	4	146
a-walked for K Shoppach in the 7th b-walked for G Kapler in the 7th
BATTING HR: S Rodriguez (7, 1st inning off B Duensing 2 on, 2 Out); B Upton (9, 7th inning off M Guerrier 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: S Rodriguez 3 (34), B Upton 3 (38) 2-out RBI: S Rodriguez 3 GIDP: S Rodriguez, C Crawford Rays RISP: 3-5 (J Jaso 0-1, S Rodriguez 1-1, J Bartlett 1-1, W Aybar 0-1, B Upton 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: S Rodriguez (8, 2nd base off M Capps/D Butera)
FIELDING E: R Soriano (1, catch) DP: 1 (E Longoria-S Rodriguez-D Johnson). Outfield Assist: M Joyce (J Morales at 2nd base).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann (W, 10-3)	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	104-67	3.12
J Benoit (H, 15)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	0.70
R Soriano (S, 31)	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	25-15	1.86
Totals	9.0	10	4	3	3	5	1	142-91
PITCHING IBB: J Mauer (By J Niemann) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 19/30; J Benoit 1/4; R Soriano 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 14-6-23-24; J Benoit 3-0-2-4; R Soriano 6-2-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 10-7; J Benoit 1-2; R Soriano 2-0 Game Scores: J Niemann 51

Scoring Summary

			MIN	TB
	1st	J Mauer singled to center, D Span scored.	1	0
	1st	S Rodriguez homered to center (418 feet), C Crawford and E Longoria scored.	1	3
	3rd	J Mauer singled to right, D Butera scored.	2	3
	7th	D Butera homered to left (377 feet).	3	3
	7th	B Upton homered to left (400 feet), J Jaso and M Joyce scored.	3	6
	9th	J Mauer singled to right, D Span scored, J Hardy to third.	4	6
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Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	18,261 (53.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:55
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Jerry Crawford, First Base - Phil Cuzzi, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Brian Onora