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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, July 4, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 40328
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1010005007130
Minnesota 1000003004101
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Sean Rodriguez 2B 5 2 3 1 0 0 4 .276
Carl Crawford LF 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 .316
Evan Longoria 3B 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 .298
Willy Aybar DH 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 .246
Matt Joyce RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .174
     Gabe Kapler PH-RF 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 .225
Kelly Shoppach C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .229
Carlos Pena 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200
B.J. Upton CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .228
Jason Bartlett SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .223
Totals 38 7 13 6 2 6 20  
Batting
2B - Evan Longoria (25), Gabe Kapler (3)
3B - Evan Longoria (3)
HR - Sean Rodriguez (6)
TB - Sean Rodriguez 6, Evan Longoria 6, Gabe Kapler 2, Kelly Shoppach, Carlos Pena 2, B.J. Upton 2, Jason Bartlett
RBI - Sean Rodriguez (29), Evan Longoria 3 (59), Gabe Kapler 2 (10)
2-Out RBI - Gabe Kapler 2 (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Joyce (5), Gabe Kapler (12), Kelly Shoppach (11)
S - Jason Bartlett (7)
GIDP - Sean Rodriguez (8), Kelly Shoppach (2)
Team LOB - 7
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
James Shields (W 7-8) 6.0 8 4 4 1 2 0 4.83
Grant Balfour (H 8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.10
Randy Choate (H 7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.57
Rafael Soriano (SV 21) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.47
WP - James Shields
Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 92-57, Grant Balfour 13-8, Randy Choate 14-7, Rafael Soriano 18-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 8-7, Grant Balfour 2-1, Randy Choate 3-0, Rafael Soriano 1-0
Batters Faced - James Shields 25, Grant Balfour 4, Randy Choate 3, Rafael Soriano 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Grant Balfour 2-1
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .275
Orlando Hudson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .274
Joe Mauer C 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .303
Justin Morneau 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .344
Jason Kubel RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .261
Michael Cuddyer 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .263
Jim Thome DH 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .266
Delmon Young LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .298
J.J. Hardy SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .219
Totals 35 4 10 4 1 4 11  
Batting
2B - Justin Morneau (25), Delmon Young (22)
TB - Orlando Hudson, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau 3, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Thome 2, Delmon Young 3
RBI - Justin Morneau (55), Jim Thome 2 (27), Delmon Young (55)
2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (24)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Orlando Hudson 2 (24), Joe Mauer (18), Jason Kubel (32), J.J. Hardy (18)
GIDP - Michael Cuddyer (14)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
CS - Delmon Young (3, 2nd by Shields/Shoppach)
Fielding
E - Nick Blackburn (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Nick Blackburn (L 7-6) 6.1 9 7 4 2 3 1 6.00
Brian Duensing 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.75
Alex Burnett 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.53
Ron Mahay 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.75
WP - Nick Blackburn
IBB - Carl Crawford (by Blackburn)
Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 104-75, Brian Duensing 10-7, Alex Burnett 15-10, Ron Mahay 25-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 10-6, Brian Duensing 0-1, Alex Burnett 2-1, Ron Mahay 0-1
Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 30, Brian Duensing 3, Alex Burnett 4, Ron Mahay 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Duensing 2-2