Tampa Bay 8, Minnesota 6
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 3, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
90°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Timmons, 1B -
Alfonso Marquez, 2B -
Tim Tschida, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
40852
By SportsDirect Inc.
Matt Joyce belted the go-ahead grand slam in Tampa Bay's seven-run eighth inning as the Rays rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 8-6 Saturday.
Trailing 4-1 entering the eighth, Tampa strung together five consecutive hits to tie the game. With two out and the bases loaded, Joyce – pinch hitting for Gabe Kapler – deposited a Matt Guerrier offering over the center field wall to complete the comeback.
The Twins attempted a rally of their own in the ninth inning, trimming the deficit to 8-6 on a Jim Thome RBI double and a Denard Span run-scoring single. Tampa closer Rafael Soriano settled down, and induced Orlando Hudson to ground out, ending the game.
Randy Choate (1-2) earned the victory with a scoreless inning of relief, while Soriano picked up his 20th save.
Thome homered twice in defeat for the Twins, moving into 10th on the all-time list with 574. He homered on his first two at-bats to pass Harmon Killebrew.
Guerrier took the loss (1-4), surrendering four runs in the Minnesota meltdown.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
10 |
1 |
16 |
.278 |
14 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
13 |
3 |
27 |
.342 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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