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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Minnesota 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 28, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 36456
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Sam Fuld LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 .315
Johnny Damon DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .279
B.J. Upton CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .247
Matt Joyce RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .310
Ben Zobrist 2B 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 .258
Casey Kotchman 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333
Sean Rodriguez 3B 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .214
     Felipe Lopez 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
John Jaso C 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .196
Elliot Johnson SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200
Totals 37 6 11 6 1 6 13  
Batting
2B - Ben Zobrist (7), John Jaso (3)
HR - Ben Zobrist (7), John Jaso (2)
TB - Johnny Damon, B.J. Upton, Matt Joyce, Ben Zobrist 7, Casey Kotchman 2, Sean Rodriguez, John Jaso 6
RBI - Ben Zobrist 2 (25), Sean Rodriguez 2 (8), John Jaso 2 (7)
2-Out RBI - John Jaso (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Sam Fuld (5), Ben Zobrist (9), Elliot Johnson (3)
GIDP - John Jaso (3)
Team LOB - 5
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann (W 1-3) 7.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 5.60
Joel Peralta 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.38
Juan Cruz 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.24
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 84-52, Joel Peralta 12-8, Juan Cruz 22-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 9-4, Joel Peralta 0-2, Juan Cruz 0-1
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 23, Joel Peralta 3, Juan Cruz 4
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .309
Matt Tolbert SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .171
Jason Kubel DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333
Justin Morneau 1B 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .232
Michael Cuddyer RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .235
Rene Tosoni LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286
Danny Valencia 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
Drew Butera C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Luke Hughes 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .256
Totals 28 1 2 1 2 5 7  
Batting
TB - Denard Span, Justin Morneau
RBI - Justin Morneau (8)
2-Out RBI - Justin Morneau (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Kubel (7)
GIDP - Michael Cuddyer (5)
Team LOB - 2
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Anthony Swarzak (L 0-1) 5.1 8 5 5 1 1 2 8.44
Glen Perkins 2.2 3 1 1 0 3 0 0.75
Joe Nathan 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.64
Pitches-Strikes - Anthony Swarzak 95-55, Glen Perkins 38-25, Joe Nathan 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Anthony Swarzak 3-8, Glen Perkins 4-0, Joe Nathan 0-1
Batters Faced - Anthony Swarzak 25, Glen Perkins 10, Joe Nathan 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Glen Perkins 1-1