Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3
When: 6:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Eric Cooper, 1B -
Mark Carlson, 2B -
Tim Timmons, 3B -
Jeff Kellogg
Attendance:
10042
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Johnny Damon belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.
Sam Fuld singled with one out before Damon’s third home run of the season for the Rays (4-8), who have won three straight games. Matt Joyce (3-for-4) hit a two-run double to tie the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth off Twins closer Joe Nathan.
Kyle Farnsworth (1-0) picked up the win in relief for Tampa Bay.
Matt Tolbert singled with two outs and moved to second on a passed ball before Danny Valencia knocked him in to give the Twins a 3-2 lead in the top of the 10th inning. Unfortunately for Minnesota, Matt Capps (1-1) could not save the game.
Jim Thome and Justin Morneau had two hits apiece for the Twins (4-8). Minnesota starter Carl Pavano pitched eight shutout innings, allowing four hits.
Tampa Bay starter James Shields had a four-hit shutout through five innings, but the Twins broke the scoreless tie with two runs in the top of the sixth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Minnesota |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Carl Pavano
|
Player |
James Shields
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
8.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
4 |
Hits |
9 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
12 |
0 |
16 |
.293 |
16 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.229 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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