Minnesota 4, Tampa Bay 2
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, April 17, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Jeff Kellogg, 1B -
Eric Cooper, 2B -
Mark Carlson, 3B -
Tim Timmons
Attendance:
22426
By SportsDirect Inc.
Steve Holm and Jason Repko, the bottom two in the batting order, each had their first two hits of the season as the visiting Minnesota Twins snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday afternoon.
Holm had a single and scored on an error, Repko hit an RBI single and scored, and Matt Tolbert capped a three-run rally in the fifth inning with an RBI triple as the Twins (5-10) erased a 2-1 Tampa Bay lead. Jason Kubel also hit his second home run in two days in the fourth inning for Minnesota.
Brian Duensing (1-0) pitched seven innings for the win, allowing two runs on seven hits. Matt Capps earned his first save in place of Joe Nathan, pitching a scoreless ninth.
Sam Fuld had two hits for the Rays (6-9), whose five-game win streak ended.
Tampa Bay starter Jeremy Hellickson (1-2) gave up six hits and four runs in seven innings.
Johnny Damon left the game in the fifth inning with a bruised left ring finger. He was injured in the bottom of the third, when a pitch hit both his bat and the finger on a bunt attempt. Damon stayed in to hit an RBI single, giving the Rays a 1-0 lead, but was eventually replaced by Matt Joyce in left field.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Minnesota |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Steve Holm
| Player |
Sam Fuld
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
3 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.400 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
9 |
1 |
17 |
.250 |
13 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.250 |
13 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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