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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Minnesota 2
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, April 22, 2012
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 26507
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 000002000250
Tampa Bay 00212001-651
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Denard Span CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .328
Jamey Carroll SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .246
Joe Mauer C 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .295
Josh Willingham LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .328
Justin Morneau DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .250
Chris Parmelee 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .275
     Ryan Doumit PH-1B 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .222
Danny Valencia 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .218
Clete Thomas RF 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .190
Alexi Casilla 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .227
Totals 32 2 5 2 2 10 17  
Batting
TB - Denard Span, Jamey Carroll 2, Ryan Doumit, Clete Thomas
RBI - Ryan Doumit 2 (8)
2-Out RBI - Ryan Doumit 2 (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jamey Carroll (6), Justin Morneau (11), Danny Valencia 2 (10)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Denard Span (3, 2nd off Niemann/Gimenez)
Fielding
PB - Joe Mauer (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Francisco Liriano (L 0-3) 5.0 3 5 5 4 4 1 11.02
Anthony Swarzak 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5.94
Glen Perkins 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8.53
HBP - Elliot Johnson (by Liriano)
Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 86-47, Anthony Swarzak 27-19, Glen Perkins 20-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 3-7, Anthony Swarzak 3-0, Glen Perkins 0-2
Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 22, Anthony Swarzak 7, Glen Perkins 5
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Desmond Jennings LF 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 .262
Ben Zobrist RF 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 .189
Carlos Pena 1B 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .304
Evan Longoria 3B 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 .339
Jeff Keppinger DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .196
B.J. Upton CF 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 .250
Sean Rodriguez SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .214
Chris Gimenez C 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 .385
Elliot Johnson 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .091
Totals 24 6 5 6 5 8 10  
Batting
2B - Evan Longoria (6)
HR - Desmond Jennings (2)
TB - Desmond Jennings 4, Evan Longoria 3, Sean Rodriguez, Chris Gimenez
RBI - Desmond Jennings 3 (7), Ben Zobrist (7), B.J. Upton 2 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Pena (7), Sean Rodriguez (6)
SF - Desmond Jennings (1), Ben Zobrist (1), B.J. Upton 2 (2)
GIDP - B.J. Upton (2)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
SB - Evan Longoria (1, 2nd off Perkins/Mauer), Elliot Johnson (2, 2nd off Liriano/Mauer)
Fielding
E - Carlos Pena (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann (W 1-2) 5.1 3 2 2 2 5 0 4.11
Jake McGee (H 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.00
Wade Davis (H 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.35
Joel Peralta (H 3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11.12
Fernando Rodney 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.23
HBP - Josh Willingham (by Niemann)
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 80-47, Jake McGee 6-4, Wade Davis 16-10, Joel Peralta 14-10, Fernando Rodney 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 8-0, Jake McGee 0-0, Wade Davis 2-1, Joel Peralta 2-0, Fernando Rodney 1-0
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 22, Jake McGee 1, Wade Davis 5, Joel Peralta 4, Fernando Rodney 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jake McGee 3-0, Wade Davis 3-2