Minnesota Twins vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - September 18, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 18, 2008

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 9/18)

Game 1: Thursday, September 18
Minnesota	11	Final
Tampa Bay	8	Final
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Game 2: Friday, September 19
Minnesota	1	Final
Tampa Bay	11	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, September 20
Minnesota	2	Final
Tampa Bay	7	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, September 21
Minnesota	4	Final
Tampa Bay	1	Final
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Twins 11

(83-70, 34-44 away)

Rays 8

(90-61, 55-23 home)

Alerts

7:10 PM ET, September 18, 2008

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	11	15	1
TB	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	9	1

W: E. Guardado (4-4)

L: D. Wheeler (5-6)

S: J. Nathan (37)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D Span RF-CF	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	.298
A Casilla 2B	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	.294
J Mauer C	4	2	3	3	1	0	0	.327
J Morneau 1B	4	1	1	0	1	1	4	.311
J Kubel DH	4	1	1	3	0	2	3	.275
b-A Everett PH-DH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.210
D Young LF	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	.289
M Tolbert 3B	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	.275
N Punto SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.288
C Gomez CF	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.256
a-M Cuddyer PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.251
J Pridie RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	38	11	15	11	3	6	14
a-flied out to center for C Gomez in the 8th b-doubled to deep left for J Kubel in the 9th
BATTING 2B: D Young (27, J Shields); J Mauer (29, D Wheeler); A Everett (6, T Miller) HR: J Kubel (18, 1st inning off J Shields 2 on, 2 Out); A Casilla (7, 9th inning off D Wheeler 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Kubel 3 (75), J Mauer 3 (78), A Casilla 2 (47), A Everett (19), D Young (65), M Tolbert (6) S: A Casilla 2 SF: M Tolbert 2-out RBI: J Kubel 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Cuddyer 1, N Punto 2 Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: N Punto (12, 2nd base off T Percival/D Navarro) CS: D Young (5, 2nd base by C Bradford/D Navarro)
FIELDING E: M Tolbert (6, throw) DP: 1 (A Casilla-N Punto-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Perkins	0.2	5	5	2	1	0	2	36-19	4.50
P Humber	5.1	3	2	2	2	1	2	78-47	3.72
B Korecky	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	17-8	5.52
E Guardado (W, 4-4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-11	4.20
J Nathan (S, 37)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	1.44
Totals	9.0	9	8	5	3	3	5	156-91
PITCHING HBP: G Gross (By P Humber) Batters faced: G Perkins 8; P Humber 22; B Korecky 4; E Guardado 3; J Nathan 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Perkins 2-0; P Humber 7-8; B Korecky 1-2; E Guardado 0-2; J Nathan 2-0 Game Scores: G Perkins 27

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
A Iwamura 2B	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.275
J Bartlett SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.280
a-W Aybar PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.262
C Pena 1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	3	.246
E Longoria 3B	5	3	3	4	0	0	1	.281
R Baldelli DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262
D Navarro C	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.290
B Zobrist LF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.227
G Gross RF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.254
F Perez CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.237
Totals	36	8	9	8	3	3	7
a-struck out looking for J Bartlett in the 9th
BATTING 2B: B Zobrist (9, G Perkins); G Gross (13, G Perkins) HR: E Longoria 3 (25, 1st inning off G Perkins 1 on, 2 Out; 4th inning off P Humber 0 on, 2 Out; 7th inning off B Korecky 0 on, 0 Out); D Navarro (7, 1st inning off G Perkins 1 on, 2 Out); C Pena (30, 4th inning off P Humber 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: E Longoria 4 (78), D Navarro 2 (49), G Gross (37), C Pena (92) 2-out RBI: E Longoria 3, D Navarro 2, G Gross, C Pena GIDP: C Pena Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: F Perez 2 Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: J Bartlett (15, throw)

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Shields	6.1	8	6	5	2	3	1	90-55	3.61
D Price (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	14-9	3.00
T Percival (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	26-16	4.89
D Wheeler (L, 5-6; B, 5)	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	15-7	3.25
T Miller	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4-2	4.62
C Bradford	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-6	2.08
Totals	9.0	15	11	10	3	6	2	161-95
PITCHING IBB: J Morneau (By D Wheeler) Batters faced: J Shields 29; D Price 3; T Percival 4; D Wheeler 4; T Miller 1; C Bradford 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Shields 7-9; D Price 0-0; T Percival 0-2; D Wheeler 0-0; T Miller 0-0; C Bradford 0-2 Game Scores: J Shields 36

Scoring Summary

			MIN	TB
	1st	J Kubel homered to right, D Span and J Mauer scored.	3	0
	1st	E Longoria homered to left, A Iwamura scored.	3	2
	1st	D Navarro homered to left, R Baldelli scored.	3	4
	1st	G Gross doubled to left center, B Zobrist scored.	3	5
	3rd	J Mauer singled to left, A Casilla scored.	4	5
	4th	C Pena homered to right center.	4	6
	4th	E Longoria homered to left.	4	7
	7th	J Mauer singled to center, C Gomez and D Span scored.	6	7
	7th	E Longoria homered to left.	6	8
	9th	A Casilla homered to right, D Span scored.	8	8
	9th	A Everett doubled to deep left, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to third.	9	8
	9th	D Young singled to right, J Morneau scored, A Everett to third.	10	8
	9th	M Tolbert hit sacrifice fly to left, A Everett scored.	11	8
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Game Notes

CARLOS PENA AND EVAN LONGORIA HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING.