Tampa Bay Rays vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 27, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 27, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Tampa Bay leads 1-0 (as of 4/27)

Game 1: Monday, April 27
Tampa Bay	7	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, April 28
Tampa Bay	3	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, April 29
Tampa Bay	3	Final
Minnesota	8	Final
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Rays 7

(8-12, 6-7 away)

Twins 1

(9-11, 6-6 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 27, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

W: J. Niemann (2-2)

L: S. Baker (0-3)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	16	.160	.288	.200
C Crawford LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	12	.284	.330	.358
E Longoria 3B	3	2	2	1	1	0	21	.371	.430	.714
C Pena 1B	4	2	2	3	0	1	22	.257	.337	.689
P Burrell DH	4	0	1	1	0	2	13	.238	.364	.317
G Gross RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.188	.350	.313
D Navarro C	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	.188	.200	.281
A Iwamura 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	27	.284	.351	.388
J Bartlett SS	4	2	2	2	0	1	13	.371	.413	.543
Totals	35	7	9	7	2	8	146
BATTING 2B: E Longoria (9, S Baker) 3B: C Pena (1, S Baker) HR: C Pena (9, 8th inning off R Dickey 1 on, 1 Out); J Bartlett (3, 9th inning off J Morillo 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: C Pena 3 (24), P Burrell (8), J Bartlett 2 (7), E Longoria (17) 2-out RBI: C Pena, P Burrell, E Longoria, J Bartlett Rays RISP: 5-7 (C Pena 2-3, A Iwamura 0-1, J Bartlett 1-1, E Longoria 1-1, P Burrell 1-1) Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING Picked Off: B Upton (1st base by R Dickey)
FIELDING DP: 1 (A Iwamura-J Bartlett).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann (W, 4-4)	5.2	3	1	1	4	4	1	94-49	4.43
G Balfour (H, 6)	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	16-12	7.50
J Nelson (H, 3)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20-17	3.00
D Wheeler	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	8.59
J Howell	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-8	2.16
Totals	9.0	5	1	1	4	9	1	151-92
PITCHING G Balfour pitched to 2 batters in the 7th HBP: J Morneau (By J Niemann) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 10/24; G Balfour 1/3; J Nelson 4/4; D Wheeler 2/2; J Howell 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 14-13-7-15; G Balfour 5-1-4-2; J Nelson 5-2-7-3; D Wheeler 3-1-1-1; J Howell 3-2-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 1-11; G Balfour 0-0; J Nelson 0-3; D Wheeler 1-0; J Howell 0-1 Game Scores: J Niemann 59

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	20	.306	.378	.389
A Casilla 2B	2	0	0	0	2	1	20	.180	.242	.213
J Morneau 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	.304	.349	.519
J Kubel DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	15	.309	.338	.603
J Crede 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	14	.207	.303	.414
M Cuddyer RF	2	0	0	0	2	0	20	.208	.275	.306
D Young LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	16	.255	.296	.333
J Morales C	4	0	1	0	0	1	14	.361	.395	.444
N Punto SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	18	.236	.344	.255
Totals	31	1	5	1	4	9	151
BATTING HR: J Crede (3, 6th inning off J Niemann 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Crede (6) 2-out RBI: J Crede Twins RISP: 0-9 (A Casilla 0-1, J Kubel 0-2, J Morales 0-1, J Crede 0-1, D Span 0-1, J Morneau 0-2, D Young 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: D Span 2 (5, 2nd base off J Niemann/D Navarro, 3rd base off J Niemann/D Navarro); A Casilla (2, 2nd base off J Niemann/D Navarro); M Cuddyer (2, 2nd base off G Balfour/D Navarro)
FIELDING PB: J Morales 2.

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Baker (L, 2-6)	6.0	6	4	4	1	7	0	99-65	9.82
R Dickey	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	1	35-19	5.73
J Morillo	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	12-8	22.50
Totals	9.0	9	7	7	2	8	2	146-92
PITCHING WP: S Baker First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Baker 16/25; R Dickey 5/8; J Morillo 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Baker 11-15-22-17; R Dickey 8-0-5-6; J Morillo 1-1-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Baker 3-8; R Dickey 1-3; J Morillo 0-3 Game Scores: S Baker 50

Scoring Summary

			TB	MIN
	1st	C Pena tripled to deep right, E Longoria scored.	1	0
	1st	P Burrell singled to deep left, C Pena scored.	2	0
	5th	J Bartlett singled to center, D Navarro scored.	3	0
	5th	E Longoria singled to right, J Bartlett scored, C Crawford to third.	4	0
	6th	J Crede homered to left.	4	1
	8th	C Pena homered to right, E Longoria scored.	6	1
	9th	J Bartlett homered to left.	7	1
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Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	17,988 (45.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:53
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Gary Darling, First Base - Bill Hohn, Second Base - Bruce Dreckman, Third Base - Paul Emmel