Tampa Bay Rays vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - July 03, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 3, 2010

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Tampa Bay leads 2-1 (as of 7/3)

Game 1: Thursday, July 1
Tampa Bay	5	Final in 10
Minnesota	4	Final in 10
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Game 2: Friday, July 2
Tampa Bay	1	Final
Minnesota	2	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, July 3
Tampa Bay	8	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, July 4
Tampa Bay	7	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Rays 8

(47-33, 27-14 away)

Twins 6

(44-37, 26-16 home)

Alerts

4:10 PM ET, July 3, 2010

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	8	10	0
MIN	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	13	0

W: R. Choate (1-2)

L: M. Guerrier (1-4)

S: R. Soriano (20)

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Rodriguez 2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	22	.267	.303	.417
C Crawford LF	5	1	2	2	0	1	27	.320	.379	.495
E Longoria 3B	5	1	2	1	0	1	19	.294	.368	.500
W Aybar DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	10	.254	.298	.408
K Shoppach C	2	0	0	0	1	1	11	.227	.386	.364
a-J Jaso PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.274	.398	.389
B Upton CF	3	1	0	0	1	1	19	.223	.319	.398
B Zobrist 1B-RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	14	.288	.374	.404
G Kapler RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	12	.218	.303	.276
b-M Joyce PH	1	1	1	4	0	0	3	.200	.407	.400
C Pena 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.312	.406
J Bartlett SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	12	.221	.309	.327
Totals	36	8	10	8	2	10	152
a-grounded to first for K Shoppach in the 8th b-homered to center for G Kapler in the 8th
BATTING 2B: J Bartlett (14, A Burnett); C Crawford (19, J Mijares); W Aybar (5, M Guerrier) HR: M Joyce (1, 8th inning off M Guerrier 3 on, 2 Out) RBI: C Crawford 2 (41), E Longoria (56), W Aybar (22), M Joyce 4 (4) S: J Bartlett 2-out RBI: C Crawford, M Joyce 4 Rays RISP: 6-13 (J Jaso 0-1, B Zobrist 0-1, M Joyce 1-1, E Longoria 1-3, S Rodriguez 1-2, C Crawford 2-3, W Aybar 1-2) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 2 (B Zobrist-E Longoria-L Cormier, J Bartlett-S Rodriguez-B Zobrist).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Davis	4.1	8	4	4	0	1	3	73-52	4.86
L Cormier	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	4.50
D Wheeler	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	3.28
R Choate (W, 1-2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-4	5.85
J Benoit	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17-12	0.76
G Balfour	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	5-4	2.16
R Soriano (S, 20)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	1.52
Totals	9.0	13	6	6	0	4	3	128-90
PITCHING D Wheeler pitched to 1 batter in the 7th; G Balfour pitched to 2 batters in the 9th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Davis 14/21; L Cormier 2/4; D Wheeler 1/2; R Choate 0/2; J Benoit 2/3; G Balfour 2/2; R Soriano 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Davis 10-2-20-20; L Cormier 2-0-0-4; D Wheeler 1-1-0-2; R Choate 1-1-1-1; J Benoit 2-3-6-1; G Balfour 2-0-0-2; R Soriano 1-1-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Davis 6-6; L Cormier 4-0; D Wheeler 0-1; R Choate 2-0; J Benoit 0-1; G Balfour 0-0; R Soriano 3-0 Game Scores: W Davis 32

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	5	0	1	1	0	1	13	.278	.351	.384
O Hudson 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	11	.274	.346	.375
J Mauer C	4	1	3	0	0	0	14	.303	.378	.434
J Morneau 1B	4	1	1	2	0	1	22	.342	.436	.613
J Kubel RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	.260	.345	.440
N Punto 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.253	.330	.323
M Cuddyer 3B-RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	21	.264	.328	.416
J Thome DH	4	3	3	3	0	0	7	.258	.388	.597
D Young LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	16	.295	.330	.484
J Hardy SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	13	.225	.272	.345
Totals	38	6	13	6	0	4	128
BATTING 2B: D Young (21, W Davis); J Hardy (6, W Davis); J Mauer (24, W Davis); M Cuddyer (18, G Balfour); J Thome (10, G Balfour) HR: J Thome 2 (10, 2nd inning off W Davis 0 on, 2 Out; 4th inning off W Davis 0 on, 1 Out); J Morneau (17, 3rd inning off W Davis 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Thome 3 (25), J Morneau 2 (54), D Span (35) 2-out RBI: J Thome, J Morneau 2, D Span GIDP: J Thome, O Hudson Twins RISP: 2-8 (J Thome 1-1, J Kubel 0-1, D Span 1-2, J Hardy 0-2, J Morneau 0-1, D Young 0-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING PB: J Mauer.

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano	7.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	103-67	3.32
A Burnett	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	13-10	3.63
J Mijares	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3-1	2.65
M Guerrier (L, 1-4; B, 3)	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	21-13	2.82
R Mahay	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	3.91
Totals	9.0	10	8	8	2	10	1	152-99
PITCHING A Burnett pitched to 2 batters in the 8th; J Mijares pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP: F Liriano First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 11/26; A Burnett 1/2; J Mijares 0/1; M Guerrier 3/7; R Mahay 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 17-15-20-15; A Burnett 1-0-7-2; J Mijares 0-0-0-1; M Guerrier 2-3-3-5; R Mahay 3-1-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 8-3; A Burnett 0-0; J Mijares 0-0; M Guerrier 2-1; R Mahay 2-1 Game Scores: F Liriano 74

Scoring Summary

			TB	MIN
	2nd	J Thome homered to left (351 feet).	0	1
	3rd	C Crawford reached on infield single to pitcher, G Kapler scored.	1	1
	3rd	J Morneau homered to right center (402 feet), J Mauer scored.	1	3
	4th	J Thome homered to left center (410 feet).	1	4
	8th	C Crawford hit a ground rule double to left, J Bartlett scored, S Rodriguez to third.	2	4
	8th	E Longoria singled to left, S Rodriguez scored, C Crawford to third.	3	4
	8th	W Aybar doubled to deep right center, C Crawford scored, E Longoria to third.	4	4
	8th	M Joyce homered to center (418 feet), E Longoria, W Aybar and B Upton scored.	8	4
	9th	J Thome doubled to deep right, M Cuddyer scored.	8	5
	9th	D Span singled to right, J Thome scored.	8	6
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Game Notes

JIM THOME HIT THE 573RD AND 574TH HOME RUNS OF HIS CAREER, SURPASSING HARMON KILLEBREW FOR 10TH PLACE ON THE ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST.

Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	40,852 (103.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:12
Weather	90 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	18 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Alfonso Marquez, Second Base - Tim Tschida, Third Base - Jeff Nelson