Final
Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 9/18)
| Game 1: Thursday, September 18 | ||
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| Minnesota | 11 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 8 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, September 19 | ||
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| Minnesota | 1 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 11 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, September 20 | ||
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| Minnesota | 2 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 7 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, September 21 | ||
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| Minnesota | 4 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 1 | |
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7:10 PM ET, September 18, 2008
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Minnesota - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| D Span singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| A Casilla sacrificed to third, D Span to second. | 0 | 0 |
| J Mauer walked. | 0 | 0 |
| J Morneau popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| J Kubel homered to right, D Span and J Mauer scored. | 3 | 0 |
| D Young flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Glen Perkins pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| A Iwamura walked. | 3 | 0 |
| J Bartlett singled to left, A Iwamura to second. | 3 | 0 |
| C Pena grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Bartlett out at second, A Iwamura to third. | 3 | 0 |
| E Longoria homered to left, A Iwamura scored. | 3 | 2 |
| R Baldelli safe at second on throwing error by third baseman M Tolbert. | 3 | 2 |
| D Navarro homered to left, R Baldelli scored. | 3 | 4 |
| B Zobrist doubled to deep center. | 3 | 4 |
| G Gross doubled to left center, B Zobrist scored. | 3 | 5 |
| P Humber relieved G Perkins. | 3 | 5 |
| F Perez struck out looking. | 3 | 5 |
| 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| M Tolbert flied out to right. | 3 | 5 |
| N Punto flied out to right. | 3 | 5 |
| C Gomez singled to left. | 3 | 5 |
| D Span grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Gomez out at second. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Philip Humber pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| A Iwamura grounded out to third. | 3 | 5 |
| J Bartlett flied out to left. | 3 | 5 |
| C Pena walked. | 3 | 5 |
| E Longoria grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Pena out at second. | 3 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| A Casilla reached on infield single to shortstop, A Casilla to second on throwing error by shortstop J Bartlett. | 3 | 5 |
| J Mauer singled to left, A Casilla scored. | 4 | 5 |
| J Morneau popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 5 |
| J Kubel struck out swinging. | 4 | 5 |
| D Young grounded out to third. | 4 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Philip Humber pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| R Baldelli flied out to center. | 4 | 5 |
| D Navarro grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 5 |
| B Zobrist walked. | 4 | 5 |
| G Gross hit by pitch, B Zobrist to second. | 4 | 5 |
| F Perez flied out to left. | 4 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| M Tolbert struck out swinging. | 4 | 5 |
| N Punto flied out to center. | 4 | 5 |
| C Gomez grounded out to third. | 4 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Philip Humber pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| A Iwamura grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 5 |
| J Bartlett grounded out to third. | 4 | 5 |
| C Pena homered to right center. | 4 | 6 |
| E Longoria homered to left. | 4 | 7 |
| R Baldelli grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| D Span struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| A Casilla fouled out to first. | 4 | 7 |
| J Mauer flied out to left. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Philip Humber pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| D Navarro lined out to first. | 4 | 7 |
| B Zobrist popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 7 |
| G Gross flied out to left. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| J Morneau singled to left. | 4 | 7 |
| J Kubel lined out to second. | 4 | 7 |
| D Young doubled to right, J Morneau to third. | 4 | 7 |
| M Tolbert grounded out to third. | 4 | 7 |
| N Punto grounded out to third. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Philip Humber pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| F Perez grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 7 |
| A Iwamura flied out to left. | 4 | 7 |
| J Bartlett singled to left. | 4 | 7 |
| C Pena lined out to right. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| James Shields pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| C Gomez reached on bunt single to catcher. | 4 | 7 |
| D Span walked, C Gomez to second. | 4 | 7 |
| A Casilla sacrificed to third, C Gomez to third, D Span to second. | 4 | 7 |
| D Price relieved J Shields. | 4 | 7 |
| J Mauer singled to center, C Gomez and D Span scored. | 6 | 7 |
| J Morneau struck out looking. | 6 | 7 |
| J Kubel struck out swinging. | 6 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Bobby Korecky pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| B Korecky relieved P Humber. | 6 | 7 |
| E Longoria homered to left. | 6 | 8 |
| R Baldelli flied out to right. | 6 | 8 |
| D Navarro flied out to right. | 6 | 8 |
| B Zobrist grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Troy Percival pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| T Percival relieved D Price. | 6 | 8 |
| D Young struck out swinging. | 6 | 8 |
| M Tolbert flied out to center. | 6 | 8 |
| N Punto singled to center. | 6 | 8 |
| M Cuddyer hit for C Gomez. | 6 | 8 |
| N Punto stole second. | 6 | 8 |
| M Cuddyer flied out to center. | 6 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Eddie Guardado pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| D Span in center field. | 6 | 8 |
| J Pridie in right field. | 6 | 8 |
| E Guardado relieved B Korecky. | 6 | 8 |
| G Gross lined out to third. | 6 | 8 |
| F Perez struck out swinging. | 6 | 8 |
| A Iwamura flied out to right. | 6 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Dan Wheeler pitching for Tampa Bay | MIN | TB |
| D Wheeler relieved T Percival. | 6 | 8 |
| D Span reached on infield single to shortstop. | 6 | 8 |
| A Casilla homered to right, D Span scored. | 8 | 8 |
| J Mauer doubled to deep center. | 8 | 8 |
| J Morneau intentionally walked. | 8 | 8 |
| T Miller relieved D Wheeler. | 8 | 8 |
| A Everett hit for J Kubel. | 8 | 8 |
| A Everett doubled to deep left, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to third. | 9 | 8 |
| C Bradford relieved T Miller. | 9 | 8 |
| D Young singled to right, J Morneau scored, A Everett to third. | 10 | 8 |
| M Tolbert hit sacrifice fly to left, A Everett scored. | 11 | 8 |
| D Young caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 11 | 8 |
| N Punto fouled out to first. | 11 | 8 |
| 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joe Nathan pitching for Minnesota | MIN | TB |
| J Nathan relieved E Guardado. | 11 | 8 |
| W Aybar hit for J Bartlett. | 11 | 8 |
| W Aybar struck out looking. | 11 | 8 |
| C Pena grounded out to shortstop. | 11 | 8 |
| E Longoria grounded out to pitcher. | 11 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||