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Twins
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 20, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 20, 2008 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kevin Slowey |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Scott Kazmir |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 36,048 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike DiMuro 1B: Gerry Davis 2B: Larry Vanover 3B: Mike Everitt |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Right Fielder |
| Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Michael Cuddyer | DH |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Brendan Harris | Third Baseman |
| Nick Punto | Shortstop |
| Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Akinori Iwamura | Second Baseman |
| Jason Bartlett | Shortstop |
| Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
| Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
| Cliff Floyd | DH |
| Dioner Navarro | Catcher |
| Gabe Gross | Right Fielder |
| Eric Hinske | Left Fielder |
| Fernando Perez | Center Fielder |
| Joe Maddon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 20, 2008
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Kazmir
Span hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Kazmir
Casilla strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Kazmir
Mauer hits a line drive into left field. Hinske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Slowey
Iwamura hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Slowey
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Slowey
Pena strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Kazmir
Morneau strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cuddyer vs. Kazmir
Cuddyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Kazmir
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cuddyer moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Kazmir
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Punto vs. Kazmir
Punto strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Slowey
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Floyd vs. Slowey
Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Slowey covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Navarro vs. Slowey
Navarro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Slowey
Gross hits a popup towards short. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Kazmir
Gomez bunts towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Kazmir
Span hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Kazmir
Casilla hits a fly ball into center field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hinske vs. Slowey
Hinske hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Slowey
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Iwamura vs. Slowey
Iwamura takes first base on ball four. Hinske moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Bartlett vs. Slowey
Bartlett hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hinske moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Pena vs. Slowey
Pena hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Span. Pena reaches second base with a double. Hinske scores. Iwamura goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Longoria vs. Slowey
Longoria hits a popup towards short. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Kazmir
Mauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Kazmir
Morneau hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Morneau reaches second base with a double. Mauer moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Cuddyer vs. Kazmir
Cuddyer is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Young vs. Kazmir
Young hits a fly ball towards center. Perez catches it and throws to Pena who throws to second to double up Morneau. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Harris vs. Kazmir
Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Floyd vs. Slowey
Floyd hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Navarro vs. Slowey
Navarro hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Span. Navarro reaches second base with a double. Floyd moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Gross vs. Slowey
Gross hits a popup towards short. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hinske vs. Slowey
Hinske hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Casilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Perez vs. Slowey
Perez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Kazmir
Punto hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Navarro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Kazmir
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Kazmir
Span hits a line drive into center field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Slowey
Iwamura hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Bartlett vs. Slowey
There goes Iwamura. The throw from Mauer and he is out, Punto applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Slowey
Bartlett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Bartlett reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Slowey
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Longoria vs. Slowey
Longoria hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gomez. Longoria reaches second base with a double. Bartlett scores. Pena moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Floyd vs. Slowey
Floyd is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Navarro vs. Slowey
Navarro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pena scores. Longoria moves to third. Floyd moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Baldelli vs. Reyes
Dennys Reyes now pitching. Rocco Baldelli pinch hits for Gabe Gross.
Baldelli takes first base on ball four. Longoria scores. Floyd moves to third. Navarro moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Upton vs. Reyes
B.J. Upton pinch hits for Eric Hinske.
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Kazmir
Rocco Baldelli now playing right field. B.J. Upton now playing center field. Fernando Perez now playing left field.
Casilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Kazmir
Mauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Casilla moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Kazmir
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Casilla moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Cuddyer vs. Kazmir
Cuddyer hits a line drive into right field. Baldelli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Reyes
Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Reyes
Iwamura strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Reyes
Bartlett strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Reyes
Pena strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Balfour
Grant Balfour now pitching.
Young strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Balfour
Harris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Balfour
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Balfour
Gomez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Harris moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Span vs. Balfour
Span hits a popup towards short. Bartlett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Guerrier
Matt Guerrier now pitching.
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Floyd vs. Guerrier
Floyd hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Navarro vs. Guerrier
Navarro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Navarro for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Baldelli vs. Guerrier
Baldelli strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Howell
J.P. Howell now pitching.
Casilla takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Mauer vs. Howell
Mauer hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Howell
Morneau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Howell
Cuddyer takes first base on ball four. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Howell
Young strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Guerrier
Upton hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Guerrier
Perez hits a line drive into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Guerrier
Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Guerrier covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Percival
Troy Percival now pitching.
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bartlett. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Percival
Punto hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Percival
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Percival
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Span vs. Percival
Span hits a line drive into right field. Baldelli picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Baldelli. Harris scores. Gomez moves to third. Span moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Casilla vs. Miller
Trever Miller now pitching.
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gomez scores. Span moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Mauer vs. Miller
Mauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/2008 -- Minnesota at Tampa Bay (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Span D, rf 5 0 1 1 Iwamura A, 2b 4 1 1 0
Casilla A, 2b 4 0 1 1 Bartlett J, ss 4 1 1 0
Mauer J, c 5 0 2 0 Pena C, 1b 3 1 1 2
Morneau J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Longoria E, 3b 4 1 1 1
Cuddyer M, dh 1 0 0 0 Floyd C, dh 3 1 2 1
Young D, lf 4 0 1 0 Navarro D, c 4 0 3 1
Harris B, 3b 3 1 0 0 Gross G, rf 2 0 0 0
Punto N, ss 4 0 0 0 Baldelli R, ph-rf 1 0 0 1
Gomez C, cf 3 1 1 0 Hinske E, lf 2 1 1 0
Upton B, ph-cf 2 0 0 0
Perez F, cf-lf 4 1 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 2 7 2 33 7 11 7
Minnesota 000 000 002 -- 2
Tampa Bay 002 031 10x -- 7
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Slowey K (L) 4.1 9 5 5 3 3
Reyes D 1.2 1 1 1 1 3
Guerrier M 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir S (W) 6.0 5 0 0 1 5
Balfour G 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Howell J 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Percival T 0.1 1 2 0 1 0
Miller T 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Bartlett J, Baldelli R
DP -- Minnesota 1, Tampa Bay 2
LOB -- Minnesota 10, Tampa Bay 6
2B -- Pena C, Morneau J, Navarro D, Bartlett J, Longoria E
HR -- Perez F, Floyd C
CS -- Iwamura A
HBP -- by Kazmir S (Cuddyer M)
T -- 3:26
A -- 36048
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