Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
April 23, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2002 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 4 1 1 0
Guzman ss 4 1 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 0 1 2
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
Koskie 3b 4 0 1 0
Buchanan dh 3 0 0 0
  Kielty ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Mohr rf 4 2 3 0
Pierzynski c 4 0 3 2
Hocking 2b 4 0 0 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore p 0 0 0 0
  Cressend p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Tyner lf 5 0 1 1
Winn cf 4 0 2 2
Cox 1b 4 1 1 1
Hall c 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 2 1 0 0
Vaughn dh 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 2 1 0
Abernathy 2b 4 2 2 1
Johnson 3b 1 0 1 1
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Kent p 0 0 0 0
  Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Minnesota 012 000 1004100
Tampa Bay 031 200 00x682
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  L (2-2) 3.2 7 6 6 2 4
  Fiore   2.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Cressend   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Wells   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
5
6
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  W (1-1) 5.0 6 3 2 0 3
  Kent   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Zambrano   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Yan  SV (4) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
0
6

  E–Gomez (4), Kennedy (3).  2B–Minnesota Jones (5,off Kennedy); Mientkiewicz (8,off Kennedy); Mohr (4,off Kent); Pierzynski (6,off Yan).  3B–Minnesota Pierzynski (1,off Kennedy).  HR–Tampa Bay Cox (1,3rd inning off Radke 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Johnson (2,off Radke).  IBB–Grieve (4,by Cressend).  SB–Johnson (2,2nd base off Fiore/Pierzynski).  IBB–Cressend (1,Grieve).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–2:57.  A–10,602.
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