Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 29, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 2009 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay 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 3, Tampa Bay Rays 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span lf 5 0 0 0
Mauer c 5 1 3 0
Morneau 1b 4 1 2 1
Kubel dh 4 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 4 1 1 1
Crede 3b 4 0 1 0
Harris ss 4 0 1 0
Tolbert 2b 2 0 0 0
Gomez cf 3 0 0 0
  Buscher ph 0 0 0 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Henn p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 4 1 2 0
Crawford lf 4 3 2 1
Longoria 3b 4 1 3 3
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Aybar dh 4 0 1 1
Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0
Gross rf 2 0 1 0
  Kapler ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Navarro c 3 0 0 0
Brignac ss 3 0 0 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Minnesota 000 001 020380
Tampa Bay 001 003 01x5101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  L(2-6) 5.2 7 4 4 0 4
  Henn   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Crain   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Mijares   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Guerrier   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
5
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W(4-4) 7.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Howell   1.0 1 1 0 0 2
  Wheeler   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Choate  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
9

  E–Longoria (5).  DP–Minnesota 1. Mauer-Harris.  2B–Minnesota Harris (6,off Shields); Mauer (6,off Shields); Morneau (15,off Howell), Tampa Bay Zobrist (13,off Baker); Aybar (6,off Mijares).  3B–Minnesota Mauer (1,off Shields).  HR–Minnesota Cuddyer (9,6th inning off Shields 0 on 1 out), Tampa Bay Crawford (2,3rd inning off Baker 0 on 2 out); Longoria (13,6th inning off Baker 2 on 0 out).  SH–Tolbert (5,off Shields).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Zobrist (3,by Mijares).  Team–5.  CS–Zobrist (2,3rd base by Henn/Mauer); Kapler (1,2nd base by Crain/Mauer); Zobrist (2,3rd base by Henn/Mauer); Kapler (1,2nd base by Crain/Mauer).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–James Hoye, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–3:03.  A–19,358.
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