Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins
April 28, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 2011 at Target 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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Tampa Bay Rays 15, Minnesota Twins 3

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Fuld lf 4 1 0 0
  Lopez ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Damon dh 4 3 3 1
  Johnson ph,dh,cf 1 1 1 0
Upton cf 4 3 3 2
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Joyce rf 4 2 3 1
Zobrist 2b 6 2 4 8
Rodriguez 3b,lf 6 1 1 0
Shoppach c 5 0 0 1
Kotchman 1b 5 1 2 1
Brignac ss 5 0 1 0
Hellickson p 0 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 15 19 14
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 4 0 1 0
Casilla ss 4 0 0 0
Kubel dh 4 0 1 0
Morneau 1b 3 0 0 0
  Tolbert 2b 1 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 3 2 2 1
Valencia 3b 3 1 1 0
Tosoni lf 4 0 2 1
Holm c 4 0 0 0
Hughes L. 2b,1b 4 0 1 1
Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Hoey p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes D. p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Tampa Bay 212 203 30215190
Minnesota 000 100 200382
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hellickson  W(2-2) 6.1 7 3 3 1 3
  McGee   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Russell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn  L(1-4) 3.1 8 7 5 4 0
  Hoey   2.2 5 3 3 0 2
  Mijares   0.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Hughes   1.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Capps   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
15
13
6
6

  E–Casilla (3), Tosoni (1).  DP–Minnesota 1. Valencia-L. Hughes-Morneau.  2B–Tampa Bay Rodriguez (5,off Hoey); Zobrist 2 (6,off Mijares,off D. Hughes).  3B–Tampa Bay Damon (1,off Blackburn).  HR–Tampa Bay Kotchman (1,2nd inning off Blackburn 0 on 0 out); Zobrist (6,6th inning off Hoey 2 on 1 out), Minnesota Cuddyer (3,4th inning off Hellickson 0 on 2 out).  SF–Shoppach (1,off Blackburn).  Team LOB–10.  Team–6.  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Chris Conroy, 2B–Mike DiMuro, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–3:27.  A–38,215.
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