Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins
August 12, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 2012 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 7, Minnesota Twins 3

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 4 2 2 1
Upton cf 3 1 0 0
Zobrist rf 4 0 2 0
Longoria dh 4 0 1 0
  Fuld pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Keppinger 3b 5 1 2 2
Pena 1b 4 1 0 0
Roberts 2b 4 1 3 2
Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 1
  Joyce ph 1 0 1 1
  Johnson ss 0 0 0 0
Lobaton c 4 0 0 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 3 1 1 0
  Mastroianni rf 2 0 0 0
Revere rf,cf 5 0 0 0
Mauer c 4 0 1 1
Willingham dh 4 1 1 0
Morneau 1b 4 1 2 2
Doumit lf 5 0 1 0
Casilla 2b 5 0 0 0
Dozier ss 4 0 0 0
Carroll 3b 2 0 1 0
Diamond p 0 0 0 0
  Burton p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins p 0 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Fien p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 7 3
Tampa Bay 110 010 000 47123
Minnesota 021 000 000 0370
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields   7.0 5 3 2 1 2
  Peralta   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Farnsworth  W(1-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Howell   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Rodney  SV(36) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Diamond   7.0 8 3 3 2 6
  Burton   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Perkins   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Burnett  L(4-4) 0.2 1 3 3 2 0
  Robertson   0.0 0 1 1 0 0
  Fien   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
2
0
0
0
0

  E–Zobrist (8), Keppinger (2), Rodriguez (14).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Roberts-Pena, Minnesota 3. Dozier-Casilla-Morneau, Casilla-Dozier-Morneau, Dozier-Casilla-Morneau.  2B–Tampa Bay Roberts (3,off Diamond); Rodriguez (12,off Diamond); Keppinger (11,off Diamond); Zobrist (27,off Burton); Joyce (13,off Fien), Minnesota Span (31,off Shields); Willingham (23,off Shields).  HR–Tampa Bay Jennings (9,1st inning off Diamond 0 on 0 out); Keppinger (5,2nd inning off Diamond 0 on 0 out), Minnesota Morneau (16,2nd inning off Shields 1 on 0 out).  SH–Lobaton (1,off Diamond); Zobrist (2,off Burnett); Carroll (5,off Shields).  HBP–Rodriguez (3,by Perkins); Pena (10,by Robertson).  IBB–Longoria (4,by Burnett); Morneau (6,by Peralta).  Team LOB–8.  Team–10.  SB–Upton (22,2nd base off Diamond/Mauer); Jennings (21,2nd base off Burnett/Mauer); Revere (28,2nd base off Shields/Lobaton); Mauer (6,2nd base off Peralta/Lobaton).  CS–Roberts (2,2nd base by Diamond/Mauer).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Brian Runge, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Jordan Baker.  T–3:22.  A–35,327.
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