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Rays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 17, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Tampa Bay Rays, played on April 17, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
Date | April 17, 2008 |
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Visiting Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
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Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 17, 2008 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jason Hammel |
Home Starting Pitcher | Boof Bonser |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
City | Minneapolis |
State | MN |
Attendance | 14,781 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Adrian Johnson 1B: Tim Tschida 2B: Jim Joyce 3B: Jeff Nelson |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Akinori Iwamura | Second Baseman |
Carl Crawford | Left Fielder |
Melvin Upton | Center Fielder |
Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
Eric Hinske | Right Fielder |
Jonny Gomes | DH |
Mike Difelice | Catcher |
Jason Bartlett | Shortstop |
Joe Maddon | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
Matt Tolbert | Shortstop |
Joe Mauer | Catcher |
Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
Jason Kubel | DH |
Brendan Harris | Second Baseman |
Mike Lamb | Third Baseman |
Denard Span | Right Fielder |
Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 17, 2008
Top 1
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Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Bonser
Iwamura hits a fly ball towards right. Span settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Span. Iwamura moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Crawford vs. Bonser
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Iwamura moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Upton vs. Bonser
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Iwamura scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Bonser
Pena hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Hammel
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolbert vs. Hammel
Tolbert 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 -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Hammel
Mauer hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Bonser
Longoria hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hinske vs. Bonser
Hinske hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gomes vs. Bonser
Gomes hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Gomez. Gomes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Difelice vs. Bonser
Difelice hits a line drive towards first. Morneau catches it and throws to second to double up Gomes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Hammel
Morneau hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Hammel
Young strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Hammel
Kubel strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Bonser
Bartlett hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Bonser
Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Bonser covering, for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Bonser
Crawford hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Hammel
Harris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lamb vs. Hammel
Lamb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Hammel
Span hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Hammel
There goes Span. The throw from Difelice and he is safe. Span steals second. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Hammel
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Span moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Tolbert vs. Hammel
Tolbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Span scores. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Mauer vs. Hammel
Mauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Bonser
Upton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Bonser
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lamb fields it and throws to first for the out. Upton moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Longoria vs. Bonser
Longoria hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Upton scores. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hinske vs. Bonser
Hinske takes first base on ball four. Longoria moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gomes vs. Bonser
Gomes hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Longoria moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Difelice vs. Bonser
Difelice hits a popup towards first. Morneau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rays, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Hammel
Nathan Haynes now playing right field. Eric Hinske now playing first base.
Morneau hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Hammel
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morneau scores. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Hammel
Kubel hits a line drive towards short. Bartlett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Hammel
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lamb vs. Hammel
Lamb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hinske scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lamb for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rays, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Bonser
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Iwamura vs. Bonser
Iwamura hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bartlett moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Crawford vs. Bonser
Crawford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bartlett scores. Iwamura moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Upton vs. Bonser
Upton takes first base on ball four. Iwamura moves to third. Crawford moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 4 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Haynes vs. Bass
Brian Bass now pitching.
Haynes hits a ball on the ground into right field. Span picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Span. Iwamura scores. Crawford scores. Upton moves to third. Haynes moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Longoria vs. Bass
Longoria strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Hinske vs. Bass
Hinske is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rays, 6 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Gomes vs. Guerrier
Matt Guerrier now pitching.
Gomes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Upton scores. Haynes moves to third. Hinske moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Difelice vs. Guerrier
Difelice strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Hammel
Span strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Hammel
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tolbert vs. Hammel
Tolbert hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Haynes. Tolbert reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Hammel
Mauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tolbert scores. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Hammel
There's a wild pitch. Mauer moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Morneau vs. Hammel
Morneau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Hammel
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Guerrier
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Guerrier
Iwamura strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Guerrier
Crawford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Upton vs. Guerrier
Guerrier fires to first and picks off Crawford. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Hammel
Kubel hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Hammel
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hammel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Hammel
Lamb hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Guerrier
Upton strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haynes vs. Guerrier
Haynes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Guerrier
Longoria hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hinske vs. Guerrier
Hinske hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lamb fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Howell
J.P. Howell now pitching.
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 -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Howell
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Tolbert vs. Howell
Tolbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomes vs. Guerrier
Gomes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Difelice vs. Guerrier
Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lamb fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Guerrier
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolbert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Iwamura vs. Guerrier
There goes Bartlett. The throw from Mauer and he is out, Tolbert applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Howell
Mauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Howell
Morneau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Howell
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Neshek
Pat Neshek now pitching.
Iwamura hits a popup towards first. Morneau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Neshek
Crawford hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Neshek
Upton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kubel vs. Howell
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Howell
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 7 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lamb vs. Howell
Lamb 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
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/17/2008 -- Tampa Bay at Minnesota (N) Tampa Bay AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Iwamura A, 2b 5 2 1 0 Gomez C, cf 4 0 2 0 Crawford C, lf 5 1 2 1 Tolbert M, ss 4 1 2 1 Upton B, cf 4 2 1 1 Mauer J, c 4 0 1 1 Pena C, 1b 2 0 0 0 Morneau J, 1b 3 1 2 0 Haynes N, rf 2 0 1 2 Young D, lf 4 0 1 1 Longoria E, 3b 4 0 2 1 Kubel J, dh 4 0 0 0 Hinske E, rf-1b 2 1 1 1 Harris B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Gomes J, dh 4 0 1 1 Lamb M, 3b 4 0 0 0 DiFelice M, c 4 0 0 0 Span D, rf 3 1 0 0 Bartlett J, ss 4 1 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 7 11 7 33 3 8 3 Tampa Bay 110 140 000 -- 7 Minnesota 001 110 000 -- 3 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO Hammel J (W) 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 Howell J (S) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Bonser B (L)* 4.0 7 7 6 2 0 Bass B 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 Guerrier M 3.2 3 0 0 0 3 Neshek P 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 4 batters in 5th E -- Span D 2 DP -- Tampa Bay 2, Minnesota 1 LOB -- Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 5 2B -- Gomes J, Morneau J, Tolbert M HR -- Hinske E SB -- Span D CS -- Bartlett J WP -- Hammel J T -- 2:48 A -- 14781
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