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Rays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 29, 2009
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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 29, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
Date | April 29, 2009 |
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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 29, 2009 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Scott Kazmir |
Home Starting Pitcher | Nick Blackburn |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
City | Minneapolis |
State | MN |
Attendance | 21,715 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bruce Dreckman 1B: Paul Emmel 2B: Gary Darling 3B: Bill Hohn |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Melvin Upton | Center Fielder |
Carl Crawford | Left Fielder |
Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
Pat Burrell | DH |
Ben Zobrist | Right Fielder |
Dioner Navarro | Catcher |
Akinori Iwamura | Second Baseman |
Jason Bartlett | Shortstop |
Joe Maddon | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Denard Span | Center Fielder |
Brendan Harris | Shortstop |
Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
Jason Kubel | DH |
Joe Crede | Third Baseman |
Michael Cuddyer | Right Fielder |
Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
Jose Morales | Catcher |
Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
April 29, 2009
Top 1
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Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Blackburn
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Blackburn
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Blackburn
Longoria hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Blackburn
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Kazmir
Span hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Kazmir
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Span moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Kazmir
Morneau takes first base on ball four. Span moves to third. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kubel vs. Kazmir
There's a wild pitch. Span scores. Harris moves to third. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Kubel vs. Kazmir
Kubel hits a popup beyond second. Iwamura can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Harris scores. Morneau moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Crede vs. Kazmir
Crede hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kubel moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cuddyer vs. Kazmir
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Morneau scores. Kubel moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Kazmir
Young strikes out. There goes Kubel. He's safe. There goes Cuddyer. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Morales vs. Kazmir
Morales takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Casilla vs. Kazmir
Casilla hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Burrell vs. Blackburn
Burrell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Span. Burrell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Zobrist vs. Blackburn
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burrell moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Navarro vs. Blackburn
Navarro hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Iwamura vs. Blackburn
Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Kazmir
Span hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Kazmir
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Kazmir
Morneau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Kazmir
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubel for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Blackburn
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morneau scoops it up and throws to first, with Blackburn covering, for the out. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Blackburn
Upton hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Blackburn
Crawford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Upton moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Longoria vs. Blackburn
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Crede fields it and throws to second for the out. Upton scores. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Blackburn
Pena strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Crede vs. Kazmir
Crede hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Upton. Crede reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Cuddyer vs. Kazmir
The ball gets by Navarro for a passed ball. Crede moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Cuddyer vs. Kazmir
Cuddyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Kazmir
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crede tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Kazmir
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burrell vs. Blackburn
Burrell hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Zobrist vs. Blackburn
Zobrist hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Navarro vs. Blackburn
Navarro hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Iwamura vs. Blackburn
Iwamura hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Kazmir
Casilla strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Kazmir
Span hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Zobrist who is chasing the ball. Span reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Harris vs. Kazmir
Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Span scores. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Kazmir
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Upton. Morneau reaches second base with a double. Harris goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Kubel vs. Kazmir
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura misplays the ball. That's an error on Iwamura. Morneau scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Crede vs. Kazmir
Crede hits a fly ball into right field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Kazmir
Cuddyer takes first base on ball four. Kubel moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Kazmir
Young strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Blackburn
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Blackburn
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Blackburn
Crawford hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Cormier
Ben Zobrist now playing shortstop. Gabe Gross now playing right field. Lance Cormier now pitching.
Morales strikes out. Navarro drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Morales out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Cormier
Casilla hits a popup towards short. Zobrist settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Cormier
Span hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Cormier
Harris 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
Top 6
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Blackburn
Longoria strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Blackburn
Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Cuddyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Burrell vs. Blackburn
Burrell hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Cormier
Morneau hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Cormier
Kubel hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crede vs. Cormier
Crede hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morneau moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cuddyer vs. Cormier
Cuddyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cuddyer for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Blackburn
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Navarro vs. Blackburn
Navarro hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Zobrist moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Aybar vs. Blackburn
Willy Aybar pinch hits for Akinori Iwamura.
Aybar strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Gross vs. Blackburn
Gross hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Zobrist scores. Navarro moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Upton vs. Blackburn
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Navarro moves to third. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Crawford vs. Blackburn
Crawford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Longoria vs. Blackburn
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harris fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Cormier
Willy Aybar now playing second base.
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Cormier
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops it up and throws to first, with Cormier covering, for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Cormier
Casilla hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Breslow
Craig Breslow now pitching.
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Burrell vs. Breslow
Burrell strikes out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zobrist vs. Breslow
Zobrist hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Zobrist reaches second base with a double. Pena moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Navarro vs. Breslow
Navarro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Casilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Aybar vs. Breslow
Aybar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Morneau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Span vs. Cormier
Span hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Span for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Cormier
Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Cormier
Morneau hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Cormier
Kubel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops it up and throws to first, with Cormier covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Ayala
Luis Ayala now pitching.
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Ayala
Upton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Ayala
Crawford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Upton moves to third. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Longoria vs. Ayala
There goes Crawford. The throw from Morales and he is safe. Crawford steals second. View Play -
Rays, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Longoria vs. Ayala
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Crede fields it and throws to first for the out. Upton scores. View Play -
Rays, 3 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Ayala
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/29/2009 -- Tampa Bay at Minnesota (N) Tampa Bay AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Upton M, cf 4 2 1 0 Span D, cf 5 2 3 0 Crawford C, lf 4 0 2 0 Harris B, ss 5 2 3 1 Longoria E, 3b 5 0 1 2 Morneau J, 1b 4 2 3 1 Pena C, 1b 4 0 0 0 Kubel J, dh 5 1 1 1 Burrell P, dh 4 0 2 0 Crede J, 3b 4 1 1 0 Zobrist B, rf-ss 4 1 2 0 Cuddyer M, rf 2 0 1 1 Navarro D, c 4 0 1 0 Young D, lf 3 0 0 1 Iwamura A, 2b 2 0 0 0 Morales J, c 3 0 0 0 Aybar W, ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Casilla A, 2b 4 0 0 0 Bartlett J, ss 2 0 0 0 Gross G, rf 2 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 3 10 3 35 8 12 5 Tampa Bay 001 000 101 -- 3 Minnesota 401 300 00x -- 8 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO Kazmir S (L) 4.0 9 8 6 4 4 Cormier L 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Blackburn N (W) 7.0 8 2 2 1 3 Breslow C 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Ayala L 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 E -- Iwamura A 2 DP -- Tampa Bay 1 LOB -- Tampa Bay 10, Minnesota 8 2B -- Burrell P, Crede J, Morneau J, Zobrist B 3B -- Span D SB -- Crawford C SF -- Young D WP -- Kazmir S 2 PB -- Navarro D T -- 2:35 A -- 21715
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