Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins

2008 Season - April 17, 2008

Tampa Bay Rays
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
TB (11-6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 7 0
MIN (13-4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X   1 6 0

W: Tim Lincecum (2-1)  |  L: Kelvim Escobar (2-2)  |  S: Francisco Rodriguez (6)

Minnesota Twins

Tampa Bay Rays
BATTERS TPA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP IBB AVG
Rocco Baldelli - RF 474 370 013 025 07 01 05 011 02 09 01 01 01 11 00 00 .357
Vernon Wells - CF 480 474 016 021 06 00 04 09 06 014 01 01 00 00 00 00 .284
Robinson Cano - 2B 477 470 016 122 05 00 03 013 06 114 00 00 00 00 01 00 .314
Freddy Guzman - LF 48 36 00 14 01 00 00 00 01 00 11 00 00 00 11 00 .667
Olmedo Saenz - 1B 471 465 012 227 210 00 07 021 05 07 00 00 01 00 00 01 .415
Wes Helms - 3B 468 461 07 010 01 01 01 04 06 012 00 00 01 00 00 00 .164
Ross Gload - DH 364 356 06 117 01 01 01 05 07 09 00 01 00 00 01 01 .304
Jack Wilson - SS 368 261 08 017 01 02 02 09 06 016 00 00 00 11 00 00 .279
Scott Hatteberg - C 320 318 02 26 02 00 01 03 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 .333
Totals 33 30 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 .233

FIELDERS TC PO A E F%
Rocco Baldelli - RF 121 121 00 00 1.000
Vernon Wells - CF 232 232 00 00 1.000
Robinson Cano - 2B 871 317 554 00 1.000
Freddy Guzman - LF 35 24 11 00 1.000
Olmedo Saenz - 1B 10203 10182 020 01 .995
Wes Helms - 3B 265 136 126 03 .954
Jack Wilson - SS 578 118 459 01 .987
Scott Hatteberg - C 331 330 01 00 1.000
Kelvim Escobar - P 15 11 04 00 1.000
Totals 35 24 11 0 1.000

PITCHERS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IBB TBF PC ERA
Kelvim Escobar (L, 2-2) 8.026.1 621 19 19 03 17 315 02 00 2999 68 3.08
Totals 8.0 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 29 68 1.12


Minnesota Twins
BATTERS TPA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP IBB AVG
Adam Everett - SS 473 368 110 117 05 01 01 06 13 19 16 00 02 00 00 00 .250
Jacoby Ellsbury - CF 431 428 06 012 02 02 01 06 02 03 04 01 00 01 00 00 .429
Alex Rodriguez - DH 373 266 019 025 07 02 07 117 05 09 03 03 12 00 00 01 .379
Aaron Rowand - RF 355 353 013 117 16 01 03 07 02 05 01 01 00 00 00 00 .321
Eric Byrnes - LF 363 362 016 024 04 04 03 012 01 03 010 01 00 00 00 00 .387
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - C 344 340 07 013 02 01 01 07 03 19 00 00 01 00 00 00 .325
Shelley Duncan - 1B-3B 37 37 01 12 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 .286
   Prince Fielder - PH-1B 267 264 09 118 03 00 04 010 03 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 .281
Dustin Pedroia - 2B 338 334 04 28 01 00 01 07 02 01 02 00 01 00 01 00 .235
Brandon Phillips - 3B 152 150 06 013 02 01 01 04 02 04 05 01 00 00 00 00 .260
Totals 29 27 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222

FIELDERS TC PO A E F%
Adam Everett - SS 652 218 433 01 .981
Jacoby Ellsbury - CF 213 112 11 00 1.000
Aaron Rowand - RF 019 017 01 01 .947
Eric Byrnes - LF 354 354 00 00 1.000
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - C 352 249 13 00 1.000
Shelley Duncan - 1B 617 516 11 00 1.000
Dustin Pedroia - 2B 642 527 115 00 1.000
Brandon Phillips - 3B 345 119 224 02 .956
Tim Lincecum - P 26 23 03 00 1.000
Pat Neshek - P 04 03 00 00 1.000
Brian Fuentes - P 05 04 00 00 1.000
Francisco Rodriguez - P 07 06 00 00 1.000
Prince Fielder - 1B 8118 6108 29 00 1.000
Totals 39 27 12 0 1.000

PITCHERS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP IBB TBF PC ERA
Tim Lincecum (W, 2-1) 6.023.0 531 011 011 02 01 07 01 00 22100 37 4.30
Pat Neshek 1.05.0 13 01 01 01 01 02 00 00 419 8 1.80
Brian Fuentes 1.04.0 14 02 02 00 00 14 00 00 416 9 4.50
Francisco Rodriguez (S, 6) 1.08.0 07 01 01 00 01 05 11 01 329 4 1.12
Totals 9.0 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 33 58 0.00


P L A Y   B Y   P L A Y
Tampa Bay - Top of 1
Rocco Baldelli flied out.
Vernon Wells grounded out.
Robinson Cano singled.
Freddy Guzman flied out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 1
Adam Everett was walked.
Jacoby Ellsbury grounded out.
Alex Rodriguez sacrificed.
Aaron Rowand flied out.
Tampa Bay - Top of 2
Olmedo Saenz doubled.
Wes Helms flied out.
Ross Gload grounded out.
Jack Wilson flied out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 2
Eric Byrnes grounded out.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia grounded out.
Shelley Duncan struck out.
Tampa Bay - Top of 3
Scott Hatteberg flied out.
Rocco Baldelli did not complete plate appearance.
Vernon Wells grounded out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 3
Dustin Pedroia flied out.
Brandon Phillips grounded out.
Adam Everett struck out.
Tampa Bay - Top of 4
Robinson Cano flied out.
Freddy Guzman singled.
Olmedo Saenz flied out.
Wes Helms flied out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 4
Jacoby Ellsbury flied out.
Alex Rodriguez flied out.
Aaron Rowand doubled.
Eric Byrnes grounded out.
Tampa Bay - Top of 5
Ross Gload singled.
Jack Wilson sacrificed.
Scott Hatteberg singled.
Rocco Baldelli grounded out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 5
Jarrod Saltalamacchia grounded out.
Shelley Duncan singled.
Dustin Pedroia singled.
Prince Fielder singled.
Adam Everett hit into a fielder's choice.
Tampa Bay - Top of 6
Vernon Wells flied out.
Robinson Cano flied out.
Freddy Guzman flied out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 6
Jacoby Ellsbury flied out.
Alex Rodriguez flied out.
Aaron Rowand grounded out.
Tampa Bay - Top of 7
Olmedo Saenz doubled.
Wes Helms grounded out.
Ross Gload grounded out.
Jack Wilson grounded out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 7
Eric Byrnes flied out.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia struck out.
Shelley Duncan grounded out.
Tampa Bay - Top of 8
Scott Hatteberg singled.
Rocco Baldelli sacrificed.
Vernon Wells flied out.
Robinson Cano struck out.
Minnesota - Bottom of 8
Dustin Pedroia singled.
Prince Fielder grounded out.
Adam Everett singled.
Jacoby Ellsbury hit into a fielder's choice.
Tampa Bay - Top of 9
Freddy Guzman was hit by a pitch.
Olmedo Saenz hit into a double play.
Wes Helms flied out.

The Twins will not be seeing D.J. Carrasco in the next series due to a fractured toe.

Marlins P Gavin Floyd has suffered a torn knee MCL and will be out for the rest of 2008.

Brandon Phillips has a torn knee PCL due to a dive at third base. He will not be back for 8 weeks.