Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 2

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(24-27)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 9 1 WP: D. Price (1-0) S: R. Choate (2) LP: F. Liriano (2-7)	(25-27)

Scoring Summary

Top 3rd: Minnesota

- J. Morneau grounded out to second, D. Span scored, J. Mauer to third

Bot 3rd: Tampa Bay

- J. Dillon homered to deep left

- C. Crawford singled to second, M. Hernandez scored, B.J. Upton to third

- E. Longoria singled to center, B.J. Upton scored

- B. Zobrist singled to shortstop, E. Longoria scored, C. Pena to third, W. Aybar to second

Bot 7th: Tampa Bay

- C. Crawford homered to deep center

Top 9th: Minnesota

- A. Casilla grounded into fielder's choice, B. Harris scored, C. Gomez out at second

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
D. Span lf	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.300
J. Mauer c	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.414
J. Morneau 1b	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.344
M. Cuddyer rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	.277
J. Crede 3b	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.239
M. Tolbert ss	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.189
B. Harris ss-3b	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.275
D. Young dh	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.236
C. Gomez cf	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	.219
A. Casilla 2b	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.170
Totals	34	2	6	2	0	3	15	0	18

Batting 2B - J Mauer (7, D Price); B Harris (7, D Price). RBI - J Morneau (46), A Casilla (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cuddyer 1, J Crede 1, A Casilla 2, D Span 1, C Gomez 1. Team LOB - 8.

Fielding DP - 3 (J Crede-A Casilla-J Morneau, A Casilla-M Tolbert-J Morneau, M Tolbert-A Casilla-J Morneau).

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
B.J. Upton cf	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.200
C. Crawford lf	4	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	.329
E. Longoria 3b	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.332
C. Pena 1b	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.231
W. Aybar 2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.274
B. Zobrist ss	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.306
J. Dillon dh	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	.250
G. Kapler rf	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.181
M. Hernandez c	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.289
Totals	29	5	9	5	2	5	6	0	8

Batting HR - J Dillon (1, 3rd inning off F Liriano 0 on, 0 Out), C Crawford (3, 7th inning off R Dickey 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Dillon (1), C Crawford 2 (25), E Longoria (55), B Zobrist (26). 2-out RBI - E Longoria, B Zobrist, C Crawford. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Dillon 2. GIDP - E Longoria, M Hernandez, W Aybar. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running CS - C Crawford (1, 2nd base by F Liriano).    Fielding E - D Price (1, throw).

Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
F. Liriano (L, 2-7)	4.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	1.62	6.60
R.A. Dickey	4.0	2	1	1	2	3	1	1.52	3.26
Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
D. Price (W, 1-0)	5.2	5	1	1	2	11	0	1.78	3.00
G. Balfour (H, 5)	2.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	1.57	5.48
R. Choate (S, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.33	3.00

WP - F Liriano 2.

Pitches-strikes - F Liriano 93-56; R Dickey 49-35; D Price 108-76; G Balfour 35-25; R Choate 11-6.

Ground balls-fly balls - F Liriano 7-1; R Dickey 6-3; D Price 2-4; G Balfour 3-2; R Choate 1-0.

Batters faced - F Liriano 19; R Dickey 15; D Price 25; G Balfour 10; R Choate 2.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Jerry Meals. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Mike Dimuro. 3B--Dale Scott. Time: 2:54. Attendance: 36,052. Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:12 am ET