SCORECARD
FOURTH INNING
Tampa Bay: Daniel Nava homered to right off Twins starter Tyler Duffey.
Tampa Bay 1, Twins 0
FIFTH INNING
Twins: With Chris Archer pitching, Chris Herrmann singled to right. Shane Robinson reached on fielder's choice to short, Herrmann was out at second. Robinson stole second. Byron Buxton singled to left, Robinson advanced to third. Brian Dozier reached on a fielder's choice to third, Buxton advanced to second and Robinson scored on second baseman Logan Forsythe's fielding error.
Tampa Bay: Kevin Kiermaier tripled to left-center. Rene Rivera struck out. Nava walked. Grady Sizemore singled to left-center, scoring Kiermaier.
Tampa Bay 2, Twins 1
SIXTH INNING
Twins: Eduardo Escobar hit a two-out homer to right.
Tampa Bay 2, Twins 2
SEVENTH INNING
Twins: Shane Robinson walked. Buxton reached on a bunt single to Archer, Robinson advanced to second. Dozier reached on a bunt single to Archer, Robinson went to third and Buxton to second. Xavier Cedeno relieved Archer. Joe Mauer singled to right, scoring Robinson; Buxton went to third and Dozier to second. Alex Colome relieved Cedeno. Miguel Sano popped out to second. Trevor Plouffe hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Buxton.
Tampa Bay: Evan Longoria homered to left off reliever Brian Duensing.
Twins 4, Tampa Bay 3
EIGHTH INNING
Twins: Escobar homered to right off reliever Brandon Gomes.
Twins 5, Tampa Bay 3
TAMPA BAYABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Buxton cf512001.239
Dozier 2b501102.244
Mauer 1b503102.269
Sano dh501003.284
Plouffe 3b400102.248
Rosario rf501002.275
Escobar ss422201.253
Herrmann c402002.174
Robinson lf221010.258
Totals395135115
Tampa BayABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Nava rf411111.165
Sizemore lf301100.232
Guyer ph-lf200001.268
Longoria 3b512100.270
Jaso dh100030.297
Forsythe 2b400001.276
Cabrera ss301012.264
Loney 1b402000.270
Kiermaier cf412000.257
Rivera c300001.186
Arencibia ph-c100000.000
Totals3439356
Twins000 011 210—5131
Tampa Bay000 110 100—391
E—Robinson (1), Forsythe (8). LOB—Twins 10, Tampa Bay 9. 2B—Mauer (24), Rosario (15), Herrmann (5), Robinson (7), Longoria (27). 3B—Kiermaier (12). HR—Escobar (6), off Archer; Escobar (7), off Gomes; Nava (1), off Duffey; Longoria (14), off Duensing. RBI—Dozier (66), Mauer (54), Plouffe (70), Escobar 2 (39), Nava (8), Sizemore (14), Longoria (56). SB—Robinson (6). CS—Jaso (2). S—Robinson. SF—Plouffe. GIDP—Kiermaier. DP—Twins 2.
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Duffey5 1/372244894.29
Duensing W, 4-02/311110164.62
Boyer H, 16210001222.86
Jepsen S, 8-12100001102.48
TAMPA BAYIPHRERBBSONPERA
Archer L, 11-1069441121052.88
Cedeno01000032.04
Colome100001143.97
B.Gomes121100183.80
Romero110002125.28
Inherited runners-scored—Duensing 3-0, Boyer 1-0, Cedeno 3-1, Colome 3-1. Umpires—Home, Jordan Baker; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Jerry Meals; Third, Andy Fletcher. T—3:21. A—9,205 (31,042).