SCORECARD
FIRST INNING
Tampa Bay: Desmond Jennings singled to center off Twins starter Nick Blackburn. B.J. Upton hit a two-run homer to left-center. Matt Joyce homered to right. Tampa Bay 3, Twins 0
SECOND INNING
Twins: Josh Willingham singled to left off Tampa Bay starter David Price. Justin Morneau singled to left, Willingham advanced to third. Darin Mastroianni reached on an infield single, scoring Willingham.
Tampa Bay 3, Twins 1
FIFTH INNING
Tampa Bay: Upton hit a two-out homer to center.
Twins: Brian Dozier hit a one-out homer to left
Tampa Bay 4, Twins 2
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jennings lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .243
Upton cf 4 2 2 3 0 0 .245
Joyce rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .273
Longoria dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .317
Zobrist ss-2b 4 0 3 0 0 1 .254
Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .194
Keppinger 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .321
Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Roberts 2b-3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .170
Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .198
Totals 35 4 11 4 1 6
TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Revere cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .319
Carroll 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243
Mauer dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .317
Willingham lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .261
Morneau 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .274
Mastroianni rf 3 0 2 1 0 1 .287
Dozier ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 .237
Butera c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .220
Doumit ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .293
Casilla 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225
Totals 32 2 7 2 0 6
Tampa Bay 300010000--4110
Twins 010010000--270
LOB--Tampa Bay 5, Twins 3.
2B--Zobrist (26).
HR--Upton 2 (12), off Blackburn 2; Joyce (14), off Blackburn; Dozier (6), off Price.
RBI--Upton 3 (46), Joyce (43), Mastroianni (11), Dozier (33).
SB--Jennings (20), Zobrist (13).
GIDP--Keppinger, Roberts, Dozier, Casilla.
DP--Tampa Bay 2, Twins 2.
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Price (W, 15-4) 7 7 2 2 0 5 101 2.50
Peralta 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 3.64
Rodney (S, 35-36) 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.84
TWINS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Blackburn (L, 4-8) 6 11 4 4 1 2 91 7.33
Burnett 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.77
Robertson 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 6.23
Fien 1 0 0 0 0 2 20 1.17
Burton 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2.20
Inherited runners-scored--Burnett 2-0, Robertson 2-0.
Umpires--Home, Jordan Baker, First, Tim McClelland, Second, Brian Runge, Third, Marvin Hudson.
T--2:40.
A--39,512 (39,500).