SCORECARD
FIRST INNING
Tampa Bay: Twins starter Tommy Milone walked Brandon Guyer. Daniel Nava singled to center, Guyer advanced to third. Evan Longoria hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Guyer; Nava was out at second. Logan Forsythe homered to center.
Tampa Bay 2, Twins 0
SECOND INNING
Twins: Eduardo Escobar hit a two-out single to left-center off Tampa Bay starter Drew Smyly. Kurt Suzuki doubled to left-center, scoring Escobar.
Tampa Bay 2, Twins 1
THIRD INNING
Twins: Brian Dozier drew a one-out walk. Joe Mauer flied out to center. Miguel Sano doubled to center, scoring Dozier.
Tampa Bay 2, Twins 2
FOURTH INNING
Twins: Escobar hit a one-out homer to center. Suzuki doubled to left. Shane Robinson reached on an infield single, Suzuki scored on shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera's throwing error.
Twins 4, Tampa Bay 2
FIFTH INNING
Tampa Bay: Tim Beckham hit a ground-rule double to right. Kevin Kiermaier singled to center, Beckham advanced to third. J.P. Arencibia hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Beckham.
Twins 4, Tampa Bay 3
SIXTH INNING
Tampa Bay: Forsythe doubled to left. Cabrera fouled out to third. Joey Butler singled to center, scoring Forsythe; Butler advanced to second on throw. Blaine Boyer relieved Milone.
Pinch-hitter John Jaso grounded out to first, Butler went to third. Neal Cotts relieved Boyer. With Kiermaier at the plate, Butler scored on a passed ball.
Tampa Bay 5, Twins 4
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Buxton cf400004.225
Herrmann ph100001.172
Dozier 2b311010.244
Mauer dh401000.269
Sano 3b402101.289
Plouffe 1b300010.246
Hunter rf400001.234
Escobar ss422100.256
Suzuki c412102.242
Robinson lf301001.259
Rosario ph100001.274
Totals35493211
Tampa BayABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Guyer rf310010.264
Nava 1b402002.178
Longoria 3b300100.269
Forsythe 2b422100.278
Cabrera ss400000.262
Butler lf412100.281
Beckham dh211000.235
Jaso ph-dh200000.292
Kiermaier cf202010.261
Arencibia c200102.000
Totals3059424
Twins011 200 000—490
Tampa Bay200 012 00x—591
E—Cabrera (6). LOB—Twins 6, Tampa Bay 5. 2B—Mauer (25), Sano (13), Suzuki 2 (15), Forsythe (23), Beckham (7). HR—Escobar (8), off Smyly; Forsythe (15), off Milone. RBI—Sano (38), Escobar (40), Suzuki (42), Longoria (57), Forsythe (53), Butler (23), Arencibia (1). SF—Longoria, Arencibia. DP—Twins 1, Tampa Bay 1.
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Milone L, 6-45â…“85412813.86
Boyerâ…“0000042.84
Cotts100012202.25
Fien1â…“10000173.24
TAMPA BAYIPHRERBBSONPERA
Smyly4â…“843251003.82
Gomes W, 2-41â…”00001233.66
Colome H, 2210002273.88
Boxberger S,31-35100003143.24
Inherited runners-scored—Boyer 1-0, Cotts 1-1, B.Gomes 2-0. PB—K.Suzuki. Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel; First, Jerry Meals; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Jordan Baker. T—2:49. A—9,375 (31,042).