SCORECARD
SECOND INNING
Twins: Kurt Suzuki hit a one-out single to center off Tampa Bay starter Alex Colome. Eduardo Escobar singled to center, Suzuki ran to second. Eddie Rosario singled to center, scoring Suzuki; Escobar advanced to third and Rosario to second on throw. Aaron Hicks grounded out to first. Danny Santana singled to center, scoring Escobar and Rosario.
Twins 3, Tampa Bay 0
FOURTH INNING
Tampa Bay: Evan Longoria hit a one-out double to left off Twins starter Trevor May. James Loney singled to right, Longoria went to third. Logan Forsythe hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Longoria.
Twins 3, Tampa Bay 1
SEVENTH INNING
Tampa Bay: David DeJesus doubled to right. Asdrubal Cabrera flied out to left. Tim Beckham hit a two-run homer to left-center.
Twins: Torii Hunter hit a one-out single to left center off reliever Kevin Jepsen. Joe Mauer walked, Hunter went to second. Trevor Plouffe was safe at first on Jepsen's throwing error, Hunter advanced to third and Mauer to second. Suzuki hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Hunter and advancing Mauer to third. Escobar singled to right, scoring Mauer.
Twins 5, Tampa Bay 3
EIGHTH INNING
Twins: Brian Dozier hit a two-out homer to left off reliever Ernesto Frieri.
Twins 6, Tampa Bay 3
NINTH INNING
Tampa Bay: Logan Forsythe homered to left center off reliever Glen Perkins.
Twins 6, Tampa Bay 4
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kiermaier cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234
Souza Jr. rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223
Longoria 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271
Loney dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241
Forsythe 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .296
DeJesus lf 3 1 2 0 0 1 .314
Guyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276
Cabrera ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .219
Beckham 2b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .203
Rivera c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Butler ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282
Totals 35 4 9 4 0 5
TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Dozier 2b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .262
Hunter rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .285
Mauer 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .282
Plouffe 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Suzuki c 2 1 1 1 1 0 .235
Escobar ss 4 1 4 1 0 0 .263
Rosario lf 3 1 1 1 1 2 .233
Hicks cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Santana dh 4 0 1 2 0 2 .252
Totals 31 6 11 6 5 5
Tampa Bay 000 100 201 — 4 9 2
Twins 030 000 21x — 6 11 0
E—Jepsen (1), Souza Jr. (1). LOB—Tampa Bay 5, Twins 8. 2B—Longoria (10), DeJesus (4), Escobar 2 (7). 3B—Cabrera (3). HR—Beckham (4), off May; Forsythe (4), off Perkins; Dozier (6), off Frieri. RBI—Forsythe 2 (17), Beckham 2 (15), Dozier (19), Suzuki (12), Escobar (16), Rosario (6), Santana 2 (10). SB—Kiermaier (1). CS—Dozier (1). SF—Forsythe, Suzuki. DP—Tampa Bay 2.
TAMPA BAY IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Colome 3 1/3 6 3 3 1 0 60 6.05
Bellatti 2 2/3 2 0 0 3 4 50 0.00
Jepsen L, 1-3 2/3 2 2 0 1 0 18 2.20
Geltz 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 3.18
Frieri 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 4.24
TWINS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
May 6 2/3 7 3 3 0 3 104 5.15
Duensing W, 1-0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.36
Boyer H, 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.37
Perkins S, 13-13 1 2 1 1 0 2 12 1.56
Inherited runners-scored—Bellatti 1-0, Geltz 2-0. HBP—by Colome (Dozier). Umpires—Home, Jerry Meals; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Jordan Baker; Third, Andy Fletcher. T—3:03. A—27,128 (39,021).
