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 BayABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Kiermaier cf401000.234
Souza Jr. rf400001.223
Longoria 3b411000.271
Loney dh401000.241
Forsythe 1b311200.296
DeJesus lf312001.314
Guyer ph100000.276
Cabrera ss402000.219
Beckham 2b411202.203
Rivera c300000.143
Butler ph100001.282
Totals3549405
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b211120.262
Hunter rf512000.285
Mauer 1b311010.282
Plouffe 3b400000.252
Suzuki c211110.235
Escobar ss414100.263
Rosario lf311112.233
Hicks cf400001.278
Santana dh401202.252
Totals31611655
Tampa Bay000 100 201—492
Twins030 000 21x—6110
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 BAYIPHRERBBSONPERA
Colome3 1/363310606.05
Bellatti2 2/320034500.00
Jepsen L, 1-32/322010182.20
Geltz1/30000153.18
Frieri11110084.24
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
May6 2/3733031045.15
Duensing W, 1-01/30000017.36
Boyer H, 6100000112.37
Perkins S, 13-13121102121.56
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).