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Boxscore: Twins 6, Tampa Bay 4

May 17, 2015 at 12:14AM

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).