Devil Rays 6, Twins 4
Rocco Baldelli (right) hit his fifth home run of the season. (Mike Carlson/AP)
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
James Shields was cruising until the eighth inning, when the Twins put up three runs. Luckily, Carlos Pena added a home run for insurance in the bottom half to keep the Rays ahead for good. Rocco Baldelli also homered, and Al Reyes closed it out in the ninth.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: May 03, 2007
Tampa Bay 6, Minnesota 4
Today's Boxes 5/3/07
KC 5, LAA 2
NYY 4, TEX 3
BOS 8, SEA 7
CLE 6, TOR 5
HOU 7, CIN 5
NYY 5, TEX 2
PIT 4, MIL 2
NYM 9, ARI 4
PHI 9, SF 7
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Standings thru 5/3/07 | Gameday | Twins Stats | Devil Rays Stats
Minnesota AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Castillo , 2B5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .314
Punto , 3B4 0 4 1 1 0 0 .250
Mauer , C4 0 0 0 1 2 9 .354
Morneau , 1B4 0 0 1 0 1 5 .270
Hunter , CF5 1 1 0 0 2 1 .330
Kubel , LF5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .268
Cirillo , DH3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .300
1-Rabe , PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Tyner , RF3 0 0 1 0 2 2 .322
Bartlett , SS3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .259
Totals 36 4 12 4 3 8 19
BATTING TB : Castillo 3; Punto 4; Hunter; Kubel 3; Bartlett.RBI : Morneau (17), Tyner (6), Bartlett (6), Punto (6).2-out RBI : Bartlett; Punto.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Morneau; Mauer 2.SF : Morneau; Tyner.GIDP : Morneau.Team LOB : 11.FIELDING E : Morneau (1, throw), Ortiz (1, throw), Tyner (1, fielding).DP : (Castillo-Bartlett-Morneau).
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Baldelli , DH4 2 1 2 0 0 2 .273
Dukes , CF4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .247
Crawford , LF4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .288
Wigginton , 3B4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Upton , 2B3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .381
Pena , 1B3 1 1 2 0 0 1 .207
Gomes , RF3 0 0 0 0 3 5 .152
Young , RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
Navarro , C4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .209
Harris , SS4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .350
Totals 34 6 10 6 0 6 16
BATTING 2B : Crawford (8, Ortiz), Upton (8, Perkins).HR : Baldelli (5, 3rd inning off Ortiz, 1 on, 0 out), Pena (5, 8th inning off Crain, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Baldelli 4; Dukes; Crawford 3; Upton 3; Pena 4; Harris 3.RBI : Baldelli 2 (12), Upton (21), Pena 2 (15), Crawford (17).2-out RBI : Crawford.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Navarro 4; Wigginton.SF : Pena.GIDP : Dukes.Team LOB : 6.FIELDING DP : (Harris-Pena).
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ortiz (L, 3-2)4.0 7 5 4 0 3 1 3.23
Perkins 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.18
Crain 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.35
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Shields (W, 3-0)7.1 9 3 3 2 8 0 3.74
Camp (H, 5)0.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 7.71
Salas (H, 2)0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.95
Reyes (S, 10)1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.29
WP : Ortiz.HBP : Upton (by Ortiz), Bartlett (by Shields).Pitches-strikes : Ortiz 75-48, Perkins 38-26, Crain 19-12, Shields 109-69, Camp 14-9, Salas 3-2, Reyes 15-9.Ground outs-fly outs : Ortiz 4-5, Perkins 4-3, Crain 2-0, Shields 8-6, Camp 0-1, Salas 1-0, Reyes 0-3.Batters faced : Ortiz 22, Perkins 10, Crain 4, Shields 33, Camp 5, Salas 1, Reyes 3.Inherited runners-scored : Camp 2-2, Salas 3-0.Umpires : HP: Angel Hernandez. 1B: Jerry Layne. 2B: Mark Carlson. 3B: Larry Young.Weather : 72 degrees, dome.Wind : Indoors.T : 2:41.Att : 8,793.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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