Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Twins Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1. Nixon cf McCracken cf
2. Hocking ss Cairo 2b
3. Molitor dh Butler lf
4. Merced 1b McGriff dh
5. Coomer 3b Sorrento 1b
6. Lawton lf Smith 3b
7. Ochoa rf Trammell rf
8. Steinbach c Difelice c
9. Gates 2b Ledesma ss
Radke p Springer p
TWINS 1ST: Nixon batted right handed; Nixon struck out; Hocking
struck out; Molitor popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Devil Rays 0.
DEVIL RAYS 1ST: McCracken grounded out (first to pitcher); Cairo
popped to first; Butler singled to center; McGriff singled to
center [Butler to second]; Sorrento flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Devil Rays 0.
TWINS 2ND: Merced grounded out (shortstop to first); Coomer
doubled to left; Lawton grounded out (first to pitcher) [Coomer
to third]; Ochoa reached on an error by Smith [Coomer scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Steinbach homered to left (unearned)
[Ochoa scored (unearned)]; Gates grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Devil Rays 0.
DEVIL RAYS 2ND: Smith was called out on strikes; Trammell struck
out; Difelice was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Devil Rays 0.
TWINS 3RD: Nixon singled to right; Hocking struck out; Molitor
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Nixon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Devil
Rays 0.
DEVIL RAYS 3RD: Ledesma struck out; McCracken grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cairo singled to left; Butler singled to
center [Cairo to second]; McGriff doubled to third [Cairo
scored, Butler scored]; Sorrento grounded out (second to first);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Devil Rays 2.
TWINS 4TH: On a bunt Merced grounded out (pitcher to first);
Coomer singled to right; Lawton walked [Coomer to second]; Ochoa
forced Lawton (second to shortstop) [Coomer to third]; Steinbach
was hit by a pitch [Ochoa to second]; Gates walked [Coomer
scored, Ochoa to third, Steinbach to second]; Nixon flied to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 4TH: Smith flied to center; Merced dropped a foul fly
hit by Trammell for an error; Trammell was called out on
strikes; Difelice grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 2.
TWINS 5TH: Hocking grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor
singled to center; Merced singled to center [Molitor to third];
Coomer grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Merced out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Devil
Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 5TH: Ledesma was called out on strikes; McCracken
singled to center; Cairo forced McCracken (shortstop to second);
Butler lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Devil
Rays 2.
TWINS 6TH: Lawton doubled to center; Ochoa homered to left
[Lawton scored]; Steinbach walked; Gates singled to center
[Steinbach to third]; Nixon singled to center [Steinbach scored,
Gates out at third (center to third)]; LOPEZ REPLACED SPRINGER
(PITCHING); Nixon stole second; Hocking popped to left; Molitor
tripled to right [Nixon scored]; Merced flied to right; 4 R, 5
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 6TH: McGriff was called out on strikes; Sorrento
popped to shortstop; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
TWINS 7TH: Coomer flied to left; Lawton grounded out (shortstop
to first); Ochoa was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 7TH: Trammell struck out; Difelice doubled to left;
Ledesma grounded out (shortstop to first) [Difelice to third];
McCracken grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
TWINS 8TH: Steinbach walked; Gates forced Steinbach (pitcher to
shortstop); Nixon forced Gates (second unassisted); Hocking
walked [Nixon to second]; Molitor singled to third [Nixon to
third, Hocking to second]; Merced struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 8TH: Cairo reached on an error by Gates; Butler
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Cairo out at
second]; McGriff doubled to center; Sorrento popped to catcher;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
TWINS 9TH: TATIS REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Coomer grounded out
(pitcher to first); Lawton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ochoa grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
DEVIL RAYS 9TH: Smith singled to shortstop; Trammell grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Smith to second]; Difelice struck out;
Ledesma struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Devil Rays 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Twins 8 12 2 8
Devil Rays 2 9 1 7
