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Twins
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 18, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 18, 2008 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 18, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 18, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Glen Perkins |
| Home Starting Pitcher | James Shields |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 17,296 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Vanover 1B: Mike Everitt 2B: Mike DiMuro 3B: Gerry Davis |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denard Span | Right Fielder |
| Alexi Casilla | Second Baseman |
| Joe Mauer | Catcher |
| Justin Morneau | First Baseman |
| Jason Kubel | DH |
| Delmon Young | Left Fielder |
| Matt Tolbert | Third Baseman |
| Nick Punto | Shortstop |
| Carlos Gomez | Center Fielder |
| Ron Gardenhire | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Akinori Iwamura | Second Baseman |
| Jason Bartlett | Shortstop |
| Carlos Pena | First Baseman |
| Evan Longoria | Third Baseman |
| Rocco Baldelli | DH |
| Dioner Navarro | Catcher |
| Ben Zobrist | Left Fielder |
| Gabe Gross | Right Fielder |
| Fernando Perez | Center Fielder |
| Joe Maddon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
September 18, 2008
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Span vs. Shields
Span hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Casilla vs. Shields
Casilla bunts towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. Span moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Shields
Mauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Morneau vs. Shields
Morneau hits a popup towards short. Bartlett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Kubel vs. Shields
Kubel hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Shields
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Perkins
Iwamura takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bartlett vs. Perkins
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Iwamura moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Pena vs. Perkins
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Casilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Iwamura moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Longoria vs. Perkins
Longoria hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baldelli vs. Perkins
Baldelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tolbert fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tolbert. Baldelli moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Navarro vs. Perkins
Navarro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Perkins
Zobrist hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gomez. Zobrist reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Perkins
Gross hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Gross reaches second base with a double. Zobrist scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Humber
Philip Humber now pitching.
Perez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tolbert vs. Shields
Tolbert hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Shields
Punto hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Shields
Gomez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Shields
Span hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bartlett fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Humber
Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tolbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Humber
Bartlett hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Humber
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Longoria vs. Humber
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Shields
Casilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bartlett. Casilla moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Mauer vs. Shields
Mauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Casilla scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Shields
Morneau hits a popup towards short. Bartlett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Shields
Kubel strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Shields
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Baldelli vs. Humber
Baldelli hits a fly ball into center field. Gomez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Navarro vs. Humber
Navarro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Humber
Zobrist takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Humber
Gross is hit by the pitch. Zobrist moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Humber
Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Tolbert vs. Shields
Tolbert strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Shields
Punto hits a fly ball into center field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Shields
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Humber
Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Humber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Humber
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tolbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Humber
Pena hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Humber
Longoria hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Baldelli vs. Humber
Baldelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Shields
Span strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Casilla vs. Shields
Casilla hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Shields
Mauer hits a fly ball into left field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Navarro vs. Humber
Navarro hits a line drive towards first. Morneau reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Humber
Zobrist hits a popup towards short. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Humber
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Morneau vs. Shields
Morneau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Shields
Kubel hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Shields
Young hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Young reaches second base with a double. Morneau moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Tolbert vs. Shields
Tolbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Punto vs. Shields
Punto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Humber
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Humber
Iwamura hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bartlett vs. Humber
Bartlett hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Humber
Pena hits a line drive into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Shields
Gomez bunts in front of the plate. Navarro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Span vs. Shields
Span takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Casilla vs. Shields
Casilla bunts towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out. Gomez moves to third. Span moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Mauer vs. Price
David Price now pitching.
Mauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Span scores. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Morneau vs. Price
Morneau strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kubel vs. Price
Kubel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 6 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Korecky
Bobby Korecky now pitching.
Longoria hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Baldelli vs. Korecky
Baldelli hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Navarro vs. Korecky
Navarro hits a fly ball into right field. Span settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Zobrist vs. Korecky
Zobrist hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Percival
Troy Percival now pitching.
Young strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tolbert vs. Percival
Tolbert hits a fly ball into center field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Percival
Punto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuddyer vs. Percival
Michael Cuddyer pinch hits for Carlos Gomez.
There goes Punto. The throw from Navarro and he is safe. Punto steals second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cuddyer vs. Percival
Cuddyer hits a fly ball into center field. Perez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Guardado
Denard Span now playing center field. Jason Pridie now playing right field. Eddie Guardado now pitching.
Gross hits a line drive towards third. Tolbert reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Guardado
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Iwamura vs. Guardado
Iwamura hits a fly ball into right field. Pridie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Span vs. Wheeler
Dan Wheeler now pitching.
Span hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Casilla vs. Wheeler
Casilla hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mauer vs. Wheeler
Mauer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Perez. Mauer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Morneau vs. Wheeler
Morneau is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Everett vs. Miller
Trever Miller now pitching. Adam Everett pinch hits for Jason Kubel.
Everett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zobrist. Everett reaches second base with a double. Mauer scores. Morneau moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Young vs. Bradford
Chad Bradford now pitching.
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morneau scores. Everett moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 10 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Tolbert vs. Bradford
Tolbert hits a fly ball into left field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Everett tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Bradford
There goes Young. The throw from Navarro and he is out, Bartlett applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Bradford
Punto hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 11 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Aybar vs. Nathan
Joe Nathan now pitching. Willy Aybar pinch hits for Jason Bartlett.
Aybar strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Nathan
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Punto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 11 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Longoria vs. Nathan
Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nathan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/18/2008 -- Minnesota at Tampa Bay (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Span D, rf-cf 4 3 2 0 Iwamura A, 2b 4 1 0 0
Casilla A, 2b 3 2 2 2 Bartlett J, ss 4 0 2 0
Mauer J, c 4 2 3 3 Aybar W, ph 1 0 0 0
Morneau J, 1b 4 1 1 0 Pena C, 1b 4 1 1 1
Kubel J, dh 4 1 1 3 Longoria E, 3b 5 3 3 4
Everett A, ph 1 1 1 1 Baldelli R, dh 4 1 0 0
Young D, lf 5 0 2 1 Navarro D, c 4 1 1 2
Tolbert M, 3b 4 0 0 1 Zobrist B, lf 3 1 1 0
Punto N, ss 5 0 1 0 Gross G, rf 3 0 1 1
Gomez C, cf 3 1 2 0 Perez F, cf 4 0 0 0
Cuddyer M, ph 1 0 0 0
Pridie J, rf 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 11 15 11 36 8 9 8
Minnesota 301 000 205 -- 11
Tampa Bay 500 200 100 -- 8
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Perkins G 0.2 5 5 2 1 0
Humber P 5.1 3 2 2 2 1
Korecky B 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Guardado E (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Nathan J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Shields J 6.1 8 6 5 2 3
Price D 0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Percival T 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Wheeler D (L)* 0.0 3 4 4 1 0
Miller T+ 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Bradford C 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 4 batters in 9th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Tolbert M, Bartlett J
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 5
2B -- Zobrist B, Gross G, Young D, Mauer J, Everett A
HR -- Kubel J, Longoria E 3, Navarro D, Pena C, Casilla A
SB -- Punto N
CS -- Young D
SH -- Casilla A 2
SF -- Tolbert M
HBP -- by Humber P (Gross G)
T -- 3:20
A -- 17296
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