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BOS  4
@ANA  2

CHW 19
SEA  3

CLE  6
TEX  4

BAL  5
@DET  2

KCR  5
TOR  3

NYY 12
OAK  1

TBD  5
MIN  4

(10)
MON  4
@ARI  3

CIN 10
ATL  6

COL  4
PIT  3

NYM 12
@HOU  5

CHC  5
@LAD  4

(10)
PHI  3
SDP  2

SFG  9
MIL  3

FLA  5
@STL  3

Standings at end of play this day

Tropicana Field, Attendance: 13,916

Wednesday, August 9, 2000, 7:15PM
Time of Game: 3:03
Twins
4
52-64
Lost 2
5th, 17½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Twins           0  1  1   0  0  0   1  1  0   0    4 13  1
Devil Rays      0  0  0   1  0  2   0  1  0   1    5 11  0
W: B Taylor (1-1), L: L Hawkins (2-3)
Winning Run scored with 1 out
Devil Rays
5
49-63
Won 2
5th, 13½ GB

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Guzman SS                   5   2   1   1    0   0  .256  .729   10    1   3   HR,SB
J Canizaro 2B                 5   0   1   1    0   0  .278  .737   12    2   5   
M Lawton RF                   2   0   1   0    3   0  .326  .897   23    3   0   CS
R Coomer DH                   5   0   2   1    0   0  .285  .778   13    0   0   
D Ortiz 1B                    5   1   1   0    0   2  .298  .851   23   10   0   2B
C Koskie 3B                   4   0   0   0    1   0  .301  .858   22    1   3   
T Hunter CF                   5   0   2   1    0   0  .236  .597   13    3   0   
J Jones LF                    5   1   3   0    0   1  .286  .784   13    3   1   CS
C Moeller C                   4   0   2   0    0   1  .216  .534   20    5   0   2B

E Milton P                                                               0   0
  B Wells P                                                              0   0
  L Hawkins P                                                            0   0
Totals                       40   4  13   4    4   4              149   28  12
BATTING
2B: C Moeller (3, off D Eiland); D Ortiz (24, off D Eiland).
HR: C Guzman (8, off D Creek; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).
TB: C Guzman 4; J Jones 3; C Moeller 3; R Coomer 2; D Ortiz 2; T Hunter 2; J Canizaro; M Lawton.
RBI: T Hunter (16); J Canizaro (28); C Guzman (42); R Coomer (68).
2-out RBI: J Canizaro; T Hunter; R Coomer.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 3 for 13.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Canizaro-C Guzman-D Ortiz.
E: C Guzman (16).
BASERUNNING
SB: C Guzman (19, 2nd base off D Eiland/J Flaherty).
CS: J Jones (2, 2nd base by B Taylor/J Flaherty); M Lawton (7, 2nd base by R Hernandez/J Flaherty).
Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Williams CF                 5   0   1   0    0   1  .286  .777   15    2   0   
M Cairo 2B                    4   1   1   0    1   0  .266  .647   16    3   3   2B
G Vaughn DH                   5   1   1   1    0   2  .289  .951   22    0   0   HR
F McGriff 1B                  4   2   3   1    1   0  .281  .826   18   12   2   HR
J Guillen RF                  5   0   1   1    0   0  .270  .812   10    2   0   2B,GDP
J Flaherty C                  4   1   1   0    0   1  .286  .722   12    4   2   2B
R Johnson 3B                  4   0   1   2    0   0  .236  .611   17    1   4   
S Cox LF                      3   0   0   0    0   0  .266  .827    7    1   0   
  J Tyner LF                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .204  .471    4    0   1   SB
F Martinez SS                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .229  .619   11    3   2   HBP
  A Huff PH                   1   0   1   0    0   0  .400  .881    5    0   0   
  O Guillen PR-SS             0   0   0   0    0   0  .253  .686         0   1   

D Eiland P                                                               1   3
  D Creek P                                                              0   0
  E Yan P                                                                0   0
  R Hernandez P                                                          0   0
  B Taylor P                                                             1   0
Totals                       38   5  11   5    2   4              137   30  18
BATTING
2B: J Flaherty (14, off E Milton); J Guillen (10, off E Milton); M Cairo (16, off E Milton).
HR: F McGriff (20, off E Milton; 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to RF); G Vaughn (21, off B Wells; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).
HBP: F Martinez (5, by E Milton).
TB: F McGriff 6; G Vaughn 4; M Cairo 2; J Flaherty 2; J Guillen 2; A Huff; J Tyner; G Williams; R Johnson.
GIDP: J Guillen (6).
RBI: R Johnson 2 (18); J Guillen (32); F McGriff (81); G Vaughn (52).
2-out RBI: R Johnson 2; F McGriff.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 2 for 8.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Flaherty-F Martinez.
BASERUNNING
SB: J Tyner (2, 2nd base off B Wells/C Moeller).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
E Milton                       7     7   3   3    0   4   1   4.67   29   98-63   38· 8·17    9· 9· 5· 1     55    -     1.15   0.05
B Wells, BS (6)                2     3   1   1    1   0   1   3.79    8   25-16    9· 3· 4    4· 1· 1· 1          0-0    2.47  -0.01
L Hawkins, L (2-3)             0.1   1   1   1    1   0   0   3.46    4   12-5     3· 0· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    3.36  -0.34
Totals                         9.1  11   5   5    2   4   2          41  135-84   50·11·23   14·11· 7· 2           -  
Tampa Bay Devil Rays          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Eiland                       6     7   2   2    2   1   0   6.55   27   77-52   34· 6·12   15· 3· 6· 0     49    -     1.04   0.13
D Creek, BS (1)                0.2   2   1   1    2   1   1   3.35    6   28-15    9· 2· 4    0· 1· 1· 1          0-0    2.09  -0.20
E Yan                          1.1   2   1   1    0   1   0   6.83    5   10-7     5· 2· 0    0· 2· 2· 0          3-0    2.80  -0.04
R Hernandez                    1     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.31    3   15-10    6· 1· 3    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.97   0.16
B Taylor, W (1-1)              1     1   0   0    0   0   0   5.40    3   11-8     5· 2· 1    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    2.02   0.16
Totals                        10    13   4   4    4   4   1          44  141-92   59·13·20   17· 7·11· 1          3-0 
Balks: None.
WP: E Yan (3).
IBB: None.
HBP: E Milton (5; F Martinez).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Terry Craft.
Time of Game: 3:03.
Attendance: 13,916.
Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Minnesota Twins               Tampa Bay Devil Rays                 
1. C Guzman             SS    1. G Williams           CF 
2. J Canizaro           2B    2. M Cairo              2B 
3. M Lawton             RF    3. G Vaughn             DH 
4. R Coomer             DH    4. F McGriff            1B 
5. D Ortiz              1B    5. J Guillen            RF 
6. C Koskie             3B    6. J Flaherty           C  
7. T Hunter             CF    7. R Johnson            3B 
8. J Jones              LF    8. S Cox                LF 
9. C Moeller            C     9. F Martinez           SS 

   E Milton             P        D Eiland             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   0  4-3  ---  5   28%  62% G Vaughn        B Wells         Home Run (LF-CF)
   b 6   2  2-1  -23  7   27%  70% R Johnson       E Milton        Single to CF (Line Drive); McGriff Scores; Flaherty Scores
   t 8   2  3-3  -2-  1  -20%  34% J Canizaro      E Yan           Single to LF (Line Drive); Jones Scores; Canizaro out at 2B/LF-3B-2B
   b10   1  4-4  1--  3   18%  83% F McGriff       L Hawkins       Single to RF (Line Drive); Cairo to 3B
   t 7   0  3-2  ---  2  -18%  50% C Guzman        D Creek         Home Run

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Eiland facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  C Guzman        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   54%  J Canizaro      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1   55%  M Lawton        Groundout: P-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Eric Milton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   53%  G Williams      Flyball: RF
          ---  4   57%  M Cairo         Double to LF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  5   53%  G Vaughn        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  1   50%  F McGriff       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Eiland facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   52%  R Coomer        Groundout: P-1B
          ---  4   48%  D Ortiz         Double to LF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  1   52%  C Koskie        Groundout: 1B unassisted; Ortiz to 3B
   R      --3  3   43%  T Hunter        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Ortiz Scores
   O      1--  4   46%  J Jones         Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Eric Milton facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   43%  J Guillen       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   41%  J Flaherty      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   40%  R Johnson       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 1-0, Dave Eiland facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   36%  C Moeller       Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   40%  C Guzman        Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  1   43%  J Canizaro      Flyball: RF
          1--      42%  M Lawton        Guzman Steals 2B
          -2-  4   41%  " "             Walk
   R      12-  4   31%  R Coomer        Single to LF (Line Drive); Guzman Scores; Lawton to 2B
   O      12-  1   35%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-2, Eric Milton facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   32%  S Cox           Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   30%  F Martinez      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   29%  G Williams      Lineout: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-0, Dave Eiland facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   31%  C Koskie        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   32%  T Hunter        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   33%  J Jones         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-2, Eric Milton facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   30%  M Cairo         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   28%  G Vaughn        Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  3   39%  F McGriff       Home Run
          ---  1   42%  J Guillen       Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
   O      -2-  3   37%  J Flaherty      Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-1, Dave Eiland facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   31%  C Moeller       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  3   33%  C Guzman        Groundout: 1B unassisted; Moeller to 3B
   O      --3  1   39%  J Canizaro      Groundout: SS-1B
          --3  6   38%  M Lawton        Walk
   O      1-3  2   43%  R Coomer        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 1-2, Eric Milton facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   40%  R Johnson       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   37%  S Cox           Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  1   39%  F Martinez      Hit By Pitch
          1--  1   42%  G Williams      Single (Ground Ball); Martinez to 2B
   O      12-  1   35%  M Cairo         Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 2-1, Dave Eiland facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   38%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  2   40%  C Koskie        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  3   39%  T Hunter        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   37%  J Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive); Hunter to 2B
   O      12-  2   42%  C Moeller       Lineout: SS
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 1-2, Eric Milton facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   38%  G Vaughn        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   42%  F McGriff       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   37%  J Guillen       Flyball: LF
          1--  2   43%  J Flaherty      Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); McGriff to 3B
   RR     -23  7   70%  R Johnson       Single to CF (Line Drive); McGriff Scores; Flaherty Scores
   O      1--  1   68%  S Cox           Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Devil Rays 3.

Top of the 7th, Twins Batting, Behind 2-3, Doug Creek facing 1-2-3
                  Doug Creek replaces Dave Eiland pitching; Jason Tyner replaces Steve Cox playing LF batting 8th
   R      ---  2   50%  C Guzman        Home Run
   O      ---  4   54%  J Canizaro      Popfly: 2B
          ---  6   50%  M Lawton        Walk
          1--  2   44%  R Coomer        Single to RF (Line Drive); Lawton to 2B
   O      12-  7   52%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Swinging
          12-  7   47%  C Koskie        Walk; Lawton to 3B; Coomer to 2B
                  Esteban Yan replaces Doug Creek pitching
   O      123  2   60%  T Hunter        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Twins 3, Devil Rays 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 3-3, Eric Milton facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  6   55%  F Martinez      Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  6   52%  G Williams      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   50%  M Cairo         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Devil Rays 3.

Top of the 8th, Twins Batting, Tied 3-3, Esteban Yan facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   43%  J Jones         Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--      37%  C Moeller       Wild Pitch; Jones to 2B
   O      -2-  5   46%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   54%  C Guzman        Flyball: RF
   RO     -2-  1   34%  J Canizaro      Single to LF (Line Drive); Jones Scores; Canizaro out at 2B/LF-3B-2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 3-4, Bob Wells facing 3-4-5
                  Bob Wells replaces Eric Milton pitching
   R      ---  5   62%  G Vaughn        Home Run (LF-CF)
          ---  7   68%  F McGriff       Walk
   OO     1--  1   53%  J Guillen       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  1   50%  J Flaherty      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 4.

Top of the 9th, Twins Batting, Tied 4-4, Roberto Hernandez facing 3-4-5
                  Roberto Hernandez replaces Esteban Yan pitching
          ---  5   42%  M Lawton        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   50%  R Coomer        Foul Flyball: 3B (Deep 3B)
   OO     1--  9   66%  D Ortiz         Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Lawton Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 4-4, Bob Wells facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   59%  R Johnson       Flyball: CF
          ---  4   65%  J Tyner         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF)
                  Aubrey Huff pinch hits for Felix Martinez batting 9th
          1--      71%  A Huff          Tyner Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   62%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive); Tyner out at Hm/LF-C; Huff to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
                  Ozzie Guillen pinch runs for Aubrey Huff batting 9th
   O      -2-  1   50%  G Williams      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 4.

Top of the 10th, Twins Batting, Tied 4-4, Billy Taylor facing 6-7-8
                  Billy Taylor replaces Roberto Hernandez pitching; Ozzie Guillen moves to SS
   O      ---  7   56%  C Koskie        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   62%  T Hunter        Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  1   58%  J Jones         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   66%  C Moeller       Jones Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 4.

Bottom of the 10th, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 4-4, LaTroy Hawkins facing 2-3-4
                  LaTroy Hawkins replaces Bob Wells pitching
          ---  6   73%  M Cairo         Walk
   O      1--  1   65%  G Vaughn        Popfly: 2B
          1--  3   83%  F McGriff       Single to RF (Line Drive); Cairo to 3B
   R      1-3  2  100%  J Guillen       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Cairo Scores; McGriff to 2B
        1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Devil Rays 5.

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