Rays vs. Twins

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 26, 2009 7:08 PM EDT

Two. Two is the number that comes after one. Two can be as bad as one, it is the loneliest number since the number one.

The Rays will now move up to Minnesota and take on the Twins. During the Rays three game set, the Rays will look for at least two wins and go for there second series win of the season.

The Twins are currently in 4th place in the AL central and sport a 9-10 record. The Rays are 36-50 all time against the Twinkies. Last year the Rays tied the series six game head to head series by winning three games and losing three.

Probables:

Mon, Apr 27	@ Minnesota	8:10 PM	Niemann (1-2)	Baker (0-2)
Tue, Apr 28	@ Minnesota	8:10 PM	Shields (2-2)	Liriano (0-4)
Wed, Apr 29	@ Minnesota	8:10 PM	Kazmir (3-1)	Blackburn (1-1)

Time Capsule: We go back to 2007 where the Devil Rays beat Johan Santana and stopped his 17 games home winning streak. In this game Carl Crawford earned a inside the park home run, which he hit off of Santana.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays	ab	r	h	rbi
Baldelli cf	4	0	1	1
Zobrist ss	4	0	0	0
Crawford lf	4	1	1	1
Wigginton dh	4	0	2	0
Young rf	4	1	1	0
Iwamura 3b	2	1	0	0
Pena 1b	4	0	0	0
Paul c	4	1	1	1
Upton 2b	3	0	1	1
Kazmir p	0	0	0	0
Reyes p	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	4	7	4

Minnesota Twins	ab	r	h	rbi
Castillo 2b	4	0	2	0
Punto 3b	4	0	0	0
Mauer c	4	0	0	0
Cuddyer rf	4	0	0	0
Morneau 1b	4	1	2	1
Hunter cf	4	1	1	0
Rabe lf	3	0	0	0
Kubel ph	1	0	0	0
Rodriguez dh	3	0	1	1
Bartlett ss	3	0	1	0
Santana p	0	0	0	0
Guerrier p	0	0	0	0
Perkins p	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	2	7	2

Tampa Bay	0	0	0		0	3	1		0	0	0	–	4	7	1
Minnesota	0	1	0		0	0	1		0	0	0	–	2	7	0

Tampa Bay Devil Rays	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO

Kazmir W (1-1)	8.0	6	2	2	0	6
Reyes SV (3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	0	7

Minnesota Twins	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Santana L (2-1)	7.0	6	4	4	1	10
Guerrier	1.1	1	0	0	0	1
Perkins	0.2	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	2	12
E–None. 2B–Tampa Bay Wigginton (4,off Santana), Minnesota Morneau (2,off Reyes). HR–Tampa Bay Crawford (3,6th inning off Santana 0 on 0 out), Minnesota Morneau (4,6th inning off Kazmir 0 on 2 out). Team–4; 5. U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Ed Montague. T–2:37. A–27,783.