Game 22: Twins defeat Rays 8-3 to take series
April 29, 2009
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota (Game 3 of 3)
The Twins batted around the order and put four runs on the board in the first inning to set the tone for the final game of the series as the Twins beat the Rays by a score of 8-3. The game is one that the Rays would most likely want to forget.
With the bases loaded Scott Kazmir threw a wild pitch that scored Denard Span and advanced the other base runners. Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer hit singles to knock in a couple of runs before another wild pitch from Kazmir cost the Rays yet another run, which made for a long first inning for the Rays.
The problems wouldn’t end there either, as a passed ball would advance Joe Crede to third in the third inning. Crede would score on a sacrifice fly from Delmon Young. In the fourth, Span would leg out a triple and score on a line drive from Brendan Harris. Justin Morneau connected for a double that would score Harris and a fielding error would allow Jason Kubel to get on base and a throwing error would allow Morneau across the plate.
The victory gave Nick Blackburn his second win of the season as he pitched the Twins to seven solid innings, giving up only two runs off of eight hits and striking out three batters. Craig Breslow pitched to five batters in the eighth and gave up one hit, one strike out and one walk. Luis Ayala also faced five batters in the ninth and gave up one run off of one hit and one walk.
Attendance: 21,715
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