Game 51: Price strikes out 11 in 5-2 win over Twins
Minnesota @ Tampa Bay (Game 2 of 3)
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price was dominate in his start against the Minnesota Twins by striking out 11 and earning his first career win by a score of 5-2.
The Twins picked up the lead in the top of the third on a ground out from Justin Morneau that scored Denard Span. Francisco Liriano quickly gave up the 1-0 lead to the first batter in the bottom half of the inning as Joe Dillon tied it up with a solo home run to left field. The Rays would go on to blow the doors open in the third.
The Rays would single their way to more runs with four singles in a row from Michael Hernandez, B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria to make it a 3-1 ballgame. Liriano walked the next two batters to load the bases and give up an RBI single to Ben Zobrist before getting Dillon to strike out swinging who started the four run inning with a home run.
Liriano would pitch the fourth inning before being taken out of the game. Liriano gave up four runs off seven hits and got three strike outs and three walks.
R.A. Dickey relived Liriano in the fifth and held the Rays to only two hits, however, one of them was a home run to Carl Crawford in the seventh to make a 5-1 game. Dickey picked up three strike outs and two walks in four innings of relief.
The Twins tried for a late rally in the ninth and scored one run off a grounder by Alexi Casilla that scored Brendan Harris. That was all the Twins offense could muster, though, as the Rays held them a total of six hits throughout the nine innings.
Attendance: 36,052 (Tropicana Field)
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