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Twins host power-hitting Devil Rays

Apr 12, 2007 - 1:51 PM Tampa Bay (3-5) at Minnesota (5-3) 8:10 pm EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Carlos Silva looks to contain the bats of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays when he takes the mound for the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a four-game series Thursday.

After going 11-15 with an absymal 5.94 ERA last season, Silva (0-1, 1.80) pitched well in his first outing of the 2007 campaign at Chicago on Saturday.

Silva gave up just one run and five hits in five innings in a 3-0 loss. A righthander, Silva is 1-1 with a 2.84 ERA in three career games against Tampa Bay.

Silva could have his hands full against the Devil Rays, who scored 15 runs in the final two games of their three-game set at Texas.

Tampa Bay will be looking for a better performance from Casey Fossum (0-1, 17.18), who was hammered for seven runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings against Toronto on Saturday.

Fossum has no record and a 4.91 ERA in three career appearances against the Twins. The Twins avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees with Wednesday's 5-1 win.

Ramon Ortiz pitched eight strong innings and Joe Mauer ignited a four-run eighth inning for the Twins, who nearly matched their offensive output from the past four games - six runs.

Tampa Bay ended a four-game skid Wednesday with a narrow 6-5 win against Texas. Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena each hit solo home runs for the Devil Rays, who lead the majors with 14 homers on the season.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 0
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TAM - CASEY FOSSUM, BRIAN STOKES (8TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO
    MIN - CARLOS SILVA, DENNYS REYES (7TH), JUAN RINCON
    (8TH), PAT NESHEK (8TH), JOE NATHAN (9TH) AND JOE MAUE

    Apr 12 10:40 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JUSTIN MORNEAU (3) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF BRIAN STOKES.
    FINAL SCORE: MINNESOTA 3, TAMPA BAY 2

    Rays vs. TwinsApr 12 10:40 PM
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    Rays vs. TwinsApr 12 10:38 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TY WIGGINTON (3) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF JUAN RINCON.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1, MINNESOTA 2
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.343, 0-FOR-3)

    Rays vs. TwinsApr 12 10:02 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: J Tyner ran for J Kubel.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, J TYNER ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0
    MINNESOTA 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J Rabe (.200, 1-FOR-2)

    Apr 12 9:53 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - CASEY FOSSUM
    MIN - DENNYS REYES

    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: T HUNTER (.267, 1-FOR-2)
    J KUBEL (.294, 1-FOR-2)
    J RABE (.200, 1-FOR-2)

    Apr 12 9:50 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - CASEY FOSSUM
    MIN - CARLOS SILVA

    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: E DUKES (.208, 0-FOR-1)
    R BALDELLI (.188, 0-FOR-2)
    B ZOBRIST (.212, 1-FOR-2)

    Apr 12 9:08 PM


  • AL
    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MICHAEL CUDDYER (1) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 4TH OFF CASEY FOSSUM SCORED JOE MAUER.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0, MINNESOTA 2
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MORNEAU (.241, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays vs. TwinsApr 12 9:07 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 2 0
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - CASEY FOSSUM
    MIN - CARLOS SILVA

    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: M CUDDYER (.379, 0 HR, 4 RBI)
    J MORNEAU (.250, 2 HR, 6 RBI)
    T HUNTER (.250, 1 HR, 4 RBI)

    Apr 12 8:31 PM

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