Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 3
Friday, September 3, 2021 7:10 PM
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 3, 2021
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Junior Valentine
Attendance: 8864
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123456789RHE
Minnesota 100010010350
Tampa Bay 03200000-561
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Minnesota 58-76 32-36 26-40 L3
Tampa Bay 85-50 44-25 41-25 W1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 44-25 record at home this season. The Minnesota Twins have a 26-40 record on the road.
  • Tampa Bay has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Rays have won 8 of their last 10 games.
  • Minnesota has a streak of 3 straight up losses. The Twins have won 4 of their last 10 games.
  • Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.54. Andrew Kittredge closed out the game to get the save and has 6 saves for the season. Randy Dobnak took the loss for Minnesota.
  • Jorge Polanco, Ryan Jeffers hit homeruns for Minnesota.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Tampa Bay
Randy Dobnak Player Michael Wacha
Loss W/L Win
7.0 IP 6.0
2 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 3
6.43 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Minnesota   Tampa Bay
Jorge Polanco Player Austin Meadows
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
1 HR 0
6 TB 3
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg K RBI BB SB E
Minnesota 5 2 13 .152 13 3 2 0 0
Tampa Bay 6 0 10 .194 3 5 0 0 1
Upcoming Games
  • Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Minnesota. The Rays have a W/L % of .729 after a win and .460 after a loss.
  • Minnesota will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay. The Twins have a W/L % of .414 after a win and .453 after a loss.