Spring Training - Game 2 - 3/4 - @Tampa Bay

[Seth Stohs]

The Twins have a split-squad double-header today and lots of guys are playing.

Here is the lineup for the Twins against the Rays today:

Alexi Casilla 2B
Jamey Carroll SS
Trevor Plouffe LF
Chris Parmelee 1B
Danny Valencia 3B
Brian Dinkelman RF
Steve Pearce DH
Drew Butera C
Joe Benson CF

Pitchers: Terry Doyle, Scott Diamond, Luis Perdomo, Aaron Thompson, Lester Oliveros, PJ Walters, Casey Fien

[Parker Hageman]

Here's Tampa's lineup, according to Tampa Bay Time's Marc Topkin:

For the Rays:
Rhymes 3b
S. Rodriguez ss
Joyce rf
Keppinger 2b
Mangini 1b
Lobaton c
Salazar cf
Beckham dh
Feliciano lf
Hellickson p

[Seth Stohs]

Listening to the Rays' broadcast. Game to begin at 12:05 CST.

[Seth Stohs]

Alexi Casilla singles under the glove of Hellickson on the first pitch.

[thrylos98]

Casilla to second after Carroll groundout. Plouffe grounds out to third, Parmelee HBP. Men on 2md and 1st 2 outs

[thrylos98]

Valencia Grounds out to end the innings

[Seth Stohs]

Good to see Terry Doyle get the start today in Tampa for the Twins. I like that he's starting in that he'll see more big league hitters. The Twins have (obviously) a big decision to make on him and it'll be good to see him against good hitters. Hopefully he steps up.

[Seth Stohs]

Doyle hit Sean Rodriguez. Rays announcers say it happens a lot. Joyce got another grounder to 1B for a force out at 2B.

[thrylos98]

Good to see Terry Doyle get the start today in Tampa for the Twins. I like that he's starting in that he'll see more big league hitters. The Twins have (obviously) a big decision to make on him and it'll be good to see him against good hitters. Hopefully he steps up.

Yeah. And good to see him return the favor after Parmelle was drilled, and hit Sean Rodriguez with a pitch too

[Seth Stohs]

Are you listening? Parmelee barely got hit. It took a minute to realize it hit him. That wasn't a purpose pitch in any way.

[Seth Stohs]

Solid Twins debut for Terry Doyle. Three ground ball outs to 1B, a fly out to RF, a strikeout. He hit Sean Rodriguez with a pitch. The lone negative was the 2-out, 2nd inning walk to Jeff Salazar. Came back to get a pop up to shallow right. Two innings, no hit, no runs, 1 BB, 1 K. 1 HBP.

[Seth Stohs]

Alexi Casilla singled in his second at bat, so he's 2-2.

[Seth Stohs]

Trevor Plouffe lined to RF for an RBI single to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.

[Seth Stohs]

Scott Diamond in for the 3rd inning. Got the first out, then gave up a single. Then gave up another single, but Brian Dinkelman threw out the runner trying to go to 3rd base. However, Matt Joyce singled in a run. Diamond gave up one run on three hits in the third inning.

[thrylos98]

Perdomo in now. Let's see how he does

[Seth Stohs]

Perdomo strikes out the first batter on three straight called strikes. But Jeff Salazar took his first pitch and blasted a home run.

[Seth Stohs]

Perdomo came back with a strikeout of Tim Beckham and a ground out back to himself. Not too shabby.

[thrylos98]

Perdomo 2K a GO and a solo HR

[Seth Stohs]

PJ Walters got out of some trouble with a nice 4-6-3 double play.

[Seth Stohs]

Chris Parmelee with a two-run homer off Burke Badenhop. It scored Matt Carson who was pinch-running for Trevor Plouffe. Plouffe had singled and went 2-3 on his day.