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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published May 1, 2002

TONIGHT: RAYS AT TWINS

• WHEN/WHERE: 8:05; Metrodome, Minneapolis.
• PITCHERS: Rays -- RHP Tanyon Sturtze (0-2, 4.45); Twins -- RHP Rick Reed (2-1, 3.71).
• RADIO: WFLA-AM 970. WORTH NOTING: Sturtze is 2-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five starts against the Twins and would have won Thursday had Esteban Yan not blown the lead. ... Reed is 2-1 against the Rays, including a June 8, 1998, start for the Mets when he took a no-hitter into the seventh.
• RAYS INFORMATION: Call toll free, 1-888-FAN-RAYS.

BY THE NUMBERS

(through Monday)

HOME/ROAD: 7-5/2-9

DAY/NIGHT: 4-5/5-9

GRASS/TURF: 2-8/7-6

VS. EAST: 3-10

VS. CENTRAL: 6-4

VS. WEST: 0-0

VS. NL: 0-0

VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 8-11/1-3

AHEAD AFTER 6/7/8: 5-2/6-2/7-1

BEHIND AFTER 6/7/8: 2-10/1-12/0-11

TIED AFTER 6/7/8: 2-2/2-0/2-2

ONE-RUN/TWO-RUN GAMES: 4-4/2-1

EXTRA INNINGS: 2-1

LAST AT-BAT WINS: 4

COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS: 6

COME-FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 8

MAKING ERROR: 3-10

HITTING HOMER: 3-6

HITTING HOMERS: 1-1

SCORING FIRST: 5-3

SCORING 4 OR MORE: 6-4

SCORING FEWER THAN 4: 4-9

OUTHITTING OPPONENTS: 6-2

BEING OUTHIT: 1-11

GETTING 10 OR MORE HITS: 6-4

GIVING UP 10 OR MORE HITS: 4-10

ATTENDANCE REPORT

HOME DATES: 12

HOME TOTAL: 168,558

HOME AVERAGE: 14,047

2001 AVERAGE: 16,029

LARGEST: 38,142 vs. Tigers, April 2

SMALLEST: 10,602 vs. Blue Jays, April 12

TEAM LEADERS

(through Monday)

TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Grieve 6; Cox, Johnson, 5; Gomez, Abernathy 4

INFIELD HITS: Tyner 8; Winn 4; Hall, Vaughn, Smith 2

BUNT HITS: Tyner 4; Hall, Winn 1

OUTFIELD ASSISTS: Winn 3; Grieve 2; Smith, Tyner, 1

OUTTA LEFTFIELD

The Rays set a team-record low with 11 hits in three consecutive games, a mark that some found hard to believe. "Eleven hits in three games?" Ben Grieve said. "Some guys do that individually."

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