May 11, 2008 Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins Play by Play and Box Score

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KCR 4
BAL 0 MIN 9
BOS 8 SEA 6
CHW 3 TBR 8
LAA 5 OAK 12
@TEX 6 CHC 6
ARI 4 HOU 8
@LAD 5 MIL 5
STL 3 NYM 8
CIN 3 SDP 6
COL 1 SFG 4
PHI 3 FLA 5
@WSN 4

Standings at end of play this day

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Attendance: 26,511

Sunday, May 11, 2008, 8:05pm
Time of Game: 3:04

Red Sox

24-16

Lost 1

1st

Terry Francona

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         0  0  1   3  0  0   2  0  2    8 15  1
Twins           0  5  2   1  0  0   1  0  X    9 10  1

W: N Blackburn (3-2), L: T Wakefield (3-2), S: J Nathan (12)

Twins

19-17

Won 1

1st

Ron Gardenhire

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Ellsbury LF                 4   1   0   0    0   0  .268  .762    9    3   0   HBP
D Pedroia 2B                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .305  .751   18    1   1   HBP,GDP
D Ortiz DH                    4   0   2   0    1   1  .241  .779   18    0   0   
K Youkilis 1B                 5   1   2   1    0   1  .322  .996   15    8   1   
M Lowell 3B                   4   1   1   1    0   2  .279  .788   29    0   2   SF
J Drew RF                     5   1   2   1    0   0  .284  .805   12    2   0   2B
C Crisp CF                    5   2   2   3    0   0  .317  .813   18    3   0   HR,3B,SB
K Cash C                      4   1   2   1    0   1  .375  .910   12    4   0   
  M Ramirez PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .299  .912    4    0   0   
A Cora SS                     4   0   3   0    0   0  .857 1.889   11    2   4   2B

T Wakefield P                                                            0   0
  J Tavarez P                                                            1   1
  D Aardsma P                                                            0   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
  J Lopez P                                                              0   0
Totals                       40   8  15   7    1   5              146   24   9

BATTING

2B: A Cora (1, off N Blackburn); J Drew (5, off J Nathan).

3B: C Crisp (1, off N Blackburn).

HR: C Crisp (2, off M Guerrier; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

SF: M Lowell (1, off N Blackburn).

HBP: D Pedroia (1, by N Blackburn); J Ellsbury (3, by N Blackburn).

TB: C Crisp 7; A Cora 4; J Drew 3; K Cash 2; D Ortiz 2; K Youkilis 2; M Lowell; D Pedroia.

GIDP: D Pedroia (5).

RBI: C Crisp 3 (10); J Drew (17); M Lowell (9); K Youkilis (30); K Cash (5).

2-out RBI: C Crisp 2; K Youkilis.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 4 for 16.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Cora-K Youkilis.

PB: K Cash 2 (6).

E: M Lowell (2).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Crisp (6, 2nd base off J Nathan/J Mauer).

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Gomez CF                    5   0   1   0    0   2  .269  .696   18    2   0   SB
M Tolbert 2B                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .274  .668   26    2   4   
J Mauer C                     4   1   1   0    1   0  .330  .835   20    5   0   
J Morneau 1B                  3   2   3   0    1   0  .286  .810   12   10   1   
M Cuddyer RF                  3   1   1   0    1   1  .264  .696   17    1   0   2B,GDP
C Monroe DH                   4   2   2   4    0   0  .284  .851   21    0   0   2·HR
D Young LF                    3   1   0   0    1   0  .265  .611   13    2   0   
M Lamb 3B                     3   1   1   2    1   0  .240  .562   20    2   2   
A Everett SS                  4   1   1   2    0   0  .200  .571   13    1   4   HR

N Blackburn P                                                            1   0
  M Guerrier P                                                           0   0
  D Reyes P                                                              0   0
  J Nathan P                                                             1   1
Totals                       34   9  10   8    5   4              160   27  12

BATTING

2B: M Cuddyer (5, off T Wakefield).

HR: C Monroe 2 (4, off T Wakefield, off M Timlin; 2nd inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep LF; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); A Everett (1, off T Wakefield; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

TB: C Monroe 8; A Everett 4; J Morneau 3; M Cuddyer 2; C Gomez; M Lamb; J Mauer.

GIDP: M Cuddyer (4).

RBI: C Monroe 4 (13); A Everett 2 (4); M Lamb 2 (15).

2-out RBI: M Lamb 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Everett-M Tolbert-J Morneau.

E: M Tolbert (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Gomez (16, 2nd base off T Wakefield/K Cash).

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Wakefield, L (3-2)           2.2   7   7   6    2   2   2   4.25   17   74-42   29· 6· 7    5· 6· 2· 0     18    -     0.60  -0.37
J Tavarez                      1.1   1   1   0    2   1   0   6.39    8   30-12    7· 3· 2    4· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.60  -0.03
D Aardsma                      2     1   0   0    1   1   0   2.33    7   27-18   13· 1· 4    2· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.22   0.02
M Timlin                       1.2   1   1   1    0   0   1  10.00    6   17-12    9· 1· 2    2· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.21  -0.04
J Lopez                        0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    1    7-4     3· 0· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.07   0.00
Totals                         8    10   9   7    5   4   3          39  155-88   61·11·16   13·14· 3· 0          1-0

Minnesota Twins               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
N Blackburn, W (3-2)           6     9   4   4    1   5   0   3.93   30   93-62   38· 6·18   11· 6· 5· 0     42    -     1.00   0.06
M Guerrier                     1     2   2   2    0   0   1   3.86    5   16-11    6· 1· 4    2· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.45  -0.05
D Reyes, H (4)                 1     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   10-9     6· 0· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.30   0.04
J Nathan, S (12)               1     3   2   2    0   0   0   1.93    6   26-19   13· 4· 2    5· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.19   0.03
Totals                         9    15   8   8    1   5   1          44  145-101  63·11·27   19·10· 7· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: T Wakefield (4).

IBB: None.

HBP: N Blackburn 2 (4; J Ellsbury, D Pedroia).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Marty Foster, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Eric Cooper.

Time of Game: 3:04.

Attendance: 26,511.

Weather: 72° F, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                Minnesota Twins                      
1. J Ellsbury           LF    1. C Gomez              CF 
2. D Pedroia            2B    2. M Tolbert            2B 
3. D Ortiz              DH    3. J Mauer              C  
4. K Youkilis           1B    4. J Morneau            1B 
5. M Lowell             3B    5. M Cuddyer            RF 
6. J Drew               RF    6. C Monroe             DH 
7. C Crisp              CF    7. D Young              LF 
8. K Cash               C     8. M Lamb               3B 
9. A Cora               SS    9. A Everett            SS 

   T Wakefield          P        N Blackburn          P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   1  9-7  -23  2   15%  92% C Crisp         J Nathan        Fielder's Choice P; Lowell Scores; Drew out at 3B/P-3B; Crisp to 1B
   t 9   1  9-6  1-3  5  -14%  77% J Drew          J Nathan        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Youkilis Scores; Lowell to 3B
   b 2   0  0-0  -23  5   13%  83% C Monroe        T Wakefield     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Morneau Scores; Cuddyer Scores
   t 9   2  9-8  -2-  3   11% 100% M Ramirez       J Nathan        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   b 2   0  0-0  1--  4   11%  70% M Cuddyer       T Wakefield     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Morneau to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Nick Blackburn facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  1   52%  J Ellsbury      Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  8   50%  D Pedroia       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  3   46%  D Ortiz         Single to RF (Line Drive); Pedroia to 2B
   O      12-  4   51%  K Youkilis      Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  5   55%  M Lowell        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Wakefield facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  C Gomez         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  8   51%  M Tolbert       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   50%  J Mauer         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Nick Blackburn facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   52%  J Drew          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   54%  C Crisp         Flyball: CF
          ---  2   53%  K Cash          Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
   O      1--  3   55%  A Cora          Groundout: P unassisted (Short 1B Line)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Twins Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Wakefield facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   59%  J Morneau       Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
          1--  4   70%  M Cuddyer       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Morneau to 3B
   RRR    -23  5   83%  C Monroe        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Morneau Scores; Cuddyer Scores
   O      ---  2   82%  D Young         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  7   83%  M Lamb          Walk
   RR     1--  3   92%  A Everett       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Lamb Scores
          ---  2   92%  C Gomez         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      93%  M Tolbert       Gomez Steals 2B
   O      -2-  7   92%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4   91%  J Mauer         Flyball: CF
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 5.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Nick Blackburn facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   89%  J Ellsbury      Hit By Pitch
          1--  1   85%  D Pedroia       Hit By Pitch; Ellsbury to 2B
          12-  2   79%  D Ortiz         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Ellsbury to 3B; Pedroia to 2B
   O      123  3   85%  K Youkilis      Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)
   RO     123  6   87%  M Lowell        Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Ellsbury Scores; Pedroia to 3B
   O      1-3  1   90%  J Drew          Lineout: SS (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Twins 5.

Bottom of the 3rd, Twins Batting, Ahead 5-1, Tim Wakefield facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   91%  J Morneau       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   90%  M Cuddyer       Strikeout Swinging
          1--      91%  C Monroe        Passed Ball; Morneau to 2B
   O      -2-  3   89%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          -2-  6   90%  D Young         Walk, Wild Pitch; Morneau to 3B
          1-3      90%  M Lamb          Passed Ball; Young to 2B
   RR     -23  7   96%  " "             Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Morneau Scores; Young Scores/unER
                  Julian Tavarez replaces Tim Wakefield pitching
   O      1--  3   95%  A Everett       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Twins 7.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-7, Nick Blackburn facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   93%  C Crisp         Triple to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   R      --3  2   90%  K Cash          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Crisp Scores
          1--  1   87%  A Cora          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Cash to 2B
   O      12-  2   90%  J Ellsbury      Lineout: LF
   RO     12-  4   90%  D Pedroia       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS); Cash Scores/Adv on E4 (throw)/No RBI; Pedroia to 2B
          -2-  5   89%  D Ortiz         Walk
   R      12-  2   83%  K Youkilis      Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Pedroia Scores; Ortiz to 2B
   O      12-  8   87%  M Lowell        Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 7.

Bottom of the 4th, Twins Batting, Ahead 7-4, Julian Tavarez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   86%  C Gomez         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   85%  M Tolbert       Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
          ---  4   85%  J Mauer         Walk
          1--  4   87%  J Morneau       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Mauer to 3B
          1-3  4   88%  M Cuddyer       Walk; Morneau to 2B
   R      123  5   92%  C Monroe        Reached on E5/attempted forceout (Ground Ball); Mauer Scores/No RBI/unER; Morneau to 3B; Cuddyer to 2B
   O      123  1   90%  D Young         Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 8.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-8, Nick Blackburn facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   92%  J Drew          Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   93%  C Crisp         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   94%  K Cash          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 8.

Bottom of the 5th, Twins Batting, Ahead 8-4, David Aardsma facing 8-9-1
                  David Aardsma replaces Julian Tavarez pitching
   O      ---  3   93%  M Lamb          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   93%  A Everett       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
   O      ---  6   92%  C Gomez         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 8.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-8, Nick Blackburn facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   88%  A Cora          Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  1   90%  J Ellsbury      Groundout: 2B-1B; Cora to 3B
   O      --3  3   94%  D Pedroia       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      --3  4   95%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Twins Batting, Ahead 8-4, David Aardsma facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   95%  M Tolbert       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  1   95%  J Mauer         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF)
          1--  6   96%  J Morneau       Walk; Mauer to 2B
   OO     12-  3   94%  M Cuddyer       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 8.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-8, Matt Guerrier facing 4-5-6
                  Matt Guerrier replaces Nick Blackburn pitching
   O      ---  2   96%  K Youkilis      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   97%  M Lowell        Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  2   96%  J Drew          Single to RF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  6   88%  C Crisp         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Drew Scores
   O      ---  4   89%  K Cash          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Twins 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Twins Batting, Ahead 8-6, Mike Timlin facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Timlin replaces David Aardsma pitching
   R      ---  6   94%  C Monroe        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  4   94%  D Young         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   94%  M Lamb          Flyball: RF
   O      ---  1   93%  A Everett       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Twins 9.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 6-9, Dennys Reyes facing 9-1-2
                  Dennys Reyes replaces Matt Guerrier pitching
          ---  5   89%  A Cora          Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   93%  J Ellsbury      Flyball: LF
   OO     1--  2   97%  D Pedroia       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Twins 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Twins Batting, Ahead 9-6, Mike Timlin facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   97%  C Gomez         Lineout: RF
   O      ---  3   97%  M Tolbert       Popfly: SS (Short LF)
                  Javier Lopez replaces Mike Timlin pitching
   O      ---  7   97%  J Mauer         Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Twins 9.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 6-9, Joe Nathan facing 3-4-5
                  Joe Nathan replaces Dennys Reyes pitching
   O      ---  4   99%  D Ortiz         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  4   96%  K Youkilis      Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
          1--  8   91%  M Lowell        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Youkilis to 3B
   R      1-3  5   77%  J Drew          Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Youkilis Scores; Lowell to 3B
   RO     -23  2   92%  C Crisp         Fielder's Choice P; Lowell Scores; Drew out at 3B/P-3B; Crisp to 1B
                  Manny Ramirez pinch hits for Kevin Cash batting 8th
          1--      89%  M Ramirez       Crisp Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3  100%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Twins 9.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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