September 29, 2007 Red Sox 9, Twins 3

The Sox cruise to the win as Tim Wakefield dominates. Entering the 9th, Wake had only faced two over the minumum - a Jason Tyner single in the 4th and he hit Michael Cuddyer with a pitch in the 5th inning. In the 9th, the Twins get the first three on with two singles and a walk and a force out at second scores a run. Eric Gagne comes in to pitch at that point with Wake's bid for a shutout gone, and allows both inherited runners to eventually score. Alex Cora is the star on offense, with a 4 for 5 day. The funny thing is that the one time that Cora did not get a hit, he hit a doubleplay grounder that scored the first run of the game which would have been the game-winning RBI. But no RBI on a double play, so no game winning RBI today!

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Minnesota Twins At 2007 Boston Red Sox               9/29/2007
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Bartlett SS       4  1  1  0 .269     C.Crisp CF          5  2  3  0 .269  
  J.Tyner LF          4  0  2  0 .258   A-B.Kielty LF         0  0  0  0 .236  
  J.Mauer C           4  1  0  1 .305     A.Cora 2B           5  1  4  0 .297  
  T.Hunter CF         4  0  1  1 .289     M.Ramirez DH        5  2  2  1 .321  
  J.Morneau 1B        4  0  1  1 .281     M.Lowell 3B         5  0  0  0 .309  
  M.Cuddyer RF        3  0  0  0 .294     J.Drew RF           5  2  2  2 .250  
  R.White DH          4  0  0  0 .148   B-E.Hinske RF         0  0  0  0 .254  
  B.Buscher 3B        3  0  0  0 .222     K.Youkilis 1B       4  1  2  2 .323  
  L.Rodriguez 2B      2  1  0  0 .229     J.Ellsbury LF,CF    5  1  2  1 .372  
                                          D.Mirabelli C       2  0  1  2 .209  
                                          R.Clayton SS        4  0  1  0 .254  
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         Totals      32  3  5  3                 Totals      40  9 17  8
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Crisp In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Drew In 9th Inning
 
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  3  5  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 1  3 0 0  2 3    -  9 17  0
 
Twins (79-82)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Silva LOSS(11-15)       6 1/3  12   6   6   1   2   1 119   5.31
J.Rincon                  0 2/3   2   1   1   1   2   0  22   3.19
N.Blackburn               1       3   2   2   0   0   0  20  10.66
Totals                    8      17   9   9   2   4   1
 
Red Sox (97-64)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Wakefield WIN(11-13)    8 1/3   3   3   3   1   3   0  94   5.37
E.Gagne                   0 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  17   5.66
Totals                    9       5   3   3   1   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,036 DATE- Saturday, September 29th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 4  Red Sox:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1  Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- A.Cora(12th), M.Ramirez(35th), J.Ellsbury(9th)
TRIPLES- K.Youkilis(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Drew(17th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury(8th)
WALKS- L.Rodriguez, K.Youkilis, D.Mirabelli
HIT BY PITCH- M.Cuddyer, D.Mirabelli
STRIKE OUTS- J.Bartlett, B.Buscher-2, K.Youkilis, J.Ellsbury, D.Mirabelli,
             R.Clayton
GIDP- M.Ramirez
 
J.D. Drew hit a homerun and had 2 RBI and Tim Wakefield pitched 8 and one
third strong innings as the dominant Boston Red Sox topped the Minnesota
Twins by a score of 9 to 3 at Fenway Park.
 
Boston took the lead for good in the 3rd inning plating an isolated run on 2
hits.  For the game Boston out-hit Minnesota 17 to 5.  
 
The winning pitcher was Wakefield(11-13) who allowed 3 runs in 8 and 1/3
innings. Carlos Silva(11-15) was charged with the loss.  He allowed 12 hits
and 1 walk in 6 and 1/3 innings.

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