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Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins

1997-05-17 · Night game · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Att: 18388 · 68°F, dome, dry · 2:40

Boston Red Sox defeated Minnesota Twins 4–0. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 3rd. Tom Gordon earned the win. Troy O'Leary went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

W: Tom Gordon L: Brad Radke SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Brinkman · 1B: Derryl Cousins · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Ken Kaiser · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nomar Garciaparra	5	0	0	0	0	2
Darren Bragg	3	2	2	0	1	1
Wil Cordero	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mo Vaughn	4	0	1	2	0	1
Reggie Jefferson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tim Naehring	4	0	2	1	0	0
Troy O'Leary	3	1	2	1	0	0
John Valentin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Hatteberg	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rudy Pemberton	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	4	1	0	1
Matt Lawton	3	0	1	2
Paul Molitor	4	0	0	1
Terry Steinbach	4	2	0	1
Scott Stahoviak	3	0	1	0
Darrin Jackson	4	1	0	2
Rich Becker	2	0	2	2
Pat Meares	3	0	0	1
Todd Walker	3	0	0	0
Greg Myers	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Gordon	9.0	4	4	10

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Radke	7.2	8	3	5
Eddie Guardado	1.1	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8LD
Darren Bragg: W
Wil Cordero: 54(1)/FO/G56
Mo Vaughn: 7/F7LD

Bot 1

Chuck Knoblauch: K
Matt Lawton: K
Paul Molitor: 53/G5

Top 2

Reggie Jefferson: 63/G6
Tim Naehring: 63/G6
Troy O'Leary: HR/F89XD
John Valentin: 8/L8RD

Bot 2

Terry Steinbach: S7/G56/R4
Scott Stahoviak: W.1-2
Darrin Jackson: K
Rich Becker: W.2-3;1-2
Pat Meares: K
Todd Walker: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 3

Scott Hatteberg: 8/L8LXD
Nomar Garciaparra: K
Darren Bragg: S14/G4M/R3
Wil Cordero: S9/L9S/R4.1-2
Mo Vaughn: D7/F78M/R6.2-H;1-H
Reggie Jefferson: 7/F7LM

Bot 3

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6M
Matt Lawton: W
Paul Molitor: 8/L8LD/R46
Terry Steinbach: 53/G5

Top 4

Tim Naehring: 9/F9LD
Troy O'Leary: S8/L8LM
John Valentin: 53/G5.1-2
Scott Hatteberg: K

Bot 4

Scott Stahoviak: 63/G6
Darrin Jackson: 63/G56
Rich Becker: W
Pat Meares: 53/G56

Top 5

Nomar Garciaparra: 63/G6M
Darren Bragg: K
Wil Cordero: W
Mo Vaughn: 63/G6D

Bot 5

Todd Walker: 7/F7LSF
Chuck Knoblauch: D7/L78M/R6
Matt Lawton: 43/G4.2-3
Paul Molitor: K

Top 6

Reggie Jefferson: 9/L9M
Tim Naehring: S8/L8RS/R4
Troy O'Leary: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 6

Terry Steinbach: K
Scott Stahoviak: 3/G3
Darrin Jackson: S9/G4/R6
Rich Becker: K

Top 7

John Valentin: 9/F89XD
Scott Hatteberg: K
Nomar Garciaparra: 53/G56

Bot 7

Pat Meares: 43/G4MD
Todd Walker: 43/G4D
Chuck Knoblauch: 53/G56

Top 8

Darren Bragg: D9/F9LDW/R46
Wil Cordero: 3/P3F
Mo Vaughn: K
Reggie Jefferson: I
Tim Naehring: S7/L78S/R5.2-H;1-2
Rudy Pemberton: K

Bot 8

Matt Lawton: K
Paul Molitor: 9/F89D
Terry Steinbach: S7/L6D/R4
Scott Stahoviak: 5/P5DF

Top 9

John Valentin: K
Scott Hatteberg: 4/P4MD
Nomar Garciaparra: K

Bot 9

Darrin Jackson: K
Rich Becker: K
Greg Myers: 43/G34D