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Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins

2010-04-15 · Day game · Target Field · Att: 38341 · 65°F · Wind 17 mph to LF · 2:38

Minnesota Twins defeated Boston Red Sox 8–0. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 5th. Francisco Liriano earned the win. Michael Cuddyer went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
MIN	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	0		8	15

W: Francisco Liriano L: Tim Wakefield SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tim Tschida · 1B: Kerwin Danley · 2B: Jeff Nelson · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Marco Scutaro	4	1	0	1
Dustin Pedroia	4	3	0	1
Victor Martinez	4	1	0	1
Kevin Youkilis	3	0	1	1
Adrian Beltre	4	0	0	0
Mike Lowell	4	1	0	1
J. D. Drew	4	0	0	3
Bill Hall	2	0	2	1
Jeremy Hermida	3	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	5	1	2	2	0	0
Orlando Hudson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Mauer	4	1	0	0	1	1
Justin Morneau	5	1	3	1	0	0
Michael Cuddyer	3	1	2	3	1	0
Jim Thome	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jason Kubel	4	0	2	0	0	1
J. J. Hardy	4	1	1	1	0	0
Nick Punto	4	2	3	0	0	0
Alexi Casilla	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	5.1	10	1	2
Scott Schoeneweis	1.0	3	0	2
Ramon Ramirez	1.2	2	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Liriano	7.0	4	2	8
Jose Mijares	1.0	2	1	0
Ron Mahay	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marco Scutaro: 7/F7D
Dustin Pedroia: S9/G34
Victor Martinez: D7/L5.1-3
Kevin Youkilis: K
Adrian Beltre: 53/G56

Bot 1

Denard Span: 8/F8LD
Orlando Hudson: 8/L8LM
Joe Mauer: 43/G34

Top 2

Mike Lowell: S7/L78S
J. D. Drew: K
Bill Hall: W.1-2
Jeremy Hermida: 36(1)/FO/G3.2-3
Marco Scutaro: 53/G

Bot 2

Justin Morneau: 3/F3-
Michael Cuddyer: 6!3/G56
Jim Thome: S68/L4M+
Jason Kubel: S9/L34D+.1-3
J. J. Hardy: S8/G6.3-H;1-3(E8);B-2
Nick Punto: 7/F7M

Top 3

Dustin Pedroia: K
Victor Martinez: 8/F8LD
Kevin Youkilis: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 3

Denard Span: 43/G4
Orlando Hudson: D8/L8RD
Joe Mauer: 7/F78D+.2-3
Justin Morneau: 7/F7M

Top 4

Adrian Beltre: 43/G4D
Mike Lowell: K
J. D. Drew: 43/G4

Bot 4

Michael Cuddyer: S7/L78S
Jim Thome: 6/L4
Jason Kubel: K
J. J. Hardy: WP.1-3(E2/TH2)
J. J. Hardy: 53/G56

Top 5

Bill Hall: 63/G6
Jeremy Hermida: 43/G4
Marco Scutaro: K

Bot 5

Nick Punto: D7/F7LD+
Denard Span: D7/F5D-.2-H
Orlando Hudson: K
Joe Mauer: IW
Justin Morneau: S9/F9LD+.2-H;1-3
Michael Cuddyer: 9/SF/F9LM.3-H
Jim Thome: 5/F56-

Top 6

Dustin Pedroia: S9/L3
Victor Martinez: K
Kevin Youkilis: 14(1)/FO/G15
Adrian Beltre: 53/G5+

Bot 6

Jason Kubel: 7/F7M
J. J. Hardy: E5/TH1/G5+
Nick Punto: S7.1-2
Denard Span: D9/L9LS.2-H(UR);1-H(NR)(TH2)
Orlando Hudson: 9/F9S
Joe Mauer: K

Top 7

Mike Lowell: 7!/L78M
J. D. Drew: K
Bill Hall: W
Jeremy Hermida: K

Bot 7

Justin Morneau: S9/L4D+
Michael Cuddyer: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Jim Thome: K
Jason Kubel: S8/G4M+
J. J. Hardy: 3/F3F-
Nick Punto: D8/G4M+.1-3
Denard Span: 7/F7LM

Top 8

Marco Scutaro: S7/G56
Dustin Pedroia: S9/G34.1-2
Victor Martinez: 3/P3F
Kevin Youkilis: W.2-3;1-2
Adrian Beltre: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 8

Alexi Casilla: 43/G34
Joe Mauer: 63/G6M
Justin Morneau: S7/L7S
Michael Cuddyer: W.1-2
Jim Thome: 8/F8RXD+

Top 9

Mike Lowell: 4/F6D-
J. D. Drew: K
Bill Hall: K

Notes & reviews

after the throw to the plate Red Sox catcher Victor Martinez threw to 2B attempting to put out Denard Span; Nick Punto, who had stopped at 3B, scored on the throw to 2B

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