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Minnesota Twins @ Boston Red Sox

2011-05-08 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 37526 · 55°F · Wind 18 mph from RF · 2:53

Boston Red Sox defeated Minnesota Twins 9–5. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 3rd. Daisuke Matsuzaka earned the win. Danny Valencia went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	8
BOS	0	1	4	0	2	0	2	0		9	14

W: Daisuke Matsuzaka L: Carl Pavano SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Angel Hernandez · 3B: Paul Schrieber · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	3	1	1	0	1	0
Trevor Plouffe	3	2	1	0	1	0
Justin Morneau	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jason Kubel	4	1	3	2	0	0
Michael Cuddyer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Valencia	4	1	2	3	0	1
Ben Revere	4	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Butera	3	0	0	0	0	1
Alexi Casilla	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rene Tosoni	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	5	1	3	0	0	0
Dustin Pedroia	4	1	1	0	1	0
Adrian Gonzalez	5	2	3	2	0	1
Kevin Youkilis	4	4	2	1	0	0
David Ortiz	4	0	2	0	0	0
J. D. Drew	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jed Lowrie	4	0	1	2	0	0
Carl Crawford	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jason Varitek	4	0	0	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Pavano	5.0	10	1	0
Alex Burnett	1.0	1	0	1
Jose Mijares	1.0	2	0	0
Joe Nathan	1.0	1	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Daisuke Matsuzaka	6.0	5	2	4
Matt Albers	2.0	3	0	3
Daniel Bard	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denard Span: S7/F7S
Trevor Plouffe: SB2
Trevor Plouffe: W
Justin Morneau: K
Jason Kubel: S7/F7LS.2-H;1-2
Michael Cuddyer: 53/G56S-.2-3;1-2
Danny Valencia: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H
Ben Revere: SB2
Ben Revere: 5/P5F

Bot 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: 8/F8LM
Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4-
Adrian Gonzalez: 43/G4-

Top 2

Drew Butera: 7/F7M
Alexi Casilla: 43/G4-
Denard Span: 7/F7LS

Bot 2

Kevin Youkilis: D7/G
David Ortiz: 53/G6S-.2-3
J. D. Drew: 43/G34.3-H
Jed Lowrie: 6/F6S-

Top 3

Trevor Plouffe: 7/L78M+
Justin Morneau: K
Jason Kubel: S9/G3+
Michael Cuddyer: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 3

Carl Crawford: T8/F8LXD+
Jason Varitek: 3/G3.3-H
Jacoby Ellsbury: S67/G6
Dustin Pedroia: SB2
Dustin Pedroia: W
Adrian Gonzalez: S8/G4M.2-H;1-3
Kevin Youkilis: 64(1)/FO/G6S-.3-H;B-1
David Ortiz: S7/L6D+.1-2
J. D. Drew: PO2(E2/TH).2-3
J. D. Drew: S7/L8LS.3-H;1-2
Jed Lowrie: 8/F8RM

Top 4

Danny Valencia: HR/F7LD+/UREV
Ben Revere: 7/F7M
Drew Butera: 7
Alexi Casilla: K23

Bot 4

Carl Crawford: 3!/G34S-
Jason Varitek: 43/G4
Jacoby Ellsbury: S9/G4.BX2(96)

Top 5

Denard Span: W
Trevor Plouffe: 7/F7M
Justin Morneau: 6/F6-
Jason Kubel: 3/G34S

Bot 5

Dustin Pedroia: 13/G13
Adrian Gonzalez: HR/F7LD+
Kevin Youkilis: S7
David Ortiz: S9/L9S.1-2
J. D. Drew: 64(1)/FO/G6M.2-H(E4/TH1)(NR);B-1
Jed Lowrie: WP.1-2
Jed Lowrie: 8/F8RM

Top 6

Michael Cuddyer: 2/F2RF-
Danny Valencia: K
Ben Revere: 8/F78D

Bot 6

Carl Crawford: K
Jason Varitek: 7/F7M
Jacoby Ellsbury: D7/F7D+
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F78D

Top 7

Drew Butera: K
Alexi Casilla: S7/G
Denard Span: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 7

Adrian Gonzalez: S7/F7D+
Kevin Youkilis: E7/L7M+.1-2
David Ortiz: 8/F8LD
J. D. Drew: 6/F6D-
Jed Lowrie: D7/F78D+.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Carl Crawford: 4/F4D-

Top 8

Trevor Plouffe: DGR/F9LS
Justin Morneau: K
Jason Kubel: S7/F78D+.2-H
Michael Cuddyer: K
Danny Valencia: 63/G6-

Bot 8

Jason Varitek: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: 31/G3-
Dustin Pedroia: S7
Adrian Gonzalez: K

Top 9

Ben Revere: 23/G2L-
Rene Tosoni: K
Alexi Casilla: 63/G6S

Notes & reviews

replay,4,valed001,MIN,westj901,BOS07,F,N,I,,H $the fly ball by Danny Valencia hit the LF pole and was ruled a homer; Boston manager Terry Francona asked about the ruling, so crew chief Joe West watched the replay and upheld the call

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