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Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins

2016-06-12 · Day game · Target Field · 10 innings · Att: 26087 · 73°F, cloudy · Wind 17 mph from RF · 3:28

Minnesota Twins defeated Boston Red Sox 7–4. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Joe Mauer grounds out, third baseman Josh Rutledge to first baseman Hanley Ramirez. Eduardo Nunez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Xander Bogaerts reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Eduardo Nunez. Marco Hernandez scores. Mookie Betts scores. Dustin Pedroia to 3rd. Throwing error by third baseman Eduardo Nunez — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	7
MIN	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	7	7

W: Michael Tonkin L: Matt Barnes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gary Cederstrom · 1B: Eric Cooper · 2B: Jim Wolf · 3B: Adrian Johnson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	4	1	1	0	1	1
Dustin Pedroia	4	1	1	0	1	1
Xander Bogaerts	5	0	2	1	0	0
David Ortiz	4	0	0	0	1	2
Hanley Ramirez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jackie Bradley	3	0	0	0	1	1
Chris Young	4	1	2	1	0	0
Josh Rutledge	2	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Vazquez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Travis Shaw	2	0	0	0	0	1
Marco Hernandez	0	1	0	0	1	0
Sandy Leon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eduardo Nunez	3	1	1	0	2	1
Robbie Grossman	4	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Mauer	4	2	1	1	1	0
Trevor Plouffe	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Dozier	4	1	1	0	1	0
Max Kepler	5	1	1	3	0	2
Eduardo Escobar	4	1	2	1	0	0
Juan Centeno	4	0	0	0	0	0
Byron Buxton	4	0	0	1	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Porcello	7.0	5	2	5
Koji Uehara	1.0	0	1	1
Junichi Tazawa	1.0	0	1	1
Matt Barnes	0.1	2	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Dean	6.1	3	4	3
Kevin Jepsen	0.2	0	0	1
Brandon Kintzler	0.0	2	1	0
Fernando Abad	2.0	1	1	1
Michael Tonkin	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mookie Betts: K
Dustin Pedroia: W
Xander Bogaerts: 3/P
David Ortiz: K

Bot 1

Eduardo Nunez: S7/G56
Robbie Grossman: SB2
Robbie Grossman: 63/G6.2-3
Joe Mauer: 53/G56.3-H
Trevor Plouffe: S9/L34D
Brian Dozier: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Hanley Ramirez: D8/L89D+
Jackie Bradley: 5/P
Chris Young: 8/F8RM
Josh Rutledge: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 2

Max Kepler: 43/G4
Eduardo Escobar: S8/G6M+
Juan Centeno: E6/FO/G6+.1-3
Byron Buxton: 64(1)/FO/G6.3-H(UR)
Eduardo Nunez: SB2/MREV
Eduardo Nunez: 53/G56S-

Top 3

Christian Vazquez: K
Mookie Betts: 53/G
Dustin Pedroia: 63/G6

Bot 3

Robbie Grossman: 8/F8LM
Joe Mauer: 7/F7D
Trevor Plouffe: K

Top 4

Xander Bogaerts: S7/L56+
David Ortiz: 36(1)3/GDP/G3S
Hanley Ramirez: 43/G4M

Bot 4

Brian Dozier: 8/F8RS
Max Kepler: K
Eduardo Escobar: 13/G13+

Top 5

Jackie Bradley: 7/F7S
Chris Young: HR/F7D+
Josh Rutledge: 8/F89D
Christian Vazquez: 63/G6

Bot 5

Juan Centeno: 3/G3
Byron Buxton: K
Eduardo Nunez: K

Top 6

Mookie Betts: W
Dustin Pedroia: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Xander Bogaerts: 3/F3F-

Bot 6

Robbie Grossman: W
Joe Mauer: S9/G34.1-2
Trevor Plouffe: 7/F78S
Brian Dozier: 7/F78D+.2-3
Max Kepler: E6/TH/G6+.3-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Eduardo Escobar: S9/F8RS-.3-H(UR);1-3
Juan Centeno: 3/G3S

Top 7

David Ortiz: W
Hanley Ramirez: 7/F7M
Jackie Bradley: W.1-2
Chris Young: 3/F3F-
Travis Shaw: K

Bot 7

Byron Buxton: 4/F4-
Eduardo Nunez: W
Robbie Grossman: K
Joe Mauer: 8/F8RXD+

Top 8

Marco Hernandez: W
Mookie Betts: S7/G56+.1-2
Dustin Pedroia: S9/G34.2-3;1-2
Xander Bogaerts: E5/TH/FO/G56.3-H;2-H(UR)(NR);1-3
David Ortiz: 46(1)3/GDP/G34+.3-H(NR)(UR)
Hanley Ramirez: W
Jackie Bradley: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Jackie Bradley: K

Bot 8

Trevor Plouffe: 43/G34
Brian Dozier: W
Max Kepler: K+SB2
Eduardo Escobar: 7/F7LS

Top 9

Chris Young: S8/F8RM
Travis Shaw: 16(1)4/GDP
Sandy Leon: 7/F78S

Bot 9

Juan Centeno: 8/F8RD
Byron Buxton: K
Eduardo Nunez: W
Robbie Grossman: SB2
Robbie Grossman: 5/P5F

Top 10

Mookie Betts: 63/G6
Dustin Pedroia: K
Xander Bogaerts: S3/G34S
David Ortiz: SB2
David Ortiz: K

Bot 10

Joe Mauer: W
Trevor Plouffe: 24/SH/BG2L-.1-2
Brian Dozier: S68/L6.2-3
Max Kepler: DI.1-2
Max Kepler: HR/F8RXD+.3-H;2-H

Notes & reviews

replay,2,nunee002,MIN,cedeg901,MIN04,,N,M,BOS,A $when Byron Buxton was called safe at 2B, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
Mookie Betts played as the fifth infielder

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