2:10 PM ET, May 6, 2007
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Final
Boston won 2-1
| Game 1: Friday, May 4 | ||
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| Boston | 2 | Final |
| Minnesota | 0 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, May 5 | ||
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| Boston | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, May 6 | ||
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| Boston | 4 | Final |
| Minnesota | 3 | |
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2:10 PM ET, May 6, 2007
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Crisp CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .236 | ||
| A Cora SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .405 | ||
| D Ortiz DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .298 | ||
| K Youkilis 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .287 | ||
| W Pena LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | ||
| J Drew RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .266 | ||
| M Lowell 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .294 | ||
| J Varitek C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 | ||
| E Hinske LF-1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .240 | ||
| D Pedroia 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |||
| BATTING 2B: J Drew (4, S Ponson); D Pedroia 2 (6, S Ponson 2) RBI: J Drew 2 (11), K Youkilis (10), J Varitek (11) 2-out RBI: J Drew, K Youkilis, J Varitek GIDP: J Varitek Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E Hinske 1, J Drew 1, C Crisp 1 Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: C Crisp (1, 2nd base by S Ponson/M Redmond) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (D Pedroia-K Youkilis). | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Schilling (W, 9-8) | 6.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 99-71 | 3.28 | |
| H Okajima (H, 27) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20-13 | 0.56 | |
| J Papelbon (S, 37) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-10 | 1.46 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 133-94 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: C Schilling 29; H Okajima 6; J Papelbon 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Schilling 5-8; H Okajima 3-1; J Papelbon 1-1 Game Scores: C Schilling 51 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| L Castillo 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 | ||
| J Tyner RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .299 | ||
| T Hunter CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .345 | ||
| J Morneau 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .267 | ||
| J Cirillo DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | ||
| J Kubel LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .244 | ||
| a-J Rabe PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | ||
| M Redmond C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 | ||
| L Rodriguez 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .171 | ||
| b-N Punto PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | ||
| J Bartlett SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .264 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | |||
| a-singled to left for J Kubel in the 8th b-grounded to shortstop for L Rodriguez in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING RBI: J Tyner 2 (9), T Hunter (21) 2-out RBI: J Tyner 2, T Hunter Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: L Rodriguez 1, J Morneau 2, T Hunter 1, N Punto 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: J Bartlett (4, 2nd base off C Schilling/J Varitek) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: S Ponson (1, throw) DP: 2 (J Kubel-L Castillo, G Perkins-J Bartlett-L Castillo-J Morneau). Outfield Assist: T Hunter (D Ortiz at Home); J Kubel (A Cora at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| S Ponson (L, 2-5) | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 99-60 | 6.42 | |
| G Perkins | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24-13 | 2.70 | |
| J Rincon | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-4 | 2.19 | |
| D Reyes | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 | 6.48 | |
| J Crain | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-3 | 5.68 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 145-85 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: D Ortiz (By S Ponson) HBP: A Cora (By S Ponson); K Youkilis (By G Perkins) Batters faced: S Ponson 28; G Perkins 7; J Rincon 2; D Reyes 2; J Crain 1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 6-3; G Perkins 2-3; J Rincon 0-2; D Reyes 2-0; J Crain 0-1 Game Scores: S Ponson 39 | ||||||||||
| BOS | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | J Drew doubled to deep center, A Cora scored, D Ortiz thrown out at home. | 1 | 0 | |
| 3rd | K Youkilis singled to right, D Pedroia scored, D Ortiz to second. | 2 | 0 | |
| 5th | J Drew grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, A Cora scored, K Youkilis to second. | 3 | 0 | |
| 5th | J Varitek singled to left, K Youkilis scored, M Lowell to second. | 4 | 0 | |
| 7th | J Tyner singled to right, M Redmond and L Rodriguez scored, L Castillo to second. | 4 | 2 | |
| 7th | T Hunter singled to right, L Castillo scored, J Tyner to second. | 4 | 3 | |
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| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 27,807 (70.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:01 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Tschida, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Jeff Nelson, Third Base - Jim Wolf |
