Minnesota Twins vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - July 08, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 8, 2008

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Boston leads 2-0 (as of 7/8)

Game 1: Monday, July 7
Minnesota	0	Final
Boston	1	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 8
Minnesota	5	Final
Boston	6	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 9
Minnesota	5	Final
Boston	18	Final
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Twins 5

(50-40, 18-22 away)

Red Sox 6

(54-39, 33-10 home)

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7:05 PM ET, July 8, 2008

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	5	11	0
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	-	6	11	1

W: D. Aardsma (3-2)

L: M. Guerrier (4-4)

S: J. Papelbon (27)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
C Gomez CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.263
a-J Kubel PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.266
A Casilla 2B	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	.313
J Mauer C	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	.324
J Morneau 1B	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.313
C Monroe DH	4	1	0	0	0	2	5	.211
D Young LF	4	1	2	1	0	2	0	.288
B Harris 3B	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	.254
N Punto SS	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.297
D Span RF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.315
Totals	34	5	11	5	3	7	16
a-struck out swinging for C Gomez in the 9th
BATTING 2B: B Harris (14, J Lester); N Punto (7, J Papelbon) 3B: B Harris (2, J Lester) RBI: B Harris 2 (27), N Punto (15), D Span (6), D Young (34) S: D Span 2-out RBI: B Harris 2, N Punto GIDP: J Mauer, B Harris Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Casilla 2, C Monroe 1 Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: C Gomez (9, 2nd base by J Lester/K Cash); N Punto (2, 2nd base by J Lester/K Cash) Picked Off: C Gomez (1st base by J Lester); N Punto (1st base by J Lester)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn	6.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	85-60	3.72
D Reyes (H, 10)	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	7-5	2.59
M Guerrier (L, 4-4; B, 3)	1.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	22-16	3.56
Totals	8.0	11	6	6	0	5	1	114-81
PITCHING WP: M Guerrier Batters faced: N Blackburn 26; D Reyes 2; M Guerrier 7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 10-8; D Reyes 0-0; M Guerrier 1-0 Game Scores: N Blackburn 56

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Ellsbury CF-LF	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.271
D Pedroia 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.313
J Drew RF	4	0	1	2	0	0	2	.298
C Crisp CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
M Ramirez DH	4	1	1	2	0	1	2	.280
M Lowell 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.295
K Youkilis 1B	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	.314
B Moss LF-RF	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	.279
J Lugo SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.264
K Cash C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.233
a-S Casey PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360
b-J Bailey PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
J Varitek C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215
Totals	34	6	11	6	0	5	11
a-hit for K Cash in the 7th b-struck out looking for S Casey in the 7th
BATTING 2B: J Drew (17, N Blackburn); J Ellsbury (10, D Reyes); K Youkilis (24, M Guerrier) 3B: K Youkilis (4, N Blackburn) HR: M Ramirez (17, 8th inning off M Guerrier 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Drew 2 (53), B Moss 2 (10), M Ramirez 2 (56) SF: B Moss 2-out RBI: B Moss Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Lugo 1, K Cash 1 Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: B Moss (1, 2nd base off M Guerrier/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: M Lowell (6, ground ball) DP: 2 (J Lugo-D Pedroia-K Youkilis 2). PB: K Cash.

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Lester	7.1	9	5	5	3	6	0	117-78	3.38
D Aardsma (W, 3-2)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	2.84
J Papelbon (S, 27)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22-16	2.27
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	3	7	0	150-102
PITCHING Batters faced: J Lester 32; D Aardsma 2; J Papelbon 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Lester 11-3; D Aardsma 2-0; J Papelbon 2-0 Game Scores: J Lester 43

Scoring Summary

			MIN	BOS
	1st	J Drew doubled to deep left, J Ellsbury scored.	0	1
	4th	B Harris tripled to deep right, C Monroe and D Young scored.	2	1
	4th	N Punto singled to center, B Harris scored.	3	1
	7th	D Span singled to left center, B Harris scored.	4	1
	7th	B Moss hit sacrifice fly to left, K Youkilis scored.	4	2
	8th	D Young singled to right, J Mauer scored, J Morneau to third.	5	2
	8th	J Drew grounded out to second, J Ellsbury scored, D Pedroia to second.	5	3
	8th	M Ramirez homered to left center, D Pedroia scored.	5	5
	8th	B Moss singled to center, K Youkilis scored.	5	6
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Game Notes

DUSTIN PEDROIA'S SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES.