Minnesota Twins vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - July 09, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 9, 2008

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Boston won 3-0

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

(50-41, 18-23 away)

Red Sox 18

(55-39, 34-10 home)

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1:05 PM ET, July 9, 2008

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	14	1
BOS	0	0	4	0	2	1	7	4	-	18	23	2

W: J. Beckett (9-5)

L: L. Hernandez (9-6)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D Span CF	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	.316
A Casilla 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	.309
J Mauer C	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	.328
J Morneau DH	5	1	2	2	0	0	4	.314
J Kubel RF	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	.266
D Young LF	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	.293
M Lamb 1B	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	.227
N Punto SS	5	0	2	1	0	2	5	.302
B Buscher 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.306
a-B Harris PH-3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.256
Totals	38	5	14	5	6	4	22
a-singled to left for B Buscher in the 6th
BATTING 2B: A Casilla (11, J Beckett); J Mauer (23, J Beckett); D Young (17, J Beckett) HR: J Morneau (13, 1st inning off J Beckett 1 on, 1 Out); J Kubel (13, 6th inning off J Beckett 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Mauer (38), J Morneau 2 (67), J Kubel (44), N Punto (16) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Casilla 2, J Kubel 1, J Morneau 2, N Punto 3 Team LOB: 12
BASERUNNING CS: D Span (2, 2nd base by J Beckett)
FIELDING E: D Span (3, throw)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Hernandez (L, 9-6)	4.1	11	6	6	0	2	0	82-55	5.44
B Bonser	1.2	4	4	4	1	1	0	28-17	6.50
C Breslow	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	0	11-6	2.33
B Bass	1.1	6	5	5	0	0	1	33-20	5.27
D Reyes	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	5-4	2.92
Totals	8.0	23	18	18	2	4	2	159-102
PITCHING Batters faced: L Hernandez 24; B Bonser 10; C Breslow 3; B Bass 10; D Reyes 2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hernandez 7-4; B Bonser 1-3; C Breslow 0-0; B Bass 3-1; D Reyes 0-1 Game Scores: L Hernandez 19

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Ellsbury CF	6	2	4	1	0	0	1	.278
D Pedroia 2B	6	3	2	3	0	0	5	.313
K Youkilis 1B	5	3	3	4	0	1	3	.319
M Ramirez LF	5	2	3	3	0	0	1	.285
J Bailey PR-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M Lowell 3B	4	2	2	2	1	0	2	.297
S Casey DH	5	1	3	2	0	1	2	.371
J Varitek C	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.220
a-K Cash PH-C	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.241
B Moss RF	5	1	1	0	0	2	5	.274
J Lugo SS	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	.267
Totals	46	18	23	18	2	4	23
a-homered to left for J Varitek in the 8th
BATTING 2B: M Ramirez 2 (18, L Hernandez 2); J Varitek (14, B Bonser); J Ellsbury (11, B Bonser); S Casey (11, B Bonser); D Pedroia (27, B Bass); K Youkilis (25, B Bass) 3B: B Moss (1, B Bass) HR: K Cash (2, 8th inning off B Bass 0 on, 0 Out); K Youkilis (14, 8th inning off D Reyes 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Ramirez 3 (59), M Lowell 2 (56), S Casey 2 (10), K Youkilis 4 (57), J Varitek (28), J Ellsbury (27), D Pedroia 3 (44), K Cash (11), J Lugo (20) SF: K Youkilis 2-out RBI: M Ramirez, M Lowell 2, S Casey, K Youkilis 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Moss 1, J Lugo 2, D Pedroia 1, M Ramirez 1 Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: J Lugo (12, 2nd base off L Hernandez/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: K Youkilis (3, catch); J Lopez (3, throw) DP: 1 (J Lugo-D Pedroia-M Lowell). Outfield Assist: M Ramirez (N Punto at 3rd base).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Beckett (W, 9-5)	5.0	8	5	5	2	2	2	104-67	3.94
J Lopez (H, 9)	1.1	3	0	0	2	1	0	37-24	2.25
C Hansen (H, 7)	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	19-9	5.68
M Delcarmen	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10-5	4.34
M Timlin	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	6.46
Totals	9.0	14	5	5	6	4	2	189-118
PITCHING Batters faced: J Beckett 24; J Lopez 8; C Hansen 5; M Delcarmen 3; M Timlin 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Beckett 4-8; J Lopez 1-1; C Hansen 1-1; M Delcarmen 3-0; M Timlin 2-0 Game Scores: J Beckett 31

Scoring Summary

			MIN	BOS
	1st	J Mauer singled to center, A Casilla scored.	1	0
	1st	J Morneau homered to right, J Mauer scored.	3	0
	3rd	M Ramirez doubled to right center, J Lugo scored, D Pedroia to third.	3	1
	3rd	M Lowell singled to center, D Pedroia and M Ramirez scored, M Lowell to second advancing on throw. M Lowell to third on throwing error by center fielder D Span.	3	3
	3rd	S Casey singled to center, M Lowell scored.	3	4
	5th	M Ramirez doubled to deep center, K Youkilis scored.	3	5
	5th	S Casey singled to center, M Ramirez scored.	3	6
	6th	J Kubel homered to center.	4	6
	6th	N Punto singled to center, D Young scored.	5	6
	6th	K Youkilis hit sacrifice fly to right, J Ellsbury scored.	5	7
	7th	J Varitek singled to center, M Lowell scored, S Casey to third.	5	8
	7th	J Ellsbury singled to left, S Casey scored, J Varitek to third, J Lugo to second.	5	9
	7th	D Pedroia doubled to deep left, J Varitek, J Lugo and J Ellsbury scored.	5	12
	7th	K Youkilis doubled to deep left, D Pedroia scored.	5	13
	7th	M Ramirez singled to center, K Youkilis scored.	5	14
	8th	K Cash homered to left.	5	15
	8th	J Lugo grounded out to shortstop, B Moss scored.	5	16
	8th	K Youkilis homered to left, D Pedroia scored.	5	18
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Game Notes

DUSTIN PEDROIA EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 17 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING.
MINNESOTA MANAGER RON GARDENHIRE WAS EJECTED BY FIRST BASE UMPIRE CHARLIE RELIFORD FOR ARGUING A REVERSAL OF AN OUT CALL ON A FLY BALL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING.