Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 24, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 24, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Boston leads 2-0 (as of 4/24)

Game 1: Monday, April 23
Boston	6	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, April 24
Boston	11	Final
Minnesota	2	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, April 25
Boston	7	Final
Minnesota	6	Final
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Red Sox 11

(6-10, 3-5 away)

Twins 2

(5-13, 2-6 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 24, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	3	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	11	18	0
MIN	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0

W: J. Beckett (2-2)

L: N. Blackburn (0-2)

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Aviles SS	5	3	4	2	0	1	21	.333	.365	.567
R Sweeney RF	6	1	2	1	0	1	19	.392	.418	.608
D Pedroia 2B	6	2	1	1	0	0	24	.284	.333	.478
A Gonzalez 1B	3	2	3	2	1	0	13	.302	.338	.460
a-L Anderson PH-1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000
D Ortiz DH	4	1	2	3	1	1	19	.444	.486	.714
K Youkilis 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	15	.200	.268	.300
b-N Punto PH-3B	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.267	.333	.333
C Ross LF	4	0	0	1	0	2	17	.263	.328	.579
c-D McDonald PH-LF	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.107	.235	.179
M Byrd CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	13	.333	.333	.333
K Shoppach C	5	0	1	0	0	3	27	.333	.462	.571
Totals	44	11	18	11	3	9	176
a-singled to left for A Gonzalez in the 8th b-walked for K Youkilis in the 8th c-grounded into fielder's choice to third for C Ross in the 8th
BATTING 2B: M Aviles 2 (5, N Blackburn, M Maloney); K Shoppach (5, N Blackburn); R Sweeney (9, M Maloney); D Pedroia (4, M Maloney); A Gonzalez (4, M Maloney) HR: D Ortiz (3, 3rd inning off N Blackburn 1 on, 0 Out); M Aviles (3, 4th inning off M Maloney 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Sweeney (7), D Ortiz 3 (15), C Ross (14), M Aviles 2 (10), A Gonzalez 2 (12), D Pedroia (7), D McDonald (2) S: M Aviles 2-out RBI: D Pedroia, A Gonzalez Red Sox RISP: 6-16 (D Ortiz 1-2, C Ross 0-2, D Pedroia 1-3, K Youkilis 1-1, D McDonald 0-1, R Sweeney 1-3, A Gonzalez 2-2, M Byrd 0-2) Team LOB: 10

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Beckett (W, 2-2)	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	100-65	4.56
S Atchison	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	26-19	1.54
M Albers	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	3.38
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	3	8	0	138-93
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Beckett 18/26; S Atchison 4/6; M Albers 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Beckett 22-10-15-18; S Atchison 6-2-8-3; M Albers 3-1-1-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Beckett 7-6; S Atchison 2-1; M Albers 1-2 Game Scores: J Beckett 56

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	15	.333	.377	.431
J Carroll SS	4	2	0	0	0	0	13	.232	.321	.275
J Mauer 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	20	.313	.410	.403
J Willingham LF	2	0	2	1	1	0	13	.333	.447	.667
a-C Thomas PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.182	.217	.364
J Morneau DH	3	0	0	1	1	0	14	.224	.328	.483
R Doumit C	4	0	0	0	0	2	12	.226	.236	.302
D Valencia 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.210	.219	.323
b-S Burroughs PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.250	.273
C Parmelee RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	18	.250	.280	.375
T Plouffe 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	.100	.217	.150
Totals	33	2	6	2	3	8	138
a-struck out swinging for J Willingham in the 8th b-doubled to right for D Valencia in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Willingham 2 (6, J Beckett 2); D Span (5, J Beckett); S Burroughs (1, M Albers) RBI: J Morneau (7), J Willingham (13) 2-out RBI: J Willingham Twins RISP: 1-10 (J Willingham 1-1, R Doumit 0-2, C Parmelee 0-1, J Mauer 0-1, J Carroll 0-1, T Plouffe 0-1, J Morneau 0-2, D Valencia 0-1) Team LOB: 7

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
N Blackburn (L, 0-2)	3.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	71-44	7.53
M Maloney	1.2	8	5	5	0	3	1	37-27	8.10
J Gray	2.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	26-18	1.93
A Burnett	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	42-22	0.84
Totals	9.0	18	11	11	3	9	2	176-111
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: N Blackburn 8/18; M Maloney 8/13; J Gray 4/7; A Burnett 6/10 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: N Blackburn 11-7-11-15; M Maloney 5-7-5-10; J Gray 7-5-3-3; A Burnett 6-1-7-8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: N Blackburn 6-1; M Maloney 2-0; J Gray 1-2; A Burnett 5-1 Game Scores: N Blackburn 24

Scoring Summary

			BOS	MIN
	1st	R Sweeney singled to center, M Aviles scored.	1	0
	1st	D Ortiz singled to left, D Pedroia scored, A Gonzalez to second.	2	0
	1st	C Ross grounded out to first, A Gonzalez scored, D Ortiz to third, K Youkilis to second.	3	0
	1st	J Morneau walked, J Carroll scored, J Mauer to third, J Willingham to second.	3	1
	3rd	D Ortiz homered to right (399 feet), A Gonzalez scored.	5	1
	4th	M Aviles homered to left (407 feet).	6	1
	4th	A Gonzalez singled to right center, R Sweeney scored.	7	1
	5th	M Aviles doubled to deep left center, M Byrd scored.	8	1
	5th	D Pedroia doubled to deep right, M Aviles scored.	9	1
	5th	A Gonzalez doubled to deep left center, D Pedroia scored.	10	1
	5th	J Willingham doubled to left, J Carroll scored.	10	2
	8th	D McDonald grounded into fielder's choice to third, L Anderson scored, N Punto out at second, D Ortiz to third.	11	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	33,651 (85.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:03
Weather	71 degrees, clear
Wind	0 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Adrian Johnson, First Base - Gary Cederstrom, Second Base - Lance Barksdale, Third Base - Fieldin Culbreth