Minnesota Twins vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - August 03, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 3, 2012

Final in 10

Series: Game 2 of 4

Minnesota leads 2-0 (as of 8/3)

Game 1: Thursday, August 2
Minnesota	5	Final
Boston	0	Final
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Game 2: Friday, August 3
Minnesota	6	Final in 10
Boston	5	Final in 10
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Game 3: Saturday, August 4
Minnesota	6	Final
Boston	4	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, August 5
Minnesota	4	Final
Boston	6	Final
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Twins 6

(46-60, 23-28 away)

Red Sox 5

(53-54, 27-31 home)

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Coverage: NESN

7:10 PM ET, August 3, 2012

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	13	3
BOS	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	0

W: J. Gray (6-1)

L: V. Padilla (4-1)

S: J. Burton (4)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	6	1	0	0	0	0	22	.291	.354	.395
B Revere RF	6	1	2	0	0	1	20	.319	.351	.380
J Mauer C	3	1	1	0	2	1	26	.321	.417	.436
J Willingham DH	3	1	0	1	2	0	20	.264	.378	.549
J Morneau 1B	4	1	4	2	0	0	16	.269	.331	.464
D Valencia 3B	4	0	0	1	0	3	17	.198	.212	.310
D Mastroianni LF	5	1	2	1	0	0	24	.270	.350	.404
B Dozier SS	5	0	0	0	0	1	11	.240	.271	.333
J Carroll 2B	4	0	4	1	1	0	23	.243	.327	.289
Totals	40	6	13	6	5	6	179
BATTING 2B: J Morneau 2 (22, F Doubront, C Breslow); J Carroll (13, J Tazawa); D Mastroianni (2, V Padilla) RBI: D Mastroianni (10), J Willingham (80), J Morneau 2 (49), D Valencia (17), J Carroll (31) SF: D Valencia GIDP: J Willingham Twins RISP: 3-13 (J Willingham 0-1, D Mastroianni 1-1, B Dozier 0-2, D Span 0-2, B Revere 0-2, J Carroll 1-1, J Morneau 1-1, D Valencia 0-3) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING CS: J Mauer (3, 2nd base by F Doubront/K Shoppach)
FIELDING E: J Morneau (3, dropped foul ball); D Valencia (4, ground ball); J Mauer (4, throw) DP: 3 (B Dozier-J Carroll-J Morneau, B Duensing-B Dozier-J Morneau, J Carroll-B Dozier-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Duensing	6.0	10	5	2	0	3	1	90-60	4.39
C Fien	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	20-12	1.35
A Burnett	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	12-8	2.82
T Robertson	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	7.59
J Gray (W, 6-1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-16	5.44
J Burton (S, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-9	2.30
Totals	10.0	14	5	2	2	8	1	161-110
PITCHING IBB: A Gonzalez (By C Fien) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Duensing 14/27; C Fien 3/5; A Burnett 3/4; T Robertson 0/1; J Gray 5/5; J Burton 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Duensing 19-5-13-23; C Fien 5-3-3-1; A Burnett 2-2-1-3; T Robertson 1-1-3-0; J Gray 3-1-8-4; J Burton 2-2-3-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Duensing 9-6; C Fien 0-1; A Burnett 1-0; T Robertson 0-0; J Gray 1-2; J Burton 0-2 Game Scores: B Duensing 41

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Ellsbury CF	5	0	1	0	0	2	23	.259	.322	.352
D Pedroia 2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	14	.264	.319	.402
C Ross RF	5	1	2	0	0	1	19	.265	.337	.518
A Gonzalez 1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	16	.302	.346	.445
R Lavarnway DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	11	.125	.222	.250
P Ciriaco PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.338	.421
W Middlebrooks 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	21	.290	.319	.504
C Crawford LF	5	2	3	3	0	1	16	.254	.302	.458
K Shoppach C	5	0	2	1	0	1	24	.264	.348	.504
M Aviles SS	4	0	2	0	1	1	17	.255	.279	.396
Totals	43	5	14	5	2	8	161
BATTING 2B: C Crawford (1, B Duensing); C Ross (19, C Fien); R Lavarnway (1, J Gray) HR: C Crawford (3, 3rd inning off B Duensing 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: K Shoppach (16), A Gonzalez (63), C Crawford 3 (8) 2-out RBI: K Shoppach, C Crawford 3 GIDP: A Gonzalez, D Pedroia, R Lavarnway Red Sox RISP: 3-14 (C Ross 0-1, D Pedroia 0-1, K Shoppach 1-1, W Middlebrooks 0-3, C Crawford 1-1, J Ellsbury 0-2, R Lavarnway 0-3, A Gonzalez 1-2) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING DP: 1 (F Doubront-D Pedroia-A Gonzalez).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Doubront	5.0	8	5	5	4	2	0	97-60	4.56
J Tazawa	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-10	1.06
C Breslow	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-11	0.00
M Melancon	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12-9	7.99
A Miller	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19-9	2.93
V Padilla (L, 4-1)	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	22-18	3.92
Totals	10.0	13	6	6	5	6	0	179-117
PITCHING HBP: J Morneau (By A Miller) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Doubront 18/25; J Tazawa 2/2; C Breslow 4/5; M Melancon 2/4; A Miller 2/5; V Padilla 5/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Doubront 22-9-10-19; J Tazawa 2-0-6-2; C Breslow 3-0-3-5; M Melancon 2-1-3-3; A Miller 4-1-2-2; V Padilla 8-1-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Doubront 8-4; J Tazawa 1-0; C Breslow 3-1; M Melancon 1-1; A Miller 2-0; V Padilla 1-1 Game Scores: F Doubront 29

Scoring Summary

			MIN	BOS
	2nd	D Mastroianni singled to center, J Morneau scored.	1	0
	2nd	K Shoppach singled to center, C Crawford scored.	1	1
	3rd	A Gonzalez singled to left center, D Pedroia scored, C Ross to second.	1	2
	3rd	C Crawford homered to right (401 feet), C Ross and A Gonzalez scored.	1	5
	5th	J Willingham walked, D Span scored, B Revere to third, J Mauer to second.	2	5
	5th	J Morneau singled to center, B Revere and J Mauer scored, J Willingham to third.	4	5
	5th	D Valencia hit sacrifice fly to right, J Willingham scored.	5	5
	10th	J Carroll singled to right center, D Mastroianni scored.	6	5
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Game Notes

TWINS RIGHTFIELDER BEN REVERE SINGLED IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 17 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	37,285 (100.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	4:08
Weather	88 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	13 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Wally Bell, Third Base - Mike Winters