April 22, 2009 Red Sox 4, Twins 1

Nick Green, who prior to today had hit 11 homeruns in his career in a bit more than 700 at bats, gets his first Red Sox homerun in the 2nd inning and then for good measure adds his second Sox homerun in the 7th for the first two homerun game of his career while Tim Wakefield goes the distance for the complete game 3 hitter as the Sox dispatch the Twins. The only damage done to Wake was a 3rd inning homerun for Denard Span, along with the 3 hits and 4 walks. The Sox get to the .500 mark for the first time this season with the win.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Minnesota Twins At 2009 Boston Red Sox               4/22/2009
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span LF           4  1  1  1 .344     J.Ellsbury CF       4  1  1  0 .375  
  A.Casilla 2B        4  0  0  0 .149     D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  1  0 .228  
  J.Morneau 1B        2  0  0  0 .233     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .278  
  J.Kubel DH          4  0  1  0 .333     K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  1  0 .319  
  M.Cuddyer RF        4  0  0  0 .268     J.Drew RF           2  0  1  1 .214  
  J.Crede 3B          4  0  0  0 .188     J.Bay LF            4  0  0  0 .132  
  M.Redmond C         2  0  0  0 .214     M.Lowell 3B         3  1  1  1 .273  
  N.Punto SS          2  0  1  0 .385     G.Kottaras C        3  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Gomez CF          3  0  0  0 .128     N.Green SS          4  2  2  2 .294  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  1  3  1                 Totals      31  4  7  4
 
 
Twins........... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  3  0
Red Sox......... 1 1 0  1 0 0  1 0    -  4  7  0
 
Twins (7-8)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Baker LOSS(0-1)         7       7   4   4   2   6   3 120   5.65  A1 D3
R.Dickey                  0 2/3   0   0   0   3   2   0  22   3.86  D4 D8
L.Ayala                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   6.75  D9
Totals                    8       7   4   4   5   9   3
 
Red Sox (7-7)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Wakefield WIN(1-2)      9       3   1   1   4   5   1 117   4.34  A1
Totals                    9       3   1   1   4   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 24,467 DATE- Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bob Davidson, Jeff Nelson, Mark Carlson, Tim Tschida
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 5  Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(4th), K.Youkilis(4th)
HOME RUNS- D.Span(1st), M.Lowell(3rd), N.Green-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- N.Punto(3rd), J.Drew(3rd)
WALKS- J.Morneau-2, M.Redmond, N.Punto, D.Pedroia, J.Drew-2, M.Lowell,
       G.Kottaras
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kubel, M.Cuddyer, J.Crede, C.Gomez-2, D.Ortiz-2, K.Youkilis-2,
             J.Bay-2, G.Kottaras-2, N.Green
GIDP- M.Cuddyer
 
Nick Green smacked 2 homeruns and Tim Wakefield allowed just 3 hits as the
Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins by a score of 4 to 1.
 
Wakefield(1-2) was in control of the game from the outset.  He allowed just 3
hits and 4 walks in 9 innings lowering his ERA from 7.45 to 4.34.  Minnesota
went down without a fight in the 9th.  
 
Scott Baker(0-1) took the loss.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 7
innings of work.

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