| The little guy comes through again in game two of the doubleheader as Jeff Bailey, getting the start at first base in the nightcap, singlehandedly takes Brad Penny off the hook for the loss with a "grand slamma jamma" in the 6th inning and a 4 for 4 day at the plate. Those four hits were: a double in the 2nd, a leadoff triple in the 5th, the grand salami homer in the 6th and he completes it with a single in the 8th to hit for the cycle. Bailey becomes the first Red Soxer to hit for the cycle since John Valentin in 1996. Penny allows 6 runs but still gets the win and he can thank Jef Bailey for it. The most recent cycles for Red Sox hitters besides Bailey and Valentin are Scott Cooper in 1994, Mike Greenwell in 1988, Rich Gedman in 1985, Dwight Evans in 1984 and Fred Lynn in 1980. The Red Sox 6th inning: *** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 *** 0 K.Youkilis 2- 4 3 HBP b-1 0 1 J.Drew 1-11 19 5 Single 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Jose Mijares 0 12 J.Bay 2- 7 20 4 Single 2-H 1-3 b-1 0 1 3 J.Varitek 3- 3 4 HBP 1-2 b-1 0 123 J.Bailey 3- 4 3 Home Run 3-H 2-H 1-H b-H 0 N.Green 4- 8 3 Strike Out b-0 1 J.Ellsbury 1- 4 4 Strike Out b-0 2 D.Pedroia 4- 8 4 Strike Out b-0 |
Strat-O-Matic Report
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 CF 5 1 2 0 .348 J.Ellsbury CF 5 0 1 1 .361
B.Harris 2B 4 0 0 1 .172 D.Pedroia 2B 5 1 1 1 .226
J.Morneau 1B 5 1 2 1 .246 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 1 0 .276
J.Kubel DH 4 0 0 0 .308 K.Youkilis 3B 3 1 0 0 .300
M.Cuddyer RF 2 1 1 1 .276 J.Drew RF 4 2 2 2 .239
B.Buscher 3B 3 0 0 0 .125 J.Bay LF 3 1 3 1 .179
A-J.Crede PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .184 J.Varitek C 3 1 0 0 .189
D.Young LF 3 1 1 1 .486 J.Bailey 1B 4 3 4 41.000
J.Morales C 4 1 1 1 .308 N.Green SS 4 0 0 0 .263
N.Punto SS 3 1 2 1 .405
B-C.Gomez PH 1 0 0 0 .125
C-A.Casilla SS 0 0 0 0 .149
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Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 35 9 12 9
A-Pinch Hit For Buscher In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Punto In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gomez In 8th Inning
Twins........... 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 1
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 - 9 12 0
Twins (7-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Liriano 5 7 5 3 0 3 1 79 3.97 A1 C5
J.Mijares L(0-1) BS(1st) 1 2/3 3 3 3 1 3 1 37 16.20 C6 D6
R.Dickey 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 0 20 4.32 D7
Totals 8 12 9 7 1 8 2
Red Sox (8-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Penny WIN(2-0) 6 8 6 6 1 5 0 93 6.27 A1 C9
M.Delcarmen HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.25 D1 D3
H.Jones HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 D4 D4
R.Ramirez HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1.29 D5 D7
J.Papelbon SAVE(3rd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0.00 D8
Totals 9 9 6 6 3 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 36,542 DATE- Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dan Iassogna, Chad Fairchild, Larry Vanover, Sam Holbrook
T- 3:31
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 6 Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- N.Punto
DOUBLES- J.Morales(2nd), N.Punto(3rd), D.Pedroia(5th), D.Ortiz(6th),
J.Bay-2(4th), J.Bailey(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Morneau(1st), J.Bailey(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Drew(3rd), J.Bailey(1st)
STOLEN BASES- D.Span(6th), M.Cuddyer(1st), J.Ellsbury(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Harris
WALKS- M.Cuddyer-2, D.Young, J.Bay
HIT BY PITCH- D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morneau-3, J.Kubel, B.Buscher, J.Morales-2, J.Ellsbury,
D.Pedroia, J.Drew, J.Varitek-2, N.Green-3
GIDP- K.Youkilis
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Nick Green robbed Brian Buscher of a base hit.
Top 7th: J.D. Drew robbed Brendan Harris of an extra base hit.
Top 8th: Jeff Bailey robbed Carlos Gomez of a base hit.
First baseman Jeff Bailey hit for the cycle as the Boston Red Sox beat the
Minnesota Twins by a score of 9 to 6.
Bailey punished Minnesota with his bat. He doubled in the 3rd inning, tripled
in the 5th inning, launched a rocket-shot out of the park for a Grand Slam
homerun in the 6th inning and delivered a one-base hit in the 8th inning.
Boston out-hit Minnesota for the game, 12 hits to 9.
Brad Penny(2-0) went 6 innings allowing 6 runs for the win. Jonathan Papelbon
earned the save, his 3rd. Jose Mijares(0-1) ended up with the loss in
relief. He pitched 1 and 2/3 innings giving up 3 hits and 1 walk.
'Bailey led the way - we just jumped on his back and let him take us,' Penny
said. 'I'm glad I don't have to face him. I'm glad he's on my team.'
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