| After getting shut out last game, the Sox storm out of the gate with 3 first inning runs knocking Twins starter Nick Blackburn from the game, but could have had more as they left the bases loaded. That almost game back to haunt them, as little did I know at the time they would not score again for 12 more innings! The play account follows the game in the blog, too much to fully explain, so highlights follow. The Twins do peck back against Jon Lester, tying the game in the 4th inning. It stays tied at 3 for the next 8 innings until the Sox score in the top of the 13th via a Jacoby Ellsbury single, stolen base, and Dustin Pedroia's single knocks Ellsbury home. Almost didn't get to extra innings though as the web gems tell you, as Jason Bay robbed Delmon Young of a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 9th. Both teams wasted chances on the bases today with 30 LOB total in the game (17 for Boston) and the Sox grounded out into inning ending doubleplays in the 10th and 11th innings. The Twins loaded the bses off of Jonathan Papelbon with no outs in the bottom of the 11th, and come up scoreless after Paps bears down. It got so crazy that the Twins used three shortstops in the game, two of which don't even have shortstop on their cards. Brain Buscher, who has never played shortstop, came in on defense after shortstop Nick Punto was pinch-run for in the 9th, and Buscher moves to his more usual third base after Joe Crede pinch-hit for third baseman (starting the game at shortstop) Brendan Harris in the 10th. Crede took over at short, only playing the position once in his 10 year career. Crede did make an error that was not involved in the scoring. Overall, one of the more interesting games I have had and with the best result too, a road extra inning win. Always good to get those. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Boston Red Sox At 2009 Minnesota Twins 5/26/2009
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
J.Ellsbury CF 6 1 2 0 .323 D.Span CF 6 1 3 1 .331
D.Pedroia 2B 6 1 3 2 .230 J.Mauer C 5 0 0 0 .462
J.Drew RF 6 0 0 0 .283 J.Morneau 1B 6 0 1 1 .290
K.Youkilis 3B,1B 6 1 4 0 .347 M.Cuddyer RF 6 0 1 0 .247
J.Bay LF 7 1 2 1 .260 J.Kubel DH 4 0 1 0 .270
D.Ortiz DH 7 0 1 0 .247 B.Harris 3B,SS 4 0 0 0 .253
J.Varitek C 6 0 1 1 .205 E-J.Crede PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .191
F-G.Kottaras C 0 0 0 0 .139 D.Young LF 6 1 2 0 .439
J.Bailey 1B 3 0 0 0 .297 M.Tolbert 2B 6 0 1 0 .257
C-N.Green PR,SS 1 0 1 0 .290 N.Punto SS 4 1 2 1 .315
J.Lugo SS 3 0 0 0 .242 A-C.Gomez PR 0 0 0 0 .221
D-M.Lowell 3B 1 0 0 0 .268 B-B.Buscher SS,3B 1 0 0 0 .232
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Totals 52 4 14 4 Totals 50 3 11 3
A-Pinch Ran For Punto In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gomez In 10th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Bailey In 10th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lugo In 10th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Harris In 10th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Varitek In 12th Inning
Red Sox......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 14 2
Twins........... 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 2
Red Sox (26-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Lester 6 6 3 3 3 7 0 103 2.31 A1 C9
H.Okajima 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6.61 D1 D3
D.Bard 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 3.68 D4 D9
M.Delcarmen 0 2/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 13 9.00 E1 E5
J.Papelbon 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 28 0.84 E6 F3
R.Ramirez WIN(1-1) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 3.92 F4
Totals 13 11 3 3 5 10 0
Twins (23-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
N.Blackburn 0 2/3 5 3 3 0 0 1 28 3.50 A1 A7
M.Guerrier 3 1/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 44 2.76 A8 C2
J.Mijares 2 1/3 3 0 0 2 3 0 51 6.23 C3 D5
S.Henn 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 43 0.00 D6 E7
R.Dickey 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 18 3.70 E8 F4
L.Ayala LOSS(0-2) 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 1 0 22 6.38 F5 G2
J.Crain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.78 G3
Totals 13 14 4 4 6 9 1
ATTENDANCE- 19,227 DATE- Tuesday, May 26th 2009 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Adrian Johnson, Mike Dimuro, Dale Scott, Jerry Meals
T- 4:36
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:17 Twins:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Twins: 2
ERRORS- N.Green, D.Bard, D.Span, J.Crede
DOUBLES- K.Youkilis(10th), M.Cuddyer(7th), D.Young-2(6th)
HOME RUNS- D.Pedroia(4th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury-2(23rd), D.Span(11th), N.Punto-2(8th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Lugo
WALKS- J.Ellsbury, D.Pedroia, J.Drew, K.Youkilis, J.Lugo-2, D.Span, J.Mauer,
J.Kubel-2, B.Buscher
HIT BY PITCH- J.Bailey-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew-3, J.Bay-3, D.Ortiz, J.Varitek, J.Bailey, J.Mauer,
J.Morneau-2, M.Cuddyer-2, B.Harris, D.Young, M.Tolbert-2, N.Punto
GIDP- J.Ellsbury, J.Bay, J.Mauer, J.Crede
WILD PITCHES- J.Lester
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Nick Punto robbed Dustin Pedroia of a base hit.
Bot 9th: Jason Bay robbed Delmon Young of a Homerun!
Dustin Pedroia jacked one out of the ballyard and had 2 RBI at Metrodome as
the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins in 13 innings 4 to 3.
The score was tied at 3 after nine. Boston won it in the 13th inning. Jacoby
Ellsbury laced a base-hit. Ellsbury got a great jump and stole second
easily. Pedroia then lined a single. Two outs later Jason Bay came up and
he reached on an error. Minnesota was out-hit by Boston, 14 hits to 11.
The victory was credited to Ramon Ramirez(1-1) who went 2 innings, allowing no
runs. Luis Ayala(0-2) was charged with the loss in relief.
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