Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - April 23, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 23, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Boston leads 1-0 (as of 4/23)

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 6

(5-10, 2-5 away)

Twins 5

(5-12, 2-5 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 23, 2012

Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	12	2
MIN	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	8	0

W: D. Bard (1-2)

L: M. Capps (0-1)

S: A. Aceves (3)

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Aviles SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.291	.328	.455
R Sweeney RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	17	.400	.429	.622
D Pedroia 2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	16	.295	.348	.492
A Gonzalez 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	11	.267	.299	.417
D Ortiz DH	4	0	2	0	0	1	20	.441	.477	.678
K Youkilis 3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	20	.174	.250	.283
J Saltalamacchia C	4	2	2	2	0	0	13	.237	.275	.474
C Ross LF	4	2	2	3	0	1	15	.283	.350	.623
M Byrd CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	23	.250	.250	.250
Totals	35	6	12	6	0	5	148
BATTING 2B: R Sweeney (8, J Marquis) HR: J Saltalamacchia (2, 2nd inning off J Marquis 1 on, 1 Out); C Ross 2 (5, 7th inning off J Marquis 1 on, 1 Out; 9th inning off M Capps 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Gonzalez (10), J Saltalamacchia 2 (4), C Ross 3 (13) SF: A Gonzalez 2-out RBI: C Ross GIDP: J Saltalamacchia, D Ortiz Red Sox RISP: 0-3 (D Ortiz 0-1, D Pedroia 0-1, A Gonzalez 0-1) Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING CS: D Pedroia (1, 2nd base by J Marquis/J Mauer)
FIELDING E: M Aviles (3, throw); R Sweeney (1, bobble) DP: 3 (M Aviles-D Pedroia-A Gonzalez 3).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Lester	7.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	112-71	6.00
F Morales	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	6.00
D Bard (W, 1-2)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	11-4	4.38
A Aceves (S, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-11	18.00
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	5	4	1	148-92
PITCHING IBB: J Morneau (By D Bard) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Lester 21/28; F Morales 1/2; D Bard 2/3; A Aceves 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Lester 25-11-16-19; F Morales 4-0-0-2; D Bard 0-1-1-2; A Aceves 2-0-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Lester 13-4; F Morales 1-0; D Bard 0-2; A Aceves 2-1 Game Scores: J Lester 45

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	0	1	0	1	1	24	.324	.370	.412
J Carroll SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.246	.338	.292
J Mauer C	3	1	2	0	1	0	20	.313	.405	.406
J Willingham DH	3	1	0	0	1	1	17	.311	.425	.623
J Morneau 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	19	.236	.333	.509
R Doumit RF	4	1	2	2	0	0	8	.245	.255	.327
D Valencia 3B	4	1	1	2	0	0	13	.220	.230	.339
C Parmelee LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	16	.273	.304	.409
C Thomas PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.381
T Plouffe 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	15	.125	.263	.188
Totals	32	5	8	4	5	4	148
BATTING 2B: R Doumit (1, J Lester) HR: D Valencia (1, 4th inning off J Lester 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: R Doumit 2 (10), D Valencia 2 (7) 2-out RBI: R Doumit 2, D Valencia 2 GIDP: J Carroll 2, D Valencia Twins RISP: 2-7 (J Willingham 0-1, R Doumit 1-2, J Mauer 0-1, J Carroll 0-1, D Valencia 1-1, J Morneau 0-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING DP: 2 (J Carroll-T Plouffe-J Morneau 2).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Marquis	6.1	11	5	5	0	3	2	112-71	7.15
J Burton	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-9	3.86
B Duensing	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	2.35
M Capps (L, 0-1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	17-11	5.14
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	0	5	3	148-97
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Marquis 15/27; J Burton 3/3; B Duensing 2/2; M Capps 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Marquis 24-4-19-24; J Burton 2-1-4-2; B Duensing 2-2-1-1; M Capps 2-1-4-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Marquis 11-4; J Burton 1-1; B Duensing 0-1; M Capps 1-2 Game Scores: J Marquis 34

Scoring Summary

			BOS	MIN
	1st	A Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to left, M Aviles scored.	1	0
	2nd	J Saltalamacchia homered to right (361 feet), K Youkilis scored.	3	0
	4th	R Doumit doubled to deep left, J Mauer and J Willingham scored, R Doumit to third on throwing error by shortstop M Aviles.	3	2
	4th	D Valencia homered to left center (416 feet), R Doumit scored.	3	4
	5th	J Carroll grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, T Plouffe scored, D Span out at second.	3	5
	7th	C Ross homered to left (375 feet), J Saltalamacchia scored.	5	5
	9th	C Ross homered to right (376 feet).	6	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Target Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	32,351 (81.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:12
Weather	62 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Fieldin Culbreth, First Base - Adrian Johnson, Second Base - Gary Cederstrom, Third Base - Lance Barksdale