Minnesota Twins vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - August 02, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 2, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Minnesota leads 1-0 (as of 8/2)

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 5

(45-60, 22-28 away)

Red Sox 0

(53-53, 27-30 home)

Alerts

Coverage: NESN

7:10 PM ET, August 2, 2012

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

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

W: S. Deduno (3-0)

L: J. Lester (5-9)

S: G. Perkins (6)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	19	.296	.359	.401
B Revere RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	9	.318	.352	.381
J Willingham DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.266	.378	.553
J Morneau 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	12	.260	.322	.451
R Doumit LF	3	0	1	1	1	1	18	.285	.337	.459
D Mastroianni PR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.347	.393
D Valencia 3B	4	1	1	0	0	2	19	.205	.220	.320
B Dozier SS	4	2	3	2	0	0	7	.244	.275	.339
D Butera C	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	.218	.274	.321
A Casilla 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	.223	.259	.293
Totals	34	5	9	5	1	8	131
BATTING 2B: D Span (28, J Lester); B Dozier (10, J Lester); J Morneau (20, J Lester); R Doumit (21, J Lester) HR: B Dozier (5, 9th inning off A Aceves 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Span (34), B Revere (21), R Doumit (50), B Dozier 2 (30) 2-out RBI: D Span, B Revere, R Doumit, B Dozier 2 GIDP: R Doumit Twins RISP: 3-7 (A Casilla 0-1, R Doumit 1-1, D Butera 0-1, B Revere 1-1, D Span 1-2, D Valencia 0-1) Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING Picked Off: D Mastroianni (1st base by A Aceves)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Deduno (W, 3-0)	6.0	2	0	0	4	1	0	101-50	2.48
C Fien (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	1.46
G Perkins (S, 6)	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25-16	2.83
Totals	9.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	139-73
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Deduno 11/24; C Fien 1/3; G Perkins 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Deduno 14-6-11-19; C Fien 4-0-1-2; G Perkins 5-4-4-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Deduno 11-6; C Fien 0-2; G Perkins 1-2 Game Scores: S Deduno 65

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Ellsbury CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	.262	.327	.359
C Crawford LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	22	.222	.276	.370
D Pedroia 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.263	.318	.402
A Gonzalez 1B	3	0	2	0	1	1	14	.302	.345	.447
C Ross DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	16	.262	.336	.517
R Lavarnway C	3	0	0	0	1	1	17	.000	.250	.000
W Middlebrooks 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	.296	.326	.514
R Kalish RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.212	.243	.242
P Ciriaco SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.329	.338	.421
Totals	29	0	2	0	4	5	139
BATTING 2B: A Gonzalez (29, S Deduno) Red Sox RISP: 0-4 (C Ross 0-2, W Middlebrooks 0-1, R Lavarnway 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (P Ciriaco-D Pedroia-A Gonzalez).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Lester (L, 5-9)	8.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	105-69	5.36
A Aceves	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	1	26-17	3.83
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	1	8	1	131-86
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Lester 15/30; A Aceves 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Lester 22-6-18-23; A Aceves 6-1-7-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Lester 12-5; A Aceves 0-1 Game Scores: J Lester 63

Scoring Summary

			MIN	BOS
	3rd	D Span doubled to right, B Dozier scored.	1	0
	3rd	B Revere singled to shallow left, D Span scored.	2	0
	6th	R Doumit doubled to right, J Morneau scored.	3	0
	9th	B Dozier homered to left (372 feet), D Valencia scored.	5	0
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Game Notes

TWINS RIGHTFIELDER BEN REVERE SINGLED IN THE TOP OF THE THIRD INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	37,191 (100.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:35
Weather	84 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	10 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Winters, First Base - Mark Wegner, Second Base - David Rackley, Third Base - Wally Bell