Minnesota Twins vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - August 04, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 4, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Minnesota leads 3-0 (as of 8/4)

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 6

(47-60, 24-28 away)

Red Sox 4

(53-55, 27-32 home)

Alerts

Coverage: NESN

7:10 PM ET, August 4, 2012

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

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

W: A. Burnett (4-3)

L: A. Aceves (2-7)

S: J. Burton (5)

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	4	1	0	0	1	1	19	.288	.352	.391
B Revere RF	5	1	3	0	0	0	15	.323	.355	.383
J Mauer 1B	4	1	1	3	1	0	25	.320	.416	.442
J Morneau DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	19	.272	.332	.465
R Doumit C	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	.285	.336	.456
D Mastroianni LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	16	.272	.350	.413
a-J Willingham PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.263	.377	.547
B Dozier SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	14	.240	.270	.332
A Casilla 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	14	.225	.263	.298
J Carroll 3B	4	2	2	1	0	0	18	.246	.329	.291
Totals	36	6	12	5	3	4	153
a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for D Mastroianni in the 8th
BATTING 2B: D Mastroianni (3, C Buchholz); A Casilla (12, A Aceves) HR: J Mauer (7, 9th inning off A Aceves 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Morneau (50), J Carroll (32), J Mauer 3 (53) SF: J Morneau 2-out RBI: J Mauer 3 GIDP: R Doumit, A Casilla Twins RISP: 4-12 (J Willingham 0-1, R Doumit 1-2, D Mastroianni 0-1, J Mauer 1-2, B Dozier 0-2, B Revere 1-1, D Span 0-1, J Carroll 1-2) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: B Revere (26, 2nd base off C Buchholz/K Shoppach)

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C DeVries	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	109-72	3.81
G Perkins	0.2	1	2	2	0	2	1	13-8	3.17
A Burnett (W, 4-3)	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8-5	2.81
J Burton (S, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	2.25
Totals	9.0	6	4	4	2	8	2	139-91
PITCHING WP: A Burnett HBP: D Pedroia (By G Perkins) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C DeVries 20/27; G Perkins 2/4; A Burnett 2/2; J Burton 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C DeVries 25-9-18-20; G Perkins 1-4-2-1; A Burnett 2-1-1-1; J Burton 1-1-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C DeVries 7-9; G Perkins 0-0; A Burnett 0-0; J Burton 1-2 Game Scores: C De Vries 64

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Kalish CF	2	1	0	0	1	1	12	.206	.247	.235
a-P Ciriaco PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	.338	.346	.468
J Ellsbury CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.322	.352
C Crawford LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	16	.254	.299	.460
D Pedroia 2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	14	.262	.318	.399
A Gonzalez 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	18	.301	.345	.443
C Ross RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	14	.264	.335	.514
J Saltalamacchia DH	3	0	1	0	1	1	23	.234	.290	.500
M Aviles SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	.255	.279	.403
K Shoppach C	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	.258	.340	.492
b-R Lavarnway PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.200	.222
N Punto 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.204	.307	.278
c-W Middlebrooks PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.289	.318	.502
Totals	33	4	6	4	2	8	139
a-homered to left for R Kalish in the 8th b-flied out to right for K Shoppach in the 9th c-popped out to second for N Punto in the 9th
BATTING 2B: C Crawford (2, C DeVries) HR: M Aviles (11, 2nd inning off C DeVries 0 on, 1 Out); P Ciriaco (1, 8th inning off G Perkins 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Crawford (9), M Aviles (52), P Ciriaco (11), C Ross (52) 2-out RBI: C Ross Red Sox RISP: 1-6 (C Ross 1-2, D Pedroia 0-1, J Saltalamacchia 0-1, A Gonzalez 0-2) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: D Pedroia (7, 2nd base off G Perkins/R Doumit)
FIELDING E: C Buchholz 2 (3, throw 2); K Shoppach (4, throw) DP: 2 (D Pedroia-M Aviles-A Gonzalez, A Gonzalez-M Aviles-A Gonzalez).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Buchholz	7.0	7	1	0	1	3	0	103-66	4.48
A Miller	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	15-7	3.25
A Aceves (L, 2-7; B, 6)	1.2	4	4	4	0	1	1	34-23	4.37
C Breslow	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0.00
Totals	9.0	12	6	5	3	4	1	153-97
PITCHING A Miller pitched to 3 batters in the 8th WP: A Aceves First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Buchholz 12/27; A Miller 1/3; A Aceves 5/9; C Breslow 1/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Buchholz 21-6-16-23; A Miller 5-0-1-1; A Aceves 9-2-4-8; C Breslow 0-0-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Buchholz 13-5; A Miller 0-0; A Aceves 1-3; C Breslow 0-1 Game Scores: C Buchholz 63

Scoring Summary

			MIN	BOS
	1st	C Crawford doubled to center, R Kalish scored.	0	1
	2nd	M Aviles homered to left (385 feet).	0	2
	5th	B Revere reached on infield single to catcher, J Carroll scored on throwing error by catcher K Shoppach.	1	2
	8th	J Morneau hit sacrifice fly to right, D Span scored, B Revere to third.	2	2
	8th	P Ciriaco homered to left (380 feet).	2	3
	8th	C Ross singled to right, D Pedroia scored.	2	4
	9th	J Carroll singled to center, A Casilla scored.	3	4
	9th	J Mauer homered to left center (377 feet), J Carroll and B Revere scored.	6	4
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Game Notes

TWINS RIGHTFIELDER BEN REVERE SINGLED IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 18 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	37,914 (102.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:22
Weather	79 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - David Rackley, First Base - Wally Bell, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Mark Wegner