Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
September 21, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2006 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 0, Boston Red Sox 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Punto 3b 4 0 1 0
Mauer c 4 0 2 0
  Casilla pr 0 0 0 0
Cuddyer rf 4 0 0 0
Morneau 1b 4 0 1 0
Hunter cf 4 0 2 0
  Rabe pr 0 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 0 0
Tyner dh 3 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 2 0
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 8 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Pedroia 2b 5 0 0 0
Loretta 1b 3 0 0 1
  Murphy lf 0 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 3 2 3 2
Lowell 3b 3 1 1 1
Nixon rf 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 3 0 1 0
Pena lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Kapler cf 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 0 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 4
Minnesota 000 000 000081
Boston 130 000 20x681
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  L (18-6) 5.0 6 4 2 3 3
  Guerrier   1.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Perkins   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
4
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  W (16-10) 8.0 6 0 0 0 5
  Foulke   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
0
7

  E–Santana (1), Gonzalez (7).  DP–Boston 2. Pedroia-Gonzalez-Loretta, Lowell-Pedroia-Loretta.  2B–Minnesota Mauer (34,off Beckett).  HR–Boston Ortiz 2 (52,1st inning off Santana 0 on 2 out,7th inning off Guerrier 0 on 1 out); Lowell (18,7th inning off Guerrier 0 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–7.  SH–Gonzalez (7,off Santana).  SF–Loretta (5,off Santana).  Team–7.  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–2:54.  A–36,434.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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