Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 9, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2008 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 5 1 2 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 1 0
Ramirez lf 5 1 1 0
  Crisp cf 0 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 5 1 2 2
Youkilis 1b 5 1 2 1
Drew rf 3 1 1 0
Varitek c 5 0 1 1
Lugo ss 4 0 1 1
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gomez cf 4 2 1 1
Harris 2b 3 1 2 2
  Lamb 3b 2 0 1 2
Mauer c 4 1 1 0
Morneau 1b 4 0 0 1
Cuddyer rf 4 0 1 1
Kubel dh 4 0 0 0
Young lf 4 1 2 0
Tolbert 3b,2b 3 1 1 0
Everett ss 3 1 2 0
Bonser p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrier p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Boston 020 040 0006121
Minnesota 220 100 0027111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester   5.1 8 5 3 1 2
  Aardsma   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Okajima   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Papelbon  L(2-2) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.2
2
2
2
1
0
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Bonser   4.0 7 6 6 3 3
  Rincon   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Guerrier   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Reyes   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Crain  W(1-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
2

  E–Lugo (11), Gomez (3).  DP–Boston 1. Lugo-Pedroia-Youkilis.  2B–Boston Ortiz (7,off Bonser); Lowell (7,off Bonser), Minnesota Everett 2 (4,off Lester,off Aardsma); Tolbert (5,off Lester).  IBB–Ortiz (3,by Rincon).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Tolbert (2,off Papelbon).  Team–5.  SB–Youkilis (2,2nd base off Bonser/Mauer); Lugo (5,2nd base off Bonser/Mauer); Ellsbury (14,2nd base off Rincon/Mauer); Gomez 2 (15,2nd base off Lester/Varitek,2nd base off Papelbon/Varitek); Young (7,3rd base off Papelbon/Varitek).  CS–Drew (1,2nd base by Rincon/Mauer).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Marty Foster, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:19.  A–25,477.
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