Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
July 7, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 2008 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)
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Minnesota Twins 0, Boston Red Sox 1

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gomez cf 4 0 0 0
Casilla 2b 4 0 1 0
Mauer c 3 0 1 0
Morneau 1b 3 0 2 0
Kubel dh 2 0 1 0
  Monroe ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Young lf 3 0 0 0
Buscher 3b 4 0 0 0
Punto ss 4 0 1 0
Span rf 3 0 0 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Bass p 0 0 0 0
  Crain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury lf 4 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
Drew rf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez dh 4 0 2 1
Lowell 3b 2 0 1 0
Youkilis 1b 3 0 0 0
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Lugo ss 3 0 1 0
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Minnesota 000 000 000060
Boston 000 000 01x170
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   7.0 5 0 0 2 7
  Bass  L(3-3) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Crain   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka   7.1 6 0 0 3 5
  Okajima  W(2-2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Papelbon  SV(26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2. Lugo-Pedroia-Youkilis, Youkilis.  2B–Minnesota Morneau (18,off Matsuzaka), Boston Lowell (21,off Baker); Pedroia (26,off Bass).  3B–Minnesota Punto (2,off Matsuzaka).  HBP–Young (2,by Matsuzaka).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  U-HP–Greg Gibson, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Scott Barry, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–2:43.  A–37,912.
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