Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
May 9, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2011 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 1, Boston Red Sox 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Span cf 4 1 2 0
Tolbert ss 5 0 0 0
Kubel dh 4 0 1 1
  Casilla pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Morneau 1b 5 0 2 0
  Tosoni pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Valencia 3b 5 0 1 0
Cuddyer rf,1b 4 0 2 0
Revere lf 5 0 0 0
Rivera c 5 0 0 0
Hughes 2b 3 0 2 0
Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Hoey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 1 10 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez 1b 5 0 2 1
Youkilis 3b 3 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 5 0 0 0
Drew rf 4 0 1 0
Lowrie ss 4 0 1 0
  Iglesias pr 0 1 0 0
Crawford lf 5 0 1 1
Varitek c 4 1 2 0
  McDonald pr 0 0 0 0
  Saltalamacchia c 0 0 0 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Aceves p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 9 2
Minnesota 000 000 010 001101
Boston 000 010 000 01290
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blackburn   6.1 7 1 1 3 5
  Perkins   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Mijares   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hoey  L(0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.1
9
2
2
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett   7.0 6 0 0 1 5
  Aceves   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Papelbon   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Okajima  W(1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
11.0
10
1
1
3
9

  E–L. Hughes (1).  DP–Minnesota 1. Valencia-L. Hughes-Morneau, Boston 2. Gonzalez-Lowrie-Gonzalez, Pedroia-Lowrie-Gonzalez.  2B–Boston Drew (4,off Blackburn); Varitek (3,off Blackburn); Pedroia (5,off Mijares); Crawford (7,off Hoey).  Team LOB–10.  IBB–Youkilis (1,by Mijares).  Team–11.  SB–L. Hughes (1,2nd base off Beckett/Varitek); Casilla (3,2nd base off Papelbon/Varitek); Revere (1,2nd base off Okajima/Saltalamacchia).  CS–McDonald (1,2nd base by Mijares/Rivera).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Chad Fairchild.  T–3:55.  A–37,276.
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