Twins 5-2 Red Sox (27 May, 2009) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Twins

23-24, 18-10 home


BOS
MIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	9	0
0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	-	5	7	1

Red SoxTop 1st
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Single
- J Ellsbury stole second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 1st
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 2nd
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 2nd
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 3rd
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 3rd
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- D Span stole second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 4th
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 4th
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 5th
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- J Ellsbury stole second.
  0
  0
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 5th
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 6th
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 6th
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 7th
- N. Blackburn pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- J Drew grounded into fielder's choice double play, shortstop to second to first to shortstop, J Ellsbury scored, D Pedroia out at second, J Drew out at second.
  2
  5
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error
TwinsBottom 7th
- N. Blackburn pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 8th
- M. Guerrier pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TwinsBottom 8th
- T. Saito pitching for BOS
  BOS
  MIN
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 9th
- J. Nathan pitching for MIN
  BOS
  MIN
- D Span in left field.
  2
  5
- C Gomez in center field.
  2
  5
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Red Sox
6
Twins
5

Game 1

25/5

Red Sox
2
Twins
5

Game 2

27/5

Red Sox
2
Twins
4

Game 3

28/5

Red Sox
3
Twins
1

Game 4

28/5

Metrodome

1:10 AM, 27 May 2009

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 20,019

Game Time:2:52

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Tony Randazzo
First Base Umpire - Chris Guccione
Second Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor
Third Base Umpire - Jerry Layne

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Baltimore	54	31	.635	-	W1
New York	54	33	.621	1	L1
Boston	45	39	.536	8.5	W2
Tampa Bay	43	42	.506	11	W2
Toronto	39	46	.459	15	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	53	30	.639	-	W1
Minnesota	48	37	.565	6	W3
Kansas City	47	40	.540	8	L1
Detroit	38	47	.447	16	L1
Chicago	24	63	.276	31	L2

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Minnesota Twins

N. Blackburn4-2

J. Lester3-5

J. Nathan7

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Single