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
New York	94	68	.580	-	W1
Baltimore	91	71	.562	3	W3
Boston	81	81	.500	13	W1
Tampa Bay	80	82	.494	14	L1
Toronto	74	88	.457	20	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	69	.571	-	L2
Kansas City	86	76	.531	6.5	W1
Detroit	86	76	.531	6.5	L2
Minnesota	82	80	.506	10.5	L4
Chicago	41	121	.253	51.5	W2

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Boston Red Sox

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N. Blackburn4-2

J. Lester3-5

J. Nathan7

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Single