Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Minnesota @ Boston
Red Sox 9 Twins 4
Record 14-6
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| P | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||
| TWINS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| RED SOX | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | x | 9 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||
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But against a very good and scorching hot Twins team the Sox came out on top and quite convincingly so. Paxton Crawford had a rough start of it, allowing three runs in the first inning, but then he settled down and threw shutout ball thru the fifth. Due to the high pitch count Jimy opted to go with Tim Wakefield in the sixth and with the exception of one bad pitch (a solo homer to Matt Lawton) Wakes was awesome. Anyone notice how much the knuckler seemed to be dancing last night. I think Tim could have gone another four last night with just as little trouble. The offensive star of the night was Carl Everett who, with two outs in the second, blasted a grand slam into the net to push the Sox ahead (5-3 at the time) for good. Going into the game Everett was in somewhat of a mini-slump, nice way to break out. Seems like the grand salamis have been quite plentiful as of late around baseball. I think this may be the 7th or 8th within a week now. Manny Ramirez also continues to mash. Though he only had one RBI last night (due to Everett taking his opportunities) he had another three hits raising his average to .429, I guess that's pretty good. Another big test tonight as the Sox will not only face the best team in baseball, but they will also go against Brad Radke who may be the best pitcher in baseball right now (behind Pedro of course). Radke has been nasty right out of the gate and brings a 4-0 record to Fenway. This guy may be on my fantasy team, but screw it, lets mash him. On the other side is Pedro, if we can give him a couple of runs to work with, then back on the winning streak trail we will be. This most probably already know, but with Chris Stynes activation before yesterday's game, Lou Merloni was optioned back to Pawtucket. This was Lou's last option, so the next time the Sox call him up, he cannot be sent back to AAA without clearing waivers. Something that is not likely to happen (clearing waivers). John Valentin started his rehab stint in Pawtucket last night and went 2-4 with a double and a homer. By the end of the week (barring any setbacks) Val should be ready for activation. This is where a roster move becomes even more interesting. I see two choices: 1) Release Craig Grebeck who I thought may get the axe with the activation of Stynes. 2) Send Shea Hillenbrand down to AAA. Shea definitely would not deserve this fate, but with the Sox trying to hold on to as may bodies at SS as possible, I think this may happen. A final note. Brian Rose is now a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, he was claimed off waivers yesterday from the Mets, making it three teams who have now given up on him. I wonder if Rose had made it past the Rays and a few other teams (actually allot of other teams) if the Sox would have grabbed him back? |
| M I N N E S O T A | B O S T O N | ||||||||
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| AB | R | H | BI | AB | R | H | BI | ||
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D Hocking ss
Rivas 2b Lawton rf Koskie 3b D Ortiz dh T Hunter cf Mientkiewicz 1b J Jones lf Pierzynski c |
5
4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 |
0
1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
0
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 |
0
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 |
Stynes 2b
Offerman 1b Everett cf M Ramirez dh Bichette lf T Nixon pr-rf Hatteberg c Hillenbrand 3b Lansing ss C Grebeck ss D Lewis rf-lf |
5
4 4 5 3 1 4 4 3 1 4 |
3
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 |
3
2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 |
0
0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | Totals | 38 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
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MINNESOTA BATTING 2B: Mientkiewicz (5, Crawford). HR: Rivas (2, 1st inning off Crawford 0 on, 1 out); Lawton (2, 7th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 2 out). Rbi: Rivas (7), D Ortiz (16), T Hunter (3), Lawton (6). 2-out rbi: Lawton. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Jones 1, D Hocking 1, Pierzynski 1. Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING SB: T Hunter (1, 2nd base off Wakefield/Hatteberg). BOSTON BATTING 2B: Offerman (6, Romero); C Grebeck (1, Travis Miller); D Lewis (2, Travis Miller). HR: Everett (3, 2nd inning off M Redman 3 on, 2 out); Bichette (1, 5th inning off Romero 0 on, 2 out). Rbi: Everett 5 (14), Bichette (2), D Lewis (4), M Ramirez (22). 2-out rbi: Everett 4, Bichette, M Ramirez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hatteberg 2, Hillenbrand 2, T Nixon 1. Team LOB: 8. | |||||||||
| M I N N E S O T A | B O S T O N | ||||||||||||||
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| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ||
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M Redman (L, 1-2)
Romero Guardado Travis Miller |
1.1
4.2 0.2 1 |
7
4 0 3 |
5
2 0 2 |
5
2 0 2 |
1
1 0 1 |
2
2 0 1 |
1
1 0 0 |
Crawford (W, 2-0)
Wakefield (S, 2) |
5
4 |
6
2 |
3
1 |
3
1 |
2
0 |
3
5 |
1
1 |
| Totals | 8 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Totals | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
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WP: M Redman 2. Ibb: Bichette (by Romero). Pitches-strikes: Crawford 94-60; Wakefield 51-35; M Redman 49-31; Romero 57-38; Guardado 5-3; Travis Miller 19-12. Ground balls-fly balls: Crawford 7-5; Wakefield 3-4; M Redman 2-1; Romero 9-3; Guardado 0-2;: Travis Miller 2-0. Batters faced: Crawford 23; Wakefield 14;: M Redman 13; Romero 19; Guardado 2; Travis Miller 7. Umpires: HP: Dana Demuth. 1B--Charlie Reliford. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Greg Gibson. T: 2:49. Att: 32,557. Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph,: left to right. | |||||||||||||||
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