Sunday, August 18, 2002
Boston @ Minnesota
Twins 6 Red Sox 2
Record 70-52
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| P | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
| RED SOX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| TWINS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | x | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Not that anymore hot coals need to be added to the fire but something donned on me last night while watching the game. The two ESPN announcers were commenting on how the Sox lead the AL in runs per game and also their staff also leads in runs per game (least runs per game). Now if that isn't enough to to send you out of your mind here's the thought that came to me. Way back at the beginning of the season, you know, when we actually won two in a row occasionally, I remember a stat that was put up on ESPN during sports center. I don't remember specifically what it was but it had to do with the number of wins the Sox had at the time. The thing about this statistic was that only two teams in the HISTORY OF BASEBALL failed to make the playoffs after getting win # whatever by a certain date (somethign to that effect). Well, not only are we going to add team #3 to that embarassig list, but this list will only contain Red Sox teams. Yep, that's right, only the Red Sox have been able to manage atrocities like this on a consistant basis. Here's to being the laughing stock of the game. |
| B O S T O N | M I N N E S O T A | ||||||||
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| AB | R | H | BI | AB | R | H | BI | ||
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J Damon cf
T Nixon rf S Hillenbrand 3b M Ramirez lf R Henderson pr-lf C Floyd dh J Varitek c B Daubach 1b a-C Baerga ph L Merloni 2b R Sanchez ss |
4
4 4 3 0 4 4 3 1 4 4 |
0
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
0
0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 |
0
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 |
J Jones lf
C Guzman ss C Koskie 3b D Ortiz dh T Hunter cf D Mientkiewicz 1b D Mohr rf A Pierzynski c L Rivas 2b |
3
4 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 |
1
1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 |
1
1 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 |
0
0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Totals | 31 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
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BOSTON a-singled to left for B Daubach in the 9th. Batting 2B: M Ramirez (18, R Reed); J Varitek (22, R Reed); S Hillenbrand (31, J Romero) HR: C Floyd (3, 7th inning off R Reed 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: B Daubach (56), C Floyd (3) 2-out RBI: B Daubach Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- R Sanchez 1,C Floyd 1 Team LOB: 7 Fielding DP: 1 (J Varitek-S Hillenbrand). MINNESOTA Batting 2B: D Mientkiewicz (22, C Haney) HR: D Mientkiewicz (9, 2nd inning off J Burkett 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: D Ortiz (60), D Mientkiewicz 2 (60), A Pierzynski 2 (41), T Hunter (75) SF: D Ortiz, A Pierzynski Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- L Rivas 2 Team LOB: 6 Baserunning CS: C Guzman (13, 3rd base by J Burkett/J Varitek) | |||||||||
| B O S T O N | M I N N E S O T A | ||||||||||||||
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| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ||
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J Burkett (L,10-7)
C Haney |
7.1
0.2 |
9
1 |
6
0 |
6
0 |
2
1 |
4
0 |
1
0 |
R Reed (W,11-6)
J Romero (H,25) E Guardado |
7
1 1 |
6
1 1 |
2
0 0 |
2
0 0 |
0
1 0 |
7
2 0 |
1
0 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Totals | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Batters faced - J Burkett 32; C Haney 4; R Reed 27; J Romero 5; E Guardado 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J Burkett 8-9; C Haney 1-1; R Reed 6-8; J Romero 1-0; E Guardado 1-2 Umpires: HP - Tim Tschida, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Rick Reed Time: 2:33 Att: 37,196 Game Scores: J Burkett 38, R Reed 64 | |||||||||||||||
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