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Sunday, May 4, 2003
Minnesota @ Boston

Twins 9   Red Sox 4
Record 20-11
 
    A M E R I C A N     L E A G U E    
    P       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10       R H E    
      Twins   0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0       9 14 0    
      Red Sox   2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0       4 9 2    
 

 

Just imagine...

  • ...how good this team would be if we had the smallest semblence of a major league bullpen. We can't blame the pen for blowing yesterday's game, it was already tied when Wakefield left. But in true 2003 bullpen form, they took us out of the rest of the game as fast as possible.

    You might argue that several of the runs the pen gave up were unearned, so the loss should actually be chalked up to shoddy defense. Sure I'll bye that, the pitchers should never been in those situations had the D made the plays. Fine, we'll take the pen off the hook for that one.

    But explain to me why they get a free pass when an error is made? It's suddenly OK to give up a bunch of hits just because one of the baserunners shouldn't be there? I don't think so. If the gloves aren't going to do it for you, you do it yourself, but these guys aren't capable of that.

    Friday night's game was a joke, to have the team fight all the way back, just to be blown out of the water an inning later. Luckily Pedro pitched a complete game on Saturday, because nobody can say whether or not the lead would have been preserved if he came out in the seventh.

    This is the reason I can't get excited about this team, this pen simply cannot succede when it counts. Of course they aren't bad all the time, the laws of chance say that atleast once in a while the chips will fall in your favor. But come crunch time, come pennant drive, and dare we dream playoff time, we have no chance with the current pen.

    Sorry if I've been more on the negative side so far this season, alot of teams would kill to be 20-11 at this point. But it's the simple truth, why have a good regular season if you're not going to back it up in the playoffs?

    paul@redsox2000.com


    • M I N N E S O T A B O S T O N
      AB R H BI   AB R H BI
    D Mohr lf
    C Guzman ss
    C Koskie 3b
    M LeCroy dh
    D Mientkiewicz pr-dh
    a-B Kielty ph-dh
    T Hunter cf
    T Sears 1b
    M Cuddyer rf
    T Prince c
    L Rivas 2b     		5
    4
    5
    4
    0
    1
    5
    4
    4
    3
    3     		2
    2
    2
    1
    1
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0     		2
    2
    3
    2
    0
    0
    1
    2
    1
    1
    0     		0
    0
    1
    3
    0
    0
    0
    1
    1
    2
    0     		J Damon cf
    B Mueller 2b
    N Garciaparra ss
    M Ramirez lf
    D Ortiz 1b
    K Millar rf
    S Hillenbrand 3b
    J Giambi dh
    a-J Varitek ph-dh
    D Mirabelli c     		4
    5
    4
    4
    4
    3
    4
    3
    1
    4     		0
    1
    1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0     		1
    2
    1
    2
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1     		0
    0
    0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Totals 38 9 14 8 Totals 36 4 9 4
    MINNESOTA

    a-grounded to second for D Mientkiewicz in the 8th.

    Batting
    2B: T Hunter (6, T Wakefield); D Mohr (3, T Wakefield); C Koskie (6, T Wakefield); T Prince (1, J Shiell)
    3B: M Cuddyer (3, T Wakefield)
    RBI: C Koskie (19), M LeCroy 3 (16), T Sears (3), M Cuddyer (5), T Prince 2 (2)
    S: C Guzman
    SF: T Sears
    2-out RBI: M Cuddyer
    Gidp: B Kielty
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- D Mohr 2, L Rivas 2
    Team LOB: 8

    Baserunning
    CS: T Hunter (2, 3rd base by T Wakefield/D Mirabelli), C Koskie (1, 2nd base by T Wakefield/D Mirabelli)

    Fielding
    PB: T Prince.

    BOSTON

    a-struck out swinging for J Giambi in the 8th.

    Batting
    2B: N Garciaparra (8, K Rogers); D Ortiz (7, K Rogers); B Mueller (10, K Rogers); M Ramirez (10, K Rogers)
    RBI: M Ramirez 2 (23), D Ortiz (10), K Millar (22)
    2-out RBI: M Ramirez, D Ortiz, K Millar
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- N Garciaparra 2, J Varitek 1, K Millar 1, S Hillenbrand 1
    Team LOB: 8

    Fielding
    E: M Timlin (2, bobble); S Hillenbrand (2, throw)
    DP: 1 (N Garciaparra-B Mueller-D Ortiz).

    M I N N E S O T A B O S T O N
      IP H R ER BB SO HR   IP H R ER BB SO HR
    K Rogers (W,4-1)
    J Romero
    E Guradado     		6
    2
    1     		7
    1
    1     		4
    0
    0     		4
    0
    0     		2
    1
    0     		3
    3
    0     		0
    0
    0     		T Wakefield
    M Timlin (L,3-1)
    J Shiell
    K Tolar
    B Lyon     		5.2
    0.1
    1
    1
    1     		8
    3
    1
    1
    1     		4
    4
    1
    0
    0     		4
    1
    0
    0
    0     		3
    0
    1
    0
    0     		4
    0
    1
    0
    1     		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Totals 9 9 4 4 3 6 0 Totals 9 14 7 5 4 6 0
    M Timlin pitched to 4 batters in the 7th.

    WP - J Shiell
    Balk - J Romero
    Batters faced - K Rogers 27; J Romero 8; E Guardado 4; T Wakefield 26; M Timlin 5; J Shiell 6; K Tolar 3; B Lyon 4
    Ground Balls-Fly Balls - K Rogers 10-5; J Romero 0-3; E Guardado 1-2; T Wakefield 2-9; M Timlin 2-0; J Shiell 2-0; K Tolar 3-0; B Lyon 1-1
    Umpires: HP - Brian Gorman, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Ed Montague
    Time: 2:56
    Att: 32,887
    Weather: 64 degrees, clear
    Wind: 8 mph, in from center
    Game Scores: K Rogers 43, T Wakefield 38


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