April 23, 2012: Red Sox 4 Twins 2

The Red Sox ride a 3-run 6th to a 4-2 win over the Twins. The 3 runs were scored on 3 straight hits: a Dustin Pedroia double, an Adrian Gonzalez single, a David Ortiz double and a Kevin Youkilis single. Gonzalez knocked in the game's 1st run with a sac fly in the 1st. Jon Lester gets the win, and Daniel Bard slips back into his setup role for one game only due to his turn getting skipped in the rotation. Alfredo Aceves gets his first save of the year.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2012 Boston Red Sox At 2012 Minnesota Twins               4/23/2012
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Aviles SS         3  1  0  0 .293     D.Span CF           4  1  0  0 .250  
  R.Sweeney RF        4  0  0  0 .255     J.Carroll SS        4  0  1  0 .246  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  0 .258     J.Mauer C           4  1  2  1 .281  
  A.Gonzalez 1B       3  1  1  2 .262     J.Willingham DH     4  0  1  1 .290  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  0 .429     J.Morneau 1B        4  0  0  0 .190  
  K.Youkilis 3B       4  0  1  2 .333     R.Doumit RF         4  0  0  0 .239  
  J.Saltalamacchia C  4  0  2  0 .308     D.Valencia 3B       2  0  0  0 .100  
  C.Ross LF           4  0  0  0 .345   A-A.Casilla PH        1  0  0  0 .255  
  M.Byrd CF           4  0  1  0 .250     C.Parmelee LF       3  0  0  0 .175  
                                          T.Plouffe 2B        1  0  0  0 .308  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  7  4                 Totals      31  2  4  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Valencia In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 1 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  4  7  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  2  4  1
 
Red Sox (11-4)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester WIN(1-0)         7       3   2   2   2   4   0 103   5.18
D.Bard HOLD(1st)          1       1   0   0   1   0   0  17   4.22
A.Aceves SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.61
Totals                    9       4   2   2   3   4   0
 
Twins (4-13)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Marquis LOSS(0-2)       5       4   3   3   1   1   0  72  12.27
B.Duensing                3 1/3   3   1   1   0   3   0  52   5.63
G.Perkins                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  12   1.59
Totals                    9       7   4   4   1   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 22,666 DATE- Monday, April 23rd 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Jim Joyce, Jim Reynolds, Mike Dimuro, James Hoye
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7  Twins: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Twins: 0
ERRORS- J.Marquis
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(4th), D.Ortiz(10th), J.Mauer(5th), J.Willingham(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Gonzalez
WALKS- R.Sweeney, D.Valencia, T.Plouffe-2
HIT BY PITCH- M.Aviles-2
STRIKE OUTS- M.Aviles, R.Sweeney, K.Youkilis, C.Ross, M.Byrd, D.Span, J.Morneau,
             R.Doumit, C.Parmelee
WILD PITCHES- J.Lester
2-out RBI- J.Mauer, J.Willingham
RLISP 2-out- D.Pedroia, A.Gonzalez, J.Willingham-3, M.Byrd, J.Morneau,
             R.Sweeney
 
In a close game it was the Boston Red Sox 4, the Minnesota Twins 2 at Target
Field.
 
Boston jumped out to the early lead in the first inning scoring one runner.
Alfredo Aceves pitched a perfect ninth and was credited with his 1st save.
 
Jon Lester(1-0) went 7 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. The loss was
charged to Jason Marquis(0-2).  He pitched 5 innings giving up 4 hits and 1
walk.
 

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