Ejections: BOS Manager Terry Francona by Todd Tichenor [Balls and
strikes]; Jason Varitek by Todd Tichenor [Balls and strikes]; MIN Manager Ron
Gardenhire by Todd Tichenor [Call at HP]; Mike Redmond by Todd Tichenor [Call
at HP]
Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 23958
Starting Lineups:
Boston Red Sox Minnesota Twins
1. Ellsbury cf Span cf
2. Pedroia 2b Mauer dh
3. Drew rf Morneau 1b
4. Youkilis 1b Kubel rf
5. Lowell 3b Crede 3b
6. Ortiz dh Harris ss
7. Varitek c Young lf
8. Bailey lf Redmond c
9. Lugo ss Tolbert 2b
Beckett p Swarzak p
RED SOX 1ST: Ellsbury flied to left; Pedroia grounded out
(second to first); Drew walked; Youkilis walked [Drew to
second]; Lowell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Span struck out; Mauer struck out; Morneau struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Ortiz singled to center; Varitek struck out; Bailey
forced Ortiz (shortstop to second); Lugo grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Kubel was called out on strikes; Crede homered to
left; Harris walked; Young walked [Harris to second]; Redmond
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Young out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1.
RED SOX 3RD: Ellsbury grounded out (second to first); Pedroia
grounded out (third to first); Drew flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1.
TWINS 3RD: Tolbert singled to left; Span out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Tolbert to second]; Mauer grounded out
(second to first) [Tolbert to third]; Morneau grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1.
RED SOX 4TH: Youkilis walked; Lowell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Youkilis out at second]; Ortiz
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1.
TWINS 4TH: Kubel grounded out (second to first); Crede struck
out; Harris lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0,
Twins 1.
RED SOX 5TH: Varitek homered to center; Bailey flied to center;
Lugo walked; Ellsbury flied to left; Pedroia grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: Young grounded out (shortstop to first); Redmond
grounded out (second to first); Tolbert flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Twins 1.
RED SOX 6TH: Drew flied to center; Youkilis singled to center;
Lowell flied to left; Ortiz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Twins 1.
TWINS 6TH: Span was called out on strikes; Mauer lined to left;
Morneau walked; Kubel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox
1, Twins 1.
RED SOX 7TH: Varitek homered to right-center; Bailey doubled to
second; CRAIN REPLACED SWARZAK (PITCHING); Lugo flied to right
[Bailey to third]; HENN REPLACED CRAIN (PITCHING); Ellsbury was
hit by a pitch; Pedroia lined out on a sacrifice fly to right
[Bailey scored]; Jeff Bailey slid across the plate as catcher
Mike Redmond swept a tag across; HP umpire Todd Tichenor called
Bailey safe; Redmond jumped up and started yelling at Tichenor,
who ejected the catcher; Twins manager Ron Gardenhire ran out
and was also ejected while arguing the situation; the Twins
other catcher, Joe Mauer, was serving as the DH, so he went into
catch and the club lost use of the DH for the rest of the
game; HENN REPLACED REDMOND (PITCHING); MAUER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Drew forced Ellsbury (second to
shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: Crede grounded out (catcher to first); the fourth
pitch to Brendan Harris was at or near the outside corner;
catcher Jason Varitek held the ball after catching it and when
HP umpire Todd Tichenor called the pitch a ball, pitcher Josh
Beckett reacted on the mound; Varitek stood up and turned to
Tichenor to complain but mostly to protect his pitcher; Varitek
was ejected by Tichenor and Red Sox manager Terry Francona ran
out to argue and was also ejected; therefore, in the seventh
inning, both catchers and both managers were ejected by
Tichenor; KOTTARAS REPLACED VARITEK (PLAYING C ); Harris
doubled to left; Young struck out; CUDDYER BATTED FOR HENN;
Cuddyer walked; Tolbert flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Twins 1.
RED SOX 8TH: AYALA REPLACED CUDDYER (PITCHING); Youkilis flied
to center; Lowell grounded out (pitcher to first); Ortiz popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 1.
TWINS 8TH: OKAJIMA REPLACED BECKETT (PITCHING); Span struck out;
Mauer flied to center; Morneau singled to center; Kubel grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins
1.
RED SOX 9TH: Kottaras singled to right; Bailey grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Kottaras out at second];
Lugo lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 1.
TWINS 9TH: PAPELBON REPLACED OKAJIMA (PITCHING); Crede popped to
first; Harris singled to center; Young lined to right; BUSCHER
BATTED FOR AYALA; Harris advanced to second because of defensive
indifference [Harris to second]; Buscher struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Red Sox 3 6 0 6
Twins 1 5 0 7
