Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 11,
Minnesota 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 33651
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 33651
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mike Aviles | SS | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Ryan Sweeney | RF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .392 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .284 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| Lars Anderson | PH-1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .444 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Nick Punto | PH-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Cody Ross | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .263 |
| Darnell McDonald | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .107 |
| Marlon Byrd | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 |
| Totals | 44 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Aviles 2 (5), Ryan Sweeney (9), Dustin Pedroia (4), Adrian Gonzalez (4), Kelly Shoppach (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Aviles (3), David Ortiz (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Aviles 9, Ryan Sweeney 3, Dustin Pedroia 2, Adrian Gonzalez 4, Lars Anderson, David Ortiz 5, Kevin Youkilis 2, Marlon Byrd 2, Kelly Shoppach 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Aviles 2 (10), Ryan Sweeney (7), Dustin Pedroia (7), Adrian Gonzalez 2 (12), David Ortiz 3 (15), Cody Ross (14), Darnell McDonald (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Dustin Pedroia (3), Adrian Gonzalez (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Dustin Pedroia (6), David Ortiz (7), Cody Ross (9), Marlon Byrd 3 (3) | |||||||||
| S - Mike Aviles (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Josh Beckett (W 2-2) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.56 |
| Scott Atchison | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.54 |
| Matt Albers | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Josh Beckett 100-65, Scott Atchison 26-19, Matt Albers 12-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Beckett 7-5, Scott Atchison 2-1, Matt Albers 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Josh Beckett 26, Scott Atchison 6, Matt Albers 4 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Jamey Carroll | SS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .232 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .313 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Clete Thomas | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 |
| Justin Morneau | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .224 |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .226 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .210 |
| Sean Burroughs | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Chris Parmelee | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Denard Span (5), Josh Willingham 2 (6), Sean Burroughs (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 3, Joe Mauer, Josh Willingham 4, Sean Burroughs 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Willingham (13), Justin Morneau (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Josh Willingham (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Morneau (12), Ryan Doumit 2 (10), Danny Valencia 2 (12), Trevor Plouffe (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nick Blackburn (L 0-2) | 3.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.53 |
| Matt Maloney | 1.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8.10 |
| Jeff Gray | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Alex Burnett | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.84 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 71-44, Matt Maloney 37-27, Jeff Gray 26-18, Alex Burnett 42-22 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 6-1, Matt Maloney 2-0, Jeff Gray 1-2, Alex Burnett 5-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 18, Matt Maloney 13, Jeff Gray 7, Alex Burnett 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jeff Gray 1-0 | ||||||||