Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins - Box Score - May 28, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 28, 2009

Final

Series: Game 4 of 4

Series tied 2-2 (as of 5/28)

Game 1: Monday, May 25
Boston	6	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, May 26
Boston	2	Final
Minnesota	5	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, May 27
Boston	2	Final
Minnesota	4	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, May 28
Boston	3	Final
Minnesota	1	Final
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Red Sox 3

(28-20, 11-14 away)

Twins 1

(24-25, 19-11 home)

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1:10 PM ET, May 28, 2009

Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	6	0
MIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0

W: J. Beckett (5-2)

L: A. Swarzak (1-1)

S: J. Papelbon (13)

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Ellsbury CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	.302	.336	.371
D Pedroia 2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	14	.333	.418	.432
J Drew RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	16	.252	.371	.469
K Youkilis 1B	2	0	1	0	2	0	17	.375	.486	.658
M Lowell 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	.303	.328	.524
D Ortiz DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	19	.194	.297	.297
J Varitek C	3	2	2	2	0	1	10	.248	.320	.541
G Kottaras C	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.277	.300
J Bailey LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.188	.309	.391
J Lugo SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	19	.260	.325	.356
Totals	30	3	6	3	4	3	134
BATTING 2B: J Bailey (3, A Swarzak) HR: J Varitek 2 (10, 5th inning off A Swarzak 0 on, 0 Out; 7th inning off A Swarzak 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Varitek 2 (22), D Pedroia (17) SF: D Pedroia GIDP: M Lowell, J Bailey Red Sox RISP: 0-2 (J Lugo 0-1, M Lowell 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (D Pedroia-J Lugo-K Youkilis).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Beckett (W, 5-2)	7.0	3	1	1	4	8	1	111-69	4.60
H Okajima (H, 8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	2.57
J Papelbon (S, 13)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	2.45
Totals	9.0	5	1	1	4	10	1	145-92
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Beckett 13/27; H Okajima 2/4; J Papelbon 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Beckett 23-12-19-15; H Okajima 5-1-1-3; J Papelbon 3-2-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Beckett 9-4; H Okajima 1-1; J Papelbon 0-2 Game Scores: J Beckett 71

Minnesota Twins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Span CF	3	0	0	0	0	3	20	.311	.403	.411
J Mauer DH-C	4	0	0	0	0	1	21	.407	.496	.824
J Morneau 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	14	.342	.424	.658
J Kubel RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	11	.331	.377	.519
J Crede 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	17	.240	.303	.504
B Harris SS	3	0	2	0	1	0	16	.274	.320	.372
D Young LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	19	.245	.291	.284
M Redmond C	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	.250	.311	.304
S Henn P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-M Cuddyer PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.284	.374	.517
L Ayala P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-B Buscher PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.183	.315	.300
M Tolbert 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	7	.200	.269	.271
Totals	30	1	5	1	4	10	145
a-walked for S Henn in the 7th b-struck out swinging for L Ayala in the 9th
BATTING 2B: B Harris (5, J Beckett) HR: J Crede (9, 2nd inning off J Beckett 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Crede (22) S: D Span GIDP: M Redmond Twins RISP: 0-6 (M Tolbert 0-1, J Mauer 0-1, M Redmond 0-1, D Young 0-1, J Morneau 0-1, B Buscher 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING DP: 2 (B Harris-M Tolbert-J Morneau, J Crede-M Tolbert-J Morneau).

Minnesota Twins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Swarzak (L, 1-1)	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	2	103-63	2.08
J Crain	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	7.42
S Henn	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-6	4.15
L Ayala	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-12	4.37
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	4	3	2	134-84
PITCHING A Swarzak pitched to 2 batters in the 7th HBP: J Ellsbury (By S Henn) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Swarzak 15/26; J Crain 0/1; S Henn 1/3; L Ayala 5/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Swarzak 19-7-18-19; J Crain 0-0-2-1; S Henn 1-1-2-2; L Ayala 5-1-0-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Swarzak 9-6; J Crain 0-1; S Henn 1-1; L Ayala 3-3 Game Scores: A Swarzak 49

Scoring Summary

			BOS	MIN
	2nd	J Crede homered to left.	0	1
	5th	J Varitek homered to center.	1	1
	7th	J Varitek homered to right.	2	1
	7th	D Pedroia hit sacrifice fly to right, J Bailey scored.	3	1
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Game Notes

BOSTON'S JACOBY ELLSBURY WENT 0-FOR-3 TO END HIS 22-GAME HITTING STREAK.
MINNESOTA CATCHER MIKE REDMOND AND MANAGER RON GARDENHIRE WERE EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE TODD TICHENOR IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING WHILE ARGUING A TAG PLAY AT HOME PLATE.
BOSTON CATCHER JASON VARITEK AND MANAGER TERRY FRANCONA WERE EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE TODD TICHENOR IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Game Information

Stadium	Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Attendance	23,958 (60.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:56
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Todd Tichenor, First Base - Jerry Layne, Second Base - Tony Randazzo, Third Base - Chris Guccione