| In a deep hole all game and down 3-0 entering the top of the 9th, the Sox tee off against Twins stopper Joe Nathan. After an out, a David Ortiz walk puts a runner on first. Manny smashes one to the deepest part of the Metrodome, but Carlos Gomez makes the leaping catch at the wall to rob Manny of the 2-run homer (check out the web gems!) and give the Twins the second out. Mike Lowell then gets a hold of one and whacks it high enough so no one but spectators reach it for a 2-run homer and narrow the gap to a run. Kevin Youkilis likes all this teeing of and smokes one into the seats for another homerun which ties the game, 3-all. If not for Gomez's catch, that would have given the Sox a 4-3 lead. That leaping homer-robbing catch for Gomez proves to be very important for the Twins as after they go scoreless in the bottom of the 9th, Justin Morneau hits the game-winning homeruns for the Twins in the bottom of the 10th inning off of David Aardsma and gives Nathan the undeserved win. Were it not for the catch, there never would have been a 10th inning and the Sox would have won. Not often you can cough up 3 runs and the lead in the top of the 9th and still get the win in the game. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Minnesota Twins 5/10/2008
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
J.Ellsbury RF,CF 4 0 1 0 .361 C.Gomez CF 5 0 1 0 .237
D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 0 0 .281 M.Tolbert 2B,3B 5 1 1 0 .310
D.Ortiz DH 4 1 2 0 .245 J.Mauer C 4 1 1 1 .377
M.Ramirez LF 5 0 0 0 .291 J.Morneau 1B 3 1 1 1 .315
M.Lowell 3B 4 1 1 2 .247 M.Cuddyer RF 3 0 1 1 .212
K.Youkilis 1B 3 1 1 1 .329 J.Kubel DH 3 0 1 0 .276
J.Varitek C 4 0 0 0 .231 D.Young LF 2 0 0 0 .282
C.Crisp CF 3 0 0 0 .325 M.Lamb 3B 3 0 0 0 .179
B-J.Lugo SS 1 0 1 0 .366 C-B.Harris PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .225
J.Lowrie SS 2 0 0 0 .167 A.Everett SS 4 1 1 1 .135
A-J.Drew PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .248
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Totals 37 3 6 3 Totals 33 4 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Lowrie In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Crisp In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lamb In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 6 0
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 1
Red Sox (21-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka 6 5 3 3 5 5 1 99 3.19
H.Okajima 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 24 3.38
M.Timlin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.63
J.Lopez 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.00
D.Aardsma LOSS(1-2) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 15 2.35
Totals 9 1/3 7 4 4 7 7 2
Twins (16-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
G.Perkins 7 2 0 0 2 4 0 100 0.00
M.Guerrier HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.50
J.Nathan WIN(2-1) BS(4th) 2 4 3 3 1 0 2 37 3.54
Totals 10 6 3 3 3 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 43,958 DATE- Saturday, May 10th 2008 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Mike Everitt, Mike Dimuro, Tim McClelland, Larry Vanover
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Twins: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Twins: 0
ERRORS- M.Tolbert
DOUBLES- J.Mauer(9th)
TRIPLES- M.Cuddyer(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(3rd), K.Youkilis(13th), J.Morneau(4th), A.Everett(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Tolbert(1st)
WALKS- J.Ellsbury, D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, J.Mauer, J.Morneau-2, M.Cuddyer,
J.Kubel, D.Young-2
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez-2, J.Varitek, C.Gomez-3, M.Tolbert-2,
J.Morneau, J.Kubel
GIDP- B.Harris
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Carlos Gomez robbed Manny Ramirez of a Homerun!
Glen Perkins came through with a solid 7 innings as the Minnesota Twins
outscored the Boston Red Sox in 10 innings 4 to 3.
The game was deadlocked at 3 after nine full innings. Finally, Minnesota
pulled the game out in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Justin
Morneau ripped a solo home run (his 4th of the season) making Minnesota
victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd. Minnesota rapped out 7
hits for the night.
Joe Nathan(2-1) went 2 innings allowing 3 runs for the victory. David
Aardsma(1-2) took the loss in relief. He gave up 1 hit and no walks in 1 and
1/3 innings.
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