Boston Red Sox v Minnesota Twins – Spring Training Box Score – Thursday,February 28, 2002
Thursday, February 28, 2002
Minnesota 6, Boston 0
BOSTON AB R H BI MINNESOTA AB R H BI
J Damon CF 2 0 0 0 J Jones LF 4 1 0 0
D Buford CF 2 0 1 0 C Guzman SS 3 0 1 0
T Nixon RF 2 0 0 0 D Hocking SS 2 0 0 0
E Clemente RF 2 0 0 0 M Cuddyer RF 2 1 0 0
R Henderson DH 2 0 0 0 D Mientkiewicz DH 2 1 2 2
T Betts DH 2 0 0 0 J Morneau DH 1 1 0 0
M Ramirez LF 2 0 1 0 T Hunter CF 3 0 2 1
B Daubach LF 2 0 0 0 B Garbe CF 0 0 0 0
T Clark 1B 2 0 0 0 T Sears 1B 4 1 0 0
J Diaz 1B 1 0 1 0 C Blake 3B 3 1 2 2
S Hillenbrand 3B 2 0 1 0 A Pierzynski C 3 0 0 0
W Veras 3B 1 0 0 0 J Valentin C 1 0 1 0
J Offerman 2B 2 0 0 0 L Rivas 2B 2 0 0 0
C Baerga 2B 1 0 1 0 R Salazar 2B 2 0 0 0
L Merloni SS 2 0 1 0
F Sanchez SS 1 0 0 0
D Mirabelli C 2 0 0 0
S Lomasney C 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 0 6 0 TOTALS 32 6 8 5
BOSTON 000 000 000-- 0 6 2
MINNESOTA 210 030 00x-- 6 8 0
E: Baerga, Merloni. DP: Boston 1, Minnesota 2. LOB: Boston 4,
Minnesota 8. HR: Mienkiewicz (1), Blake (1). SB: Cuddyer, Hunter.
S: Merloni.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
BOSTON
R Arrojo (L,0-1) 2 4 3 3 0 0 2
C Fossum 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
S W Kim 1 2 3 2 2 0 0
J Drumright 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D Hasselhoff 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
J Pena 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
MINNESOTA
E Milton (W,1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
M Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
L Hawkins 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
J Santana 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
J Cressend 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
WP: Cressend, Santana. HBP: Jones by Arrojo. SO: BOS: Clark 2,
Clemente, Damon, Daubach, Lomasney, Mirabelli. MIN: Hocking,
Pierzynski, Sears, Salazar. BB: MIN: Cuddyer 2, Garbe, Morneau.
T--2:29. A--6,047. Umpires: Home, Hudson; First, Emmel; Third, Reynolds.
Play-by-play:
(b- ball; c – called strike; s – swinging strike; x – unknown strike; f – foul; t – throw to first)
Boston 1st — Damon (?) grounded out third to first. Nixon (?) out. Henderson (bb) popped out to SS in short left.
Minnesota 1st — Jones (fbbcf) hit by pitch. Guzman (btc) safe on infield single, fielded by SS, late throw, Jones to second. Cuddyer grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Jones to third. Mientkiewicz homered to right, Jones and Mientkiewicz scored. Hunter singled to center. Sears (tcbs – Hunter stole second) grounded out first to pitcher.
Boston 2nd — Ramirez singled to left. Clark (tbcsbfb) struck out looking. Hillenbrand (c) grounded into double play, shortstop unassisted to first.
Minnesota 2nd — Blake (cbbcbf) homered to left. Pierzynski grounded out pitcher unassisted. Rivas (cb) grounded out second to first. Jones (bb) safe at first on SS’s fielding error. Guzman (tts?) hit into fielder’s choice, Jones out second to shortstop.
Boston 3rd — Jackson relieved Milton. Offerman flied out to left. Merloni (b) safe on infield single, knocked down by 3B. Mirabelli (cbcfbff[bt]) struck out swinging, Merloni caught stealing, catcher to second.
Minnesota 3rd — Fossum relieved Arrojo. Cuddyer (cfbbb) walked. Mientkiewicz (b) singled to left, Cuddyer to second. Hunter (c) grounded out third to first, Cuddyer to third, Mientkiewicz to seocnd. Sears (cb) grounded out second to first. Blake (bbc) grounded out second to first.
Boston 4th — Hawkins relieved Jackson. Damon (cc) struck out swinging. Nixon (b) flied out to left. Henderson (b) flied out to center.
Minnesota 4th — Pierzynski (bcff) struck out swinging. Rivas (b) grounded out shortstop to first. Jones (bxc) grounded out shortstop to first.
Boston 5th — Ramirez (bfcb) grounded out shortstop to first. Clark (cbs) struck out looking. Hillenbrand (xcf) singled to left center. Offerman (tb) grounded out second to first.
Minnesota 5th — Kim relieved Fossum, Diaz replaced Clark at 1B, Baerga replaced Offerman at 2B, Veras replaced Hillenbrand at 3B, Daubach replaced Ramirez in LF, Buford replaced Damon in CF. Guzman grounded out second to first. Cuddyer (cbbfb) walked. Morneau pinch-hit for Mientkiewicz. Morneau (bfsfbfb – Cuddyer stole second – f) walked. Hunter (fb) singled to left center, Cuddyer scored, Morneau to third. Sears (sbbs) grounded into fielder’s choice, Hunter out second unassisted (tag), Sears safe on 2B’s throwing error, Morneau scored. Blake (b) singled to center, Sears scored. Pierzynski (bf) grounded out second to first.
Boston 6th — Santana relieved Hawkins, Salazar replaced Rivas at 2B, Hocking replaced Guzman at SS. Merloni (c) grounded out second to first. Mirabelli (bbsf) grounded out pitcher(?) to first. Buford (cbsb) safe on infield single, high throw from 2B. Clemente pinch-hit for Nixon. Clemente (b – Buford to second on wild pitch – sbf) struck out swinging.
Minnesota 6th — Drumright relieved Kim, Lomasney replaced Mirabelli at C. Salazar (cc) grounded out shortstop to first. Jones (bb) grounded out second to first. Hocking (cb) fouled out to third.
Boston 7th — Garbe replaced Hunter in CF. Betts pinch-hit for Henderson. Betts (bcbfb) grounded out pitcher to first. Daubach (xs) struck out swinging. Diaz singled to left. Veras (bs – Diaz to second on wild pitch – bbf) grounded out third to first.
Minnesota 7th — Hasselhoff relieved Drumright. Cuddyer (s) popped out to first. Morneau grounded out first to pitcher. Garbe (cfbbb) walked. Sears (cfbb) struck out looking.
Boston 8th — Cressend relieved Santana. Valentin replaced Pierzynski at C. Baerga (xcbbf) singled to right center. FSanchez pinch-hit for Merloni. FSanchez flied out to Cuddyer. Lomasney (bbsf) struck out swinging, Baerga to second on wild pitch. Buford (bc) grounded out shortstop to first.
Minnesota 8th — Pena relieved Hasselhoff, FSanchez replaced Merloni at SS. Blake (cc) hit by pitch. Valentin (bf) singled to right, Blake to second. Salazar (cfbf) struck out swinging. Jones flied out to right, Blake to third. Hocking (bcffb) struck out swinging.
Boston 9th — Clemente lined out to right. Betts (?) grounded out first to pitcher. Daubach (fbff) grounded out third to first.
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The Twins now lead the overall spring series against the Red Sox 43-31 since it began in 1993.
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