Boston Red Sox v Minnesota Twins — Sunday, August 18, 2002 — PedroMartinez

Game #122
Sunday, August 18, 2002
Minnesota 6, Boston 2

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              4  0  0  0   0  2   1  .288
T Nixon rf              4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .267
S Hillenbrand 3b        4  0  2  0   0  1   0  .302
M Ramirez lf            3  1  1  0   1  0   1  .321
R Henderson pr-lf      0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .242
C Floyd dh              4  1  1  1   0  2   3  .356
J Varitek c             4  0  1  0   0  2   2  .269
B Daubach 1b            3  0  1  1   0  1   1  .265
a-C Baerga ph          1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .313
L Merloni 2b            4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .260
R Sanchez ss            4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .296

Totals                 35  2  8  2   1  9  13

a-singled to left for B Daubach in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B – M Ramirez (18, R Reed); J Varitek (22, R Reed); S Hillenbrand (31,
J Romero). HR – C Floyd (3, 7th inning off R Reed 0 on, 0 Out). RBI – B Daubach (56), C Floyd (3). 2-out RBI – B Daubach. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – R Sanchez 1,C Floyd 1. Team LOB – 7.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Varitek-S Hillenbrand).

MINNESOTA              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Jones lf              3  1  1  0   1  1   0  .287
C Guzman ss             4  1  1  0   0  0   2  .270
C Koskie 3b             4  0  2  0   0  0   1  .276
D Ortiz dh              3  1  1  1   0  2   3  .276
T Hunter cf             4  2  2  1   0  0   1  .305
D Mientkiewicz 1b       4  1  3  2   0  0   0  .257
D Mohr rf               2  0  0  0   2  0   0  .289
A Pierzynski c          3  0  0  2   0  0   3  .302
L Rivas 2b              4  0  0  0   0  1   4  .258

Totals                 31  6 10  6   3  4  14

BATTING: 2B – D Mientkiewicz (22, C Haney). HR – D Mientkiewicz (9, 2nd inning
off J Burkett 0 on, 0 Out). SF – D Ortiz, A Pierzynski. RBI – D Ortiz (60),
D Mientkiewicz 2 (60), A Pierzynski 2 (41), T Hunter (75). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out – L Rivas 2. Team LOB – 6.

BASERUNNING: CS – C Guzman (13, 3rd base by J Burkett/J Varitek).

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BOSTON          – 010 000 100   —   2  8  0
MINNESOTA       – 110 100 03x   —   6 10  0
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BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Burkett (L, 10-7)           7 1/3   9   6   6   2   4   1   4.68
C Haney                         2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   4.20

MINNESOTA                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
R Reed (W, 11-6)              7       6   2   2   0   7   1   4.24
J Romero (H, 25)              1       1   0   0   1   2   0   1.61
E Guardado                    1       1   0   0   0   0   0   2.67

IBB – M Ramirez (by J Romero), D Mohr (by C Haney). Pitches-strikes:
J Burkett 93-61; C Haney 13-7; R Reed 96-75; J Romero 18-10; E Guardado 14-9.
Ground balls-fly balls: J Burkett 8-9; C Haney 1-1; R Reed 6-8; J Romero 1-0;
E Guardado 1-2. Batters faced: J Burkett 32; C Haney 4; R Reed 27; J Romero 5;
E Guardado 4.

UMPIRES: HP–Tim Tschida. 1B–Mark Wegner. 2B–Bill Welke. 3B–Rick Reed.
T–2:33. Att–37,196. Weather: INDOORS


Play-by-play:
(b – ball; c – called strike; s – swinging strike; f – foul; B/C/S/F – result on bunt attempt; i – intentional ball;
t – throw to first; p – pitchout; T – pitcher throw to 2B)

Boston 1st — Damon (cbs) struck out swinging. Nixon (bbfc) flied out to center. Hillenbrand (fbf) struck out swinging.

Minnesota 1st — Jones singled to shallow center. Guzman (bFt) lined out to second. Koskie (fb) singled to shallow right, Jones to third. Ortiz (b) hit sacrifice fly to right, Jones scored. Hunter (cfb) flied out to left.

Boston 2nd — Ramirez (bfsfff) doubled to left. Floyd (bf) grounded out second to first, Ramirez to third. Varitek (bfs) struck out looking. Daubach (sfff) singled to left center, fielded by LF, Ramirez scored. Merloni (ssb) lined out to third.

Minnesota 2nd — Mientkiewicz (bffbb) homered to right, Mientkiewicz scored. Mohr (cc) grounded out third to first. Pierzynski grounded out third to first. Rivas (bcf) lined out to second.

Boston 3rd — Sanchez (f) grounded out third to first. Damon grounded out pitcher to first. Nixon grounded out third to first.

Minnesota 3rd — Jones (cfb) struck out swinging. Guzman (b) grounded out third to first. Koskie (b) grounded out first unassisted. 

Boston 4th — Hillenbrand (c) singled to center. Ramirez flied out to center. Floyd (ff) struck out swinging. Varitek (bbsc) struck out looking.

Minnesota 4th — Ortiz (cbbcffb) struck out swinging. Hunter singled to right. Mientkiewicz (c) singled to shallow right, fielded by 2B, Hunter to second. Mohr (bbbcc) walked, Hunter to third, Mientkiewicz to second. Pierzynski grounded into fielder’s choice, Hunter scored, Mientkiewicz to third, Mohr out second to shortstop. Rivas (cfbb) struck out looking.

Boston 5th — Daubach (cfbfb) flied out to deep center. Merloni (cb) grounded out third to first. Sanchez (c) singled to shallow left. Damon (csfbtt) flied out to right.

Minnesota 5th — Jones (cbsbb) walked. Guzman grounded into fielder’s choice, Jones out shortstop to second. Koskie singled to left, Guzman to second. Ortiz (bbcbf) struck out looking, Guzman caught stealing, catcher to third.

Boston 6th — Nixon (cs) struck out looking. Hillenbrand (cbff) grounded out shortstop to first. Ramirez (cbsbf) popped out to shortstop.

Minnesota 6th — Hunter popped out to second. Mientkiewicz (c) flied out to right. Mohr (bb) flied out to deep center.

Boston 7th — Floyd (b) homered to right center, Floyd scored. Varitek (fs) doubled to left. Daubach (bfbf) struck out looking. Merloni (bf) flied out to left. Sanchez (c) flied out to right.

Minnesota 7th — Pierzynski grounded out second to first. Rivas (c) flied out to center. Jones (sfb) grounded out third to first.

Boston 8th — Romero relieved Reed. Damon (cbf) struck out swinging. Nixon (bcbs) grounded out pitcher to first. Hillenbrand doubled to right. Ramirez (bbb) intentionally walked [b4 only]. Henderson ran for Ramirez. Floyd (bff) struck out swinging.

Minnesota 8th — Henderson replaced Ramirez in LF. Guzman (c) safe on infield single to 1B. Koskie (tbb) fouled out to left. Ortiz (tt) singled to left, Guzman to second. Hunter (c) singled to right center, fielded by CF, Guzman scored, Ortiz to third. Haney relieved Burkett. Mientkiewicz (ft) doubled to deep right, Ortiz scored, Hunter to third. Mohr (iii) intentionally walked. Pierzynski (cfb) hit sacrifice fly to left, Hunter scored. Rivas (cb) grounded into fielder’s choice, Mientkiewicz out third unassisted.

Boston 9th — Guardado relieved Romero. Varitek (bcbff) flied out to left. Baerga hit for Daubach. Baerga (bs) singled to left. Merloni (fb) flied out to center. Sanchez (b) grounded into fielder’s choice, Baerga out shortstop to second.

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST

TEAM            WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
NY YANKEES       77   45  .631   –     36-20  41-25  31-22 22-04 13-12 LOST 1
BOSTON           70   52  .574   7     31-27  39-25  37-16 14-12 14-11 LOST 1
BALTIMORE        59   62  .488  17 1/2 28-28  31-34  19-28 18-14 13-11 LOST 1
TORONTO          52   70  .426  25     29-33  23-37  24-27 07-10 12-24 LOST 5
TAMPA BAY        41   82  .333  36 1/2 25-40  16-42  17-35 12-17 05-19 WON  1

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL

TEAM            WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
MINNESOTA        73   52  .584   –     43-23  30-29  15-17 33-17 15-10 WON  1
CHI WHITE SOX    58   66  .468  14 1/2 34-25  24-41  08-09 27-26 15-21 LOST 4
CLEVELAND        54   68  .443  17 1/2 29-29  25-39  16-10 22-31 10-15 LOST 1
KANSAS CITY      50   74  .403  22 1/2 32-29  18-45  08-21 25-27 12-13 LOST 1
DETROIT          47   76  .382  25     28-30  19-46  10-16 24-30 07-18 WON  1

AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST

TEAM            WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
SEATTLE          75   49  .605   –     39-27  36-22  25-20 14-09 25-13 WON  1
ANAHEIM          74   49  .602     1/2 41-24  33-25  14-08 30-15 19-19 WON  1
OAKLAND          73   51  .589   2     41-25  32-26  23-22 15-08 19-19 WON  5
TEXAS            54   68  .443  20     32-32  22-36  15-07 18-27 13-25 WON  4

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18TH RESULTS

TAMPA BAY 8, KANSAS CITY 6
DETROIT 7, BALTIMORE 4
SEATTLE 5, NY YANKEES 2
OAKLAND 7, CHI WHITE SOX 4
ANAHEIM 4, CLEVELAND 1
MINNESOTA 6, BOSTON 2
TEXAS 10, TORONTO 7 

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST

TEAM            WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
ATLANTA          79   41  .658   –     42-20  37-21  31-19 21-09 12-10 WON  2
MONTREAL         60   61  .496  19 1/2 37-24  23-37  23-27 17-13 08-15 WON  1
PHILADELPHIA     59   62  .488  20 1/2 33-29  26-33  23-26 12-10 14-18 WON  5
FLORIDA          58   63  .479  21 1/2 36-27  22-36  24-26 14-16 10-13 WON  2
NY METS          58   63  .479  21 1/2 30-32  28-31  23-26 17-13 08-16 LOST 6

NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL

TEAM            WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
ST LOUIS         66   53  .555   –     36-22  30-31  09-16 34-24 15-09 LOST 1
HOUSTON          63   58  .521   4     34-25  29-33  16-14 37-31 05-07 LOST 2
CINCINNATI       62   58  .517   4 1/2 31-30  31-28  12-12 34-23 14-13 WON  1
PITTSBURGH       52   70  .426  15 1/2 26-37  26-33  08-04 31-37 10-20 LOST 7
CHICAGO CUBS     51   69  .425  15 1/2 27-35  24-34  10-14 24-35 11-14 LOST 1
MILWAUKEE        43   78  .355  24     25-34  18-44  06-21 24-34 11-13 WON  1

NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST

TEAM            WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
ARIZONA          77   45  .631   –     39-20  38-25  21-11 15-07 30-20 WON  7
LOS ANGELES      69   53  .566   8     33-26  36-27  14-10 17-13 26-24 WON  3
SAN FRANCISCO    66   54  .550  10     34-25  32-29  12-10 17-13 29-21 LOST 2
COLORADO         56   65  .463  20 1/2 36-22  20-43  13-10 16-14 20-30 LOST 2
SAN DIEGO        51   70  .421  25 1/2 31-29  20-41  12-11 11-19 20-30 LOST 1

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16TH RESULTS

ARIZONA 2, CHICAGO CUBS 1
MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3
PHILADELPHIA 4, ST LOUIS 0
LOS ANGELES 3, NY METS 2
FLORIDA 4, SAN FRANCISCO 2
CINCINNATI 9, HOUSTON 3
MONTREAL 11, SAN DIEGO 6
ATLANTA 4, COLORADO 1

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