Game #39
Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Minnesota 4, Boston 3
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Valentin ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .214 Offerman 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .321 Everett cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .299 Ramirez dh 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 .409 Bichette rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .306 Hillenbrand 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 a-Hatteberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Varitek c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .291 Nixon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Merloni 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 b-O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .229 Lewis lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .220
Totals 34 3 8 2 1 7 9
a-flied to center for Hillenbrand in the 9th; b-struck out for Varitek in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Everett (10, Romero); Valentin (2, Romero). RBI - Ramirez 2 (48). 2-out RBI - Ramirez. GIDP - Valentin. Team LOB - 5.
MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Guzman ss 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 .302 Rivas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Lawton rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .246 Koskie 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .257 Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .390 Allen dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .255 Jones lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .236 Hunter cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .253 Pierzynski c 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 a-Buchanan ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .182 Prince c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
Totals 28 4 5 4 3 8 3
a-homered for Pierzynski in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Lawton (5, Schourek). 3B - Guzman (8, Wakefield). HR - Buchanan (3, 8th inning off Schourek 0 on, 0 out). RBI - Pierzynski (8), Guzman 2 (11), Buchanan (5). 2-out RBI - Pierzynski, Guzman 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rivas 1, Koskie 1. Team LOB - 3.
BASERUNNING: CS - Guzman (3, 2nd base by Wakefield/Varitek).
FIELDING: E - Jones (2, throw). DP: 1 (Guzman-Mientkiewicz).
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Boston - 201 000 000 -- 3
Minnesota - 000 030 01x -- 4
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era Wakefield 6 3 3 3 3 6 0 2.21 Pichardo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Schourek (L, 0-2) 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2.65
MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era Romero 7 6 3 2 1 5 0 4.81 Guardado 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.63 Wells (W, 3-0) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.92 Hawkins (S, 13) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.70
Pitches-strikes: Romero 97-61; Guardado 17-11; Wells 4-2; Hawkins 15-12; Wakefield 83-52; Pichardo 10-5; Schourek 14-11. Ground balls-fly balls: Romero 8-8; Guardado 0-1; Wells 1-0; Hawkins 1-1; Wakefield 6-5; Pichardo 1-1; Schourek 1-1. Batters faced: Romero 27; Guardado 3; Wells 1; Hawkins 4; Wakefield 23; Pichardo 3; Schourek 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Mark Hirschbeck. T--2:20. Att--22,006. Indoors.
Pitch-by-pitch:
(b-ball, s-swinging strike, c-called strike, f-foul, i-intentional ball, p-pitchout, t-throw to first)
Boston 1st — Valentin grounded out third to first. Offerman (ccbbb) singled to right [streak: 10 games]. Everett doubled to deep left, Offerman to third; on left fielder’s throwing error, Offerman scored, Everett to third [no rbi]. Ramirez (fsb) singled to left, Everett scored. Bichette (cbc) struck out swinging. Hillenbrand flied out to right. [1 earned, 1 unearned]
Minnesota 1st — Guzman (bfb) grounded out first to pitcher. Rivas (bs) grounded out pitcher to first. Lawton (bcbbc) walked. Koskie flied out to Everett in left center.
Boston 2nd — Varitek (bcf) struck out swinging. Merloni (bbfcb) flied out to deep left [leaping at the wall]. Lewis [bunt attempt] grounded out pitcher to first.
Minnesota 2nd — Mientkiewicz (f) flied out to deep right [leaping against the wall]. Allen (cbbf) struck out looking [61 knuckler, then 79 fastball]. Jones (bffb) struck out swinging.
Boston 3rd – Valentin (cbbb) doubled off left center wall. Offerman (bsffbf) flied out to right. Everett (f) grounded out second [diving to left] to first, Valentin to third. Ramirez (cbsbb) singled to center, Valentin scored [rbi #48; 39th game]. Bichette (fb) lined out to right.
Minnesota 3rd — Hunter flied out to shallow right. Pierzynski (c) grounded out second to first. Guzman (bbb) walked. Rivas (cp – Guzman caught stealing, catcher to second).
Boston 4th — Hillenbrand (bb) grounded out second to first. Varitek (bc) grounded out first unassisted. Merloni lined out to second.
Minnesota 4th — Rivas (bcf) grounded out second to first. Lawton (bbbcc) struck out looking. Koskie (bcbf) grounded out shortstop to first.
Boston 5th — Lewis (cffb) singled to right. Valentin (bb) grounded into a double play, shortstop unassisted to first. Offerman (c) flied out to center.
Minnesota 5th — Mientkiewicz (bcbf) struck out swinging [foul tip caught; appealed to 3B]. Allen (cf) struck out swinging. Jones (bbbcc) walked. Hunter (s) blooped a single to right, Jones to third. Pierzynski (f) singled to shallow left, Jones scored, Hunter to third. Guzman (s) tripled to right [#8], Hunter and Pierzynski scored. Rivas (bf) grounded out pitcher to first.
Boston 6th — Everett (fbbs) flied out to deep center. Ramirez (bbscb) struck out swinging. Bichette (bfcbb) walked. Hillenbrand (sb) flied out to shallow center.
Minnesota 6th — Lawton (ccbf) lined out to second. Koskie (cfb) struck out swinging. Mientkiewicz flied out to deep left.
Boston 7th — Varitek (cc) struck out swinging. Merloni (cs) struck out swinging. Lewis (bb) grounded out second to first.
Minnesota 7th — Pichardo relieved Wakefield. Allen grounded out second to first. Jones (bb) lined out to left. Hunter (bbbsf) struck out looking.
Boston 8th — Guardado relieved Romero. Valentin (bbfsb) popped out to shortstop. Offerman (bssfbfb) singled to right. Everett (cf) struck out swinging. Wells relieved Guardado. Ramirez .412 (cbb) grounded into fielder’s choice, Offerman out shortstop to second.
Minnesota 8th — Schourek relieved Pichardo. Buchanan pinch-hit for Pierzynski. Buchanan homered to left. Guzman (ffb) struck out looking. Rivas (c) grounded out shortstop to first. Lawton (sbf) doubled to left center [beat Lewis’s throw]. Koskie (cb) flied out to center.
Boston 9th — Hawkins relieved Wells. Prince replaced Pierzynski at C. Bichette (cf) grounded out third to first. Hatteberg pinch-hit for Hillenbrand. [Sox ph 0-21; Hatteberg 0-6 as ph] Hatteberg (bfbff) flied out to CF in deep left center. Varitek safe at first on infield single to third. O’Leary pinch-hit for Merloni. Nixon pinch-ran for Varitek. O’Leary (ssfb) struckout swinging.
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