Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 11, Minnesota 2
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:10 PM
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 33651
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Boston 30223001011180
Minnesota 100010000260
Boston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Mike Aviles SS 5 3 4 2 0 1 .333
Ryan Sweeney RF 6 1 2 1 0 1 .392
Dustin Pedroia 2B 6 2 1 1 0 0 .284
Adrian Gonzalez 1B 3 2 3 2 1 0 .302
(S)  Lars Anderson PH-1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
David Ortiz DH 4 1 2 3 1 1 .444
Kevin Youkilis 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .200
(S)  Nick Punto PH-3B 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267
Cody Ross LF 4 0 0 1 0 2 .263
(S)  Darnell McDonald PH-LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 .107
Marlon Byrd CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 .333
Kelly Shoppach C 5 0 1 0 0 3 .333
Totals 44 11 18 11 3 9  
Batting
2B - Mike Aviles 2 (5), Ryan Sweeney (9), Dustin Pedroia (4), Adrian Gonzalez (4), Kelly Shoppach (5)
HR - Mike Aviles (3), David Ortiz (3)
TB - Mike Aviles 9, Ryan Sweeney 3, Dustin Pedroia 2, Adrian Gonzalez 4, Lars Anderson, David Ortiz 5, Kevin Youkilis 2, Marlon Byrd 2, Kelly Shoppach 2
RBI - Mike Aviles 2 (10), Ryan Sweeney (7), Dustin Pedroia (7), Adrian Gonzalez 2 (12), David Ortiz 3 (15), Cody Ross (14), Darnell McDonald (2)
2-Out RBI - Dustin Pedroia (3), Adrian Gonzalez (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Dustin Pedroia (6), David Ortiz (7), Cody Ross (9), Marlon Byrd 3 (3)
S - Mike Aviles (2)
Team LOB - 10
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Josh Beckett (W 2-2) 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 0 4.56
Scott Atchison 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.54
Matt Albers 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
Pitches-Strikes - Josh Beckett 100-65, Scott Atchison 26-19, Matt Albers 12-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Beckett 7-5, Scott Atchison 2-1, Matt Albers 1-2
Batters Faced - Josh Beckett 26, Scott Atchison 6, Matt Albers 4
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Denard Span CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .333
Jamey Carroll SS 4 2 0 0 0 0 .232
Joe Mauer 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .313
Josh Willingham LF 2 0 2 1 1 0 .333
(S)  Clete Thomas PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182
Justin Morneau DH 3 0 0 1 1 0 .224
Ryan Doumit C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226
Danny Valencia 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .210
(S)  Sean Burroughs PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182
Chris Parmelee RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250
Trevor Plouffe 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Totals 33 2 6 2 3 8  
Batting
2B - Denard Span (5), Josh Willingham 2 (6), Sean Burroughs (1)
TB - Denard Span 3, Joe Mauer, Josh Willingham 4, Sean Burroughs 2
RBI - Josh Willingham (13), Justin Morneau (7)
2-Out RBI - Josh Willingham (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Justin Morneau (12), Ryan Doumit 2 (10), Danny Valencia 2 (12), Trevor Plouffe (2)
Team LOB - 7
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Nick Blackburn (L 0-2) 3.0 8 5 5 1 2 1 7.53
Matt Maloney 1.2 8 5 5 0 3 1 8.10
Jeff Gray 2.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.93
Alex Burnett 2.0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0.84
Pitches-Strikes - Nick Blackburn 71-44, Matt Maloney 37-27, Jeff Gray 26-18, Alex Burnett 42-22
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Blackburn 6-1, Matt Maloney 2-0, Jeff Gray 1-2, Alex Burnett 5-1
Batters Faced - Nick Blackburn 18, Matt Maloney 13, Jeff Gray 7, Alex Burnett 10
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jeff Gray 1-0