Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 7, Minnesota 6
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:10 PM
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 32254
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Boston 0420100007100
Minnesota 0100050006140
Boston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Mike Aviles SS 4 1 1 3 0 0 .328
Ryan Sweeney RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .382
Dustin Pedroia 2B 4 2 3 0 0 0 .310
Adrian Gonzalez 1B 3 1 1 1 1 1 .303
David Ortiz DH 3 1 0 0 1 1 .424
Kevin Youkilis 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .204
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C 4 0 1 2 0 1 .238
Cody Ross LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 .267
(S)  Darnell McDonald LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .103
Marlon Byrd CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .308
Totals 34 7 10 7 2 8  
Batting
2B - Dustin Pedroia (5)
3B - Dustin Pedroia (1)
HR - Mike Aviles (4)
TB - Mike Aviles 4, Ryan Sweeney, Dustin Pedroia 6, Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Cody Ross, Marlon Byrd
RBI - Mike Aviles 3 (13), Adrian Gonzalez (13), Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2 (6), Cody Ross (15)
2-Out RBI - Mike Aviles 3 (4), Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adrian Gonzalez (5)
GIDP - Dustin Pedroia (2), Kevin Youkilis (3)
Team LOB - 2
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Clay Buchholz (W 2-1) 5.1 10 5 5 3 2 0 8.87
Scott Atchison 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.31
Justin Thomas 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.71
Matt Albers (H 1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
Vicente Padilla (H 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.64
Franklin Morales (H 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.14
Alfredo Aceves (SV 4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14.40
HBP - Chris Parmelee (by Thomas), Alexi Casilla (by Aceves)
Pitches-Strikes - Clay Buchholz 107-69, Scott Atchison 3-3, Justin Thomas 5-3, Matt Albers 6-4, Vicente Padilla 10-9, Franklin Morales 20-12, Alfredo Aceves 20-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Clay Buchholz 11-1, Scott Atchison 0-0, Justin Thomas 0-0, Matt Albers 1-0, Vicente Padilla 2-0, Franklin Morales 1-1, Alfredo Aceves 2-0
Batters Faced - Clay Buchholz 29, Scott Atchison 1, Justin Thomas 2, Matt Albers 2, Vicente Padilla 3, Franklin Morales 3, Alfredo Aceves 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - Scott Atchison 3-2, Justin Thomas 2-1, Matt Albers 3-1
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Denard Span CF 6 1 2 1 0 2 .333
Jamey Carroll SS 3 1 0 0 2 1 .222
Joe Mauer C 5 1 2 2 0 0 .319
Justin Morneau DH 5 0 2 1 0 0 .238
Chris Parmelee 1B 2 0 1 0 1 0 .260
(S)  Danny Valencia PR-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206
Trevor Plouffe RF 4 0 1 1 1 1 .125
Sean Burroughs 3B-1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .133
(S)  Ryan Doumit PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .241
Ben Revere LF 5 2 2 0 0 0 .250
Alexi Casilla 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 .271
Totals 40 6 14 6 4 5  
Batting
2B - Denard Span (6), Justin Morneau (4), Ben Revere (1)
TB - Denard Span 3, Joe Mauer 2, Justin Morneau 3, Chris Parmelee, Trevor Plouffe, Ryan Doumit, Ben Revere 3, Alexi Casilla 3
RBI - Denard Span (3), Joe Mauer 2 (11), Justin Morneau (8), Trevor Plouffe (1), Alexi Casilla (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Denard Span 2 (7), Jamey Carroll (7), Joe Mauer 2 (5), Trevor Plouffe 2 (4), Sean Burroughs (3)
GIDP - Sean Burroughs (1)
Team LOB - 13
Baserunning
SB - Alexi Casilla (3, 2nd off Buchholz/Saltalamacchia)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Trevor Plouffe (Saltalamacchia at 2nd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Liam Hendriks (L 0-1) 4.0 9 7 7 2 3 1 6.89
Anthony Swarzak 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.03
Glen Perkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7.36
Jared Burton 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
Pitches-Strikes - Liam Hendriks 87-57, Anthony Swarzak 26-21, Glen Perkins 17-11, Jared Burton 7-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Liam Hendriks 3-1, Anthony Swarzak 3-3, Glen Perkins 0-0, Jared Burton 2-0
Batters Faced - Liam Hendriks 22, Anthony Swarzak 8, Glen Perkins 3, Jared Burton 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Anthony Swarzak 1-0