April 12, 2010 Twins 9, Red Sox 3 (Twins home opener)

The Minnesota Twins open their brand new ballpark, Target Field, with a thrashing of the Sox. Five runs in the first two innings off of Jon Lester put the Red Sox in a 5-0 hole that they could not climb out of. They would fall behind 7-0 before finally getting a couple of runs in the 6th on a 2-run shot for Youk off of former farmhand and ex-Expo Carl Pavano, but too little too late. Pavano did help the Sox though, although not today it was almost 15 years ago! I am sure you recall back in 1997 when the Sox traded Pavano and Tony Armas Jr. to the Expos for Pedro Martinez, beginning Pedro's love affair with Boston.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2010 Boston Red Sox At 2010 Minnesota Twins               4/12/2010
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Scutaro SS        3  0  0  0 .278     D.Span CF           4  2  2  1 .368  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  2  0 .240     O.Hudson 2B         3  1  2  4 .281  
  V.Martinez C        4  0  1  0 .296     J.Mauer C           4  0  1  0 .296  
  K.Youkilis 1B       4  1  2  2 .130     J.Morneau 1B        4  0  0  0 .367  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .174     M.Cuddyer RF        3  1  0  0 .323  
  A.Beltre 3B         4  1  1  0 .292     J.Kubel DH          2  2  1  0 .100  
  J.Drew RF           4  0  2  1 .263     D.Young LF          3  1  0  0 .250  
  M.Cameron CF        4  0  1  0 .143     J.Hardy SS          3  2  2  3 .192  
  J.Hermida LF        2  0  1  0 .444     N.Punto 3B          4  0  1  1 .182  
A-J.Varitek PH        1  0  0  0 .200                                          
B-J.Ellsbury LF       1  0  0  0 .222                                          
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         Totals      35  3 10  3                 Totals      30  9  9  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hermida In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Varitek In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  3 10  0
Twins........... 2 3 0  0 0 2  0 2    -  9  9  0
 
Red Sox (2-5)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester LOSS(0-2)        5 1/3   7   7   7   2   7   1 100   8.49
S.Atchison                0 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  20   1.59
S.Schoenewei              1       0   0   0   0   1   0   6   6.75
M.Delcarmen               0 2/3   1   2   2   2   0   1  17  16.88
J.Papelbon                0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                    8       9   9   9   5   9   2
 
Twins (4-4)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Pavano WIN(2-0)         6 2/3   7   2   2   0   2   1 107   2.31
B.Duensing                2 1/3   3   1   1   1   2   0  43   4.50
Totals                    9      10   3   3   1   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,521 DATE- Monday, April 12th 2010 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Paul Emmel, Gary Darling, Wally Bell, Marty Foster
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Twins: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  Twins: 1
DOUBLES- A.Beltre(2nd), M.Cameron(1st)
HOME RUNS- K.Youkilis(1st), O.Hudson(1st), J.Hardy(1st)
STOLEN BASES- D.Span(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Pedroia
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Hardy
WALKS- M.Scutaro, O.Hudson, M.Cuddyer, J.Kubel-2, D.Young
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ortiz-3, J.Drew, O.Hudson, J.Mauer, J.Morneau-3, D.Young-2,
             N.Punto-2
GIDP- V.Martinez, J.Mauer, D.Young
WILD PITCHES- S.Atchison
2-out RBI- D.Span, O.Hudson-2, N.Punto, J.Drew, K.Youkilis, J.Hardy-2
 
At Target Field the Boston Red Sox were battered 9 to 3 by the Minnesota
Twins.
 
Boston fell behind quickly as the Minnesota offense came through in the first
inning when they scored 2 runs on 2 hits.  The key at-bat was by Orlando
Hudson who brought the crowd to their feet when he clubbed a two-run home
run.  Minnesota had a total of 9 hits for the game.  
 
Carl Pavano(2-0) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings. Jon
Lester(0-2) took the loss.  He was not very effective, surrendering 7 runs in
5 and 1/3 innings.  
 

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