Boston 5, Minnesota 2

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(24-15)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 12 0 Minnesota 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 WP: D. Matsuzaka (6-0) S: J. Papelbon (11) LP: G. Perkins (0-1)	(18-17)

Scoring Summary

Top 2nd: Boston

- K. Youkilis homered to deep left

Bot 2nd: Minnesota

- C. Gomez walked, M. Cuddyer scored, D. Young to third, M. Lamb to second

Bot 5th: Minnesota

- J. Morneau singled to center, M. Tolbert scored

Top 7th: Boston

- C. Crisp homered to deep left

- J. Lowrie homered to deep left

Top 8th: Boston

- M. Lowell homered to deep left

Top 9th: Boston

- D. Pedroia singled to center, J. Lowrie scored, D. Pedroia to second on center fielder C. Gomez's fielding error

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Ellsbury rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278
D. Pedroia 2b	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	.307
D. Ortiz dh	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	.234
M. Ramirez lf	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.301
M. Lowell 3b	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.280
K. Youkilis 1b	5	1	2	1	0	1	4	.319
J. Varitek c	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	.262
C. Crisp cf	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	.312
J. Lowrie ss	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	.310
Totals	38	5	12	5	3	4	16

Batting 2B - J Varitek (8, G Perkins); J Lowrie (4, G Perkins); K Youkilis (12, G Perkins). HR - K Youkilis (8, 2nd inning off G Perkins 0 on, 1 Out), C Crisp (1, 7th inning off G Perkins 0 on, 0 Out), J Lowrie (1, 7th inning off G Perkins 0 on, 0 Out), M Lowell (3, 8th inning off B Bass 0 on, 1 Out). S - J Ellsbury. RBI - K Youkilis (29), C Crisp (7), J Lowrie (7), M Lowell (8), D Pedroia (20). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 2, J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 1, K Youkilis 2. GIDP - D Ortiz. Team LOB - 10.

Fielding DP - 1 (J Lowrie-D Pedroia-K Youkilis).

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Gomez cf	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	.271
M. Tolbert 2b	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.294
J. Mauer c	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.333
J. Morneau 1b	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.269
M. Cuddyer rf	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.261
J. Kubel dh	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222
D. Young lf	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271
M. Lamb 3b	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.235
A. Everett ss	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.196
C. Monroe ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.270
Totals	33	2	7	2	3	9	15

Batting 2B - M Tolbert (6, D Matsuzaka). RBI - C Gomez (13), J Morneau (27). 2-out RBI - C Gomez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Monroe 1, M Tolbert 2. GIDP - M Cuddyer. Team LOB - 7.

Fielding E - M Lamb (4, throw); C Gomez (4, bobble). DP - 1 (M Tolbert-A Everett-J Morneau).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D. Matsuzaka (W, 6-0)	7.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	2.45
H. Okajima (H, 9)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50
J. Papelbon (S, 11)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.41
Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
G. Perkins (L, 0-1)	6.0	9	3	3	0	3	3	4.50
D. Reyes	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
B. Bass	1.2	3	2	2	3	0	1	4.18
B. Korecky	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.50

IBB - D Ortiz (by B Bass).

Pitches-strikes - D Matsuzaka 96-63; H Okajima 12-8; J Papelbon 20-14; G Perkins 98-69; D Reyes 8-6; B Bass 37-20; B Korecky 3-3.

Ground balls-fly balls - D Matsuzaka 6-8; H Okajima 1-2; J Papelbon 1-0; G Perkins 8-7; D Reyes 2-1; B Bass 3-2; B Korecky 0-0.

Batters faced - D Matsuzaka 29; H Okajima 3; J Papelbon 4; G Perkins 27; D Reyes 3; B Bass 11; B Korecky 1.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Angel Hernandez. Time: 2:44. Attendance: 33,839. Weather: INDOORS

Game Notes

THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S COCO CRISP AND JED LOWRIE IN THE SEVENTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

THE HOME RUN BY BOSTON'S JED LOWRIE IN THE SEVENTH INNING WAS THE FIRST OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER.

Updated on Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:01 pm ET