Updated: Friday, May 16, 2008 5:44 PM EDT
  RECAP |  BOX SCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
RED SOX  (24-15) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 12 0
TWINS  (18-17) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 2

BOSTON RED SOX
Hitters AB R H BI BB K LO 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

Batting
2B K. Youkilis  (12, off  Perkins); J. Varitek  (8, off  Perkins); J. Lowrie  (4, off  Perkins)
HR M. Lowell  (3, inning 8, 1 out, 0 on off Bass), K. Youkilis  (8, inning 2, 1 out, 0 on off Perkins), C. Crisp  (1, inning 7, 0 out, 0 on off Perkins), J. Lowrie  (1, inning 7, 0 out, 0 on off Perkins)
SAC J. Ellsbury 1
GDP D. Ortiz 1
RBI D. Pedroia  (20), M. Lowell  (8), K. Youkilis  (29), C. Crisp  (7), J. Lowrie  (7)
2-Out RLISP D. Ortiz 1; K. Youkilis 2; J. Varitek 1; C. Crisp 2
Team LOB 10

Fielding
DP 1 (Lowrie to Pedroia to Youkilis)
MINNESOTA TWINS
Hitters AB R H BI BB K LO 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

Batting
2B M. Tolbert  (6, off  Matsuzaka)
GDP M. Cuddyer 1
RBI C. Gomez  (13), J. Morneau  (27)
2-Out RBI C. Gomez 1
2-Out RLISP M. Tolbert 2; C. Monroe 1
Team LOB 7

Fielding
E C. Gomez  (4), M. Lamb  (4)
DP 1 (Tolbert to Everett to Morneau)

BOSTON RED SOX
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR NP-ST ERA
D. Matsuzaka (W, 6-0) 7.0 6 2 2 3 7 0 96-63 2.45
H. Okajima (H, 9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12-8 0.50
J. Papelbon (SV, 11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 20-14 2.41

MINNESOTA TWINS
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR NP-ST ERA
G. Perkins (L, 0-1) 6.0 9 3 3 0 3 3 98-69 4.50
D. Reyes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-6 0.00
B. Bass 1.2 3 2 2 3 0 1 37-20 4.18
B. Korecky 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3-3 4.50

OTHER STATISTICS
IBB: D. Ortiz  (by B. Bass)
Ground balls-fly balls: D. Matsuzaka 5-7; H. Okajima 1-2; J. Papelbon 1-1; G. Perkins 7-12; D. Reyes 2-1; B. Bass 5-3; 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
Umpires: HP - Cooper, 1B - Foster, 2B - Cousins, 3B - Hernandez
Time: 2:44
Attendance: 33,839