| It's going to be an all AL East ALCS as the Red Sox beat the Twins 4-1 in game 4 and are headed to a showdown with the Yankees. As I mentioned in the summary for the Yankee game, the Sox and Yanks met in my ALCS in 2001 and 2004, with the Red Sox winning in 7 games in 01 and in 5 games in 04. The Red Sox took the lead in the 1st inning of this one and never let go. They got the first run thanks to a Manny Ramirez triple following a Dustin Pedroia walk. The walk was an uncharacteristic problem for Twins starter Johan Santana in this game, as he walked 6 and was out of the game before the 5th inning was complete. The Sox added another run in the 6th on a Julio Lugo single after a Jacoby Ellsbury pinch hit walk and single. The Twins pulled within a run in the 7th on a Michael Cuddyer solo home run, but the Sox got a longball of their own in the 8th with a 2 run shot from Ellsbury that put them up by 3 runs. Papelbon enters in the 9th and it's 1-2-3, 3rd save of the series and the Sox are going to the ALCS! The series will begin October 12th in Fenway Park, with Daisuke Matsuzaka going for the Red Sox against Chien-Ming Wang of the Yankees. The winner of the ALCS will have home field in the World Series thanks to the AL's All-Star Game win. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Minnesota Twins 10/8/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
J.Lugo SS 5 0 2 1 .333 J.Bartlett SS 4 0 0 0 .000
D.Pedroia 2B 4 1 1 0 .211 J.Kubel DH 4 0 0 0 .111
D.Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 .429 J.Mauer C 4 0 1 0 .294
M.Ramirez LF 3 0 1 1 .167 T.Hunter CF 4 0 0 0 .111
M.Lowell 3B 4 0 0 0 .111 J.Morneau 1B 3 0 2 0 .333
K.Youkilis 1B 4 1 2 0 .235 M.Cuddyer RF 3 1 1 1 .467
J.Varitek C 3 0 0 0 .250 G.Jones LF 3 0 1 0 .167
B.Kielty RF 2 0 0 0 .000 N.Punto 3B 3 0 1 0 .417
A-J.Ellsbury PH,RF 1 2 1 21.000 A.Casilla 2B 3 0 0 0 .143
C.Crisp CF 3 0 0 0 .250
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Totals 32 4 7 4 Totals 31 1 6 1
A-Pinch Hit For Kielty In 6th Inning
Red Sox......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 7 0
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0
Red Sox (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett WIN(2-0) 8 6 1 1 0 5 1 92 1.80
J.Papelbon SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00
Totals 9 6 1 1 0 6 1
Twins (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Santana LOSS(0-2) 4 2/3 4 1 1 6 6 0 95 3.27
P.Neshek 2 2/3 3 3 3 2 2 1 44 12.27
J.Rincon 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0.00
Totals 9 7 4 4 9 8 1
ATTENDANCE- 47,975 DATE- Monday, October 8th 2007 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Jim Wolf, Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce, Jeff Nelson
T- 3:14
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10 Twins: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Twins: 2
DOUBLES- J.Lugo(4th), K.Youkilis(2nd), J.Mauer(3rd), J.Morneau(2nd)
TRIPLES- M.Ramirez(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Ellsbury(1st), M.Cuddyer(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury(1st)
WALKS- D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez-2, M.Lowell, J.Varitek, J.Ellsbury,
C.Crisp
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz-2, M.Lowell-3, J.Varitek, B.Kielty, J.Bartlett,
J.Kubel, T.Hunter, G.Jones-2, A.Casilla
GIDP- M.Ramirez, B.Kielty, M.Cuddyer, A.Casilla
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Jason Bartlett robbed Jason Varitek of a base hit.
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins by a score of 4 to 1 at
Metrodome.
The game started off with Boston taking the lead in the first plating an
isolated run. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save with a perfect ninth, his
3rd save.
The winning pitcher was Josh Beckett(2-0) who allowed 1 run in 8 innings.
Johan Santana(0-2) was charged with the loss. He gave up 4 hits and 6 walks
in 4 and 2/3 innings.
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