Red Sox Homer Thrice In Win Over Twins, 9 To 7

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors
Red Sox	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	9	612	3
Twins	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	7	10	0

Red Sox highlight: Three homeruns
Red Sox lowlight: One pickoff error, one throwing error and one fielding error
Twins highlight: One homerun
Twins lowlight: Ten men left on base

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Daniel Bard; Winning Pitcher: Daniel Bard (2)
MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Nick Blackburn; Losing Pitcher: Nick Blackburn
BOSTON: Save: Mark Melancon (1)
BOSTON: Homeruns: Cody Ross (5,6), Mauro Gomez (3)
MINNESOTA: Homerun: Estarlin De Los Santos

RED SOX: Wins 15, Losses 11, Ties 3, Percentage: .577

Next game: Saturday 30 March 2012, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Tampa Bay Rays, Charlotee Sports Park, Ross Ohlendorf

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Boston Homers To Win Over Minnesota, 10 To 2

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors
Red Sox	0	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	10	11	0
Twins	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	2

Red Sox highlight: Two homeruns
Red Sox lowlight: Five men left on base
Twins highlight: Seven hits
Twins lowlight: One fielding error and one throwing error

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz; Winning Pitcher: Clay Buchholz (1)
MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Jason Marquis; Losing Pitcher: Jason Marquis
BOSTON: Homeruns: David Ortiz (1), Dan Butler (1)

RED SOX: Wins 4, Losses 0, Percentage 1.000

Next game: Tuesday 6 March 2012, 10:35 a.m.PT/1:35 p.m.ET, Baltimore Orioles, JetBlue Park, Daniel Bard

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Minnesota Minces Boston

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 8 1

MINNESOTA: 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 7 8 0

Well, in a different scenario today from several recent games, the Boston Red Sox's winning opponent scored a large number of runs early in the contest. Today it was the Minnesota Twins in their home park, Hammond Stadium, who pulled off that feat. So this time, it was the Boston starting pitching that was the culprit. Good to share the pain. The Red Sox matched the Twins in the number of hits, but were only able to convert them to two runs. And it was a homerless day for all. Boston is still on the road tomorrow. At this point in time it makes no difference if Boston is at home or away - the conclusion is the same and it's not a good one.

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Losing Pitcher: Clay Buchholz (1)

MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Carl Pavano, Winning Pitcher: Carl Pavano

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RED SOX: Wins: 11, Losses: 12

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Next Spring Training game: Wednesday 24 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Pittsburgh Pirates, McKechnie Field, Josh Beckett

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Red Sox Take Twins, 6 to 4

BOSTON: 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 0
MINNESOTA: 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 2

Could it be that the Boston Red Sox are aiming for road warrior status? If so, I'm all for it. This win in Hammond Stadium was accomplished without the starting pitching of Josh Beckett (he's ill), but did see the first appearance of catcher Jason Varitek. Although the Minnesota Twins came out strong, they weren't able to increase their lead enough to overtake the Red Sox after they scored in the middle innings. And of course Boston's relief pitching kept the Twins to just one hit after the first inning. The Red Sox picked up the hitting pace and were able to claim another road victory. They are home again tomorrow. Road, home, road, home. Such is the life during the pre-season.
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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Ryan Miller, Winning Pitcher: Ramon A. Ramirez (1)

MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Kevin Slowey, Losing Pitcher: Glen Perkins
BOSTON: Save: Scott Patterson (1)
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RED SOX: Wins: 10, Losses: 3
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Next Spring Training game: Monday 15 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Baltimore Orioles, City of Palms Park

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Twins Trample Red Sox

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0

MINNESOTA: 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 8 0

The road was not kind to Boston today. The Red Sox were shutout by the Minnesota Twins at Hammond Stadium. Unfortunately the game was over in the first inning when Lester gave up four runs to the Twins. That was double the number of runs previously given up by Boston pitchers this pre-season. And the Red Sox hit/run production is declining. The one bright spot is that over these last four games only one Boston error has occurred. Tomorrow there will two split squad games - one at City of Palms Park and one at Charlotte Sports Park - both starting at the same time. Such fun for me! But more importantly, I hope it is fun for the Red Sox and there is a double victory!

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Losing Pitcher: Jon Lester (1)

MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Carl Pavano, Winning Pitcher: Carl Pavano

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RED SOX: Wins: 3, Losses: 1

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Nest Spring Training game: Saturday 6 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Tampa Bay Rays, Charlotte Sports Park

Next Spring Training game: Saturday 6 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Minnesota Twins, City of Palms Park, John Lackey

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Minnesota Mashes Boston

BOSTON: 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0

MINNESOTA: 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 x - 7 12 1

The Boston Red Sox ended their Florida portion of Spring Training with a disappointing loss to the Minnesota Twins. They did have the consolation of having won the Mayor's Cup on Saturday 28 March 2009, thus winning the preseason series with the Twins by three games to two games. In Hammond Stadium in South Fort Myers, the only highlight for Boston was the two-run homerun by Jason Bay in the top of the fourth inning. The team heads North today to New York for the final two Spring Training games against the New York Mets. A few players will be staying behnd (Tim Wakefield, George Kottaras, et.al.) to continue training before heading to Boston for the start of the regular season. Farewell Florida!

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Brad Penny, Losing Pitcher: Felix Doubrant

MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Francisco Liriano, Winning Pitcher: Luis Ayala

BOSTON: Homerun: Jason Bay

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 21, Spring Training Losses: 14

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Next game: Friday 3 April 2009, 3:10 p.m., New York Mets, Citi Field

Boston Beats Minnesota

On their return to Hammond Stadium, the Red Sox experienced a different outcome from their previous visit to the Twins on Wednesday. This time it was a win for the Sox over the Twins with a score of two to one. Single runs in the top of the sixth and the seventh innings (homerun by Kevin Youkilis) were all the runs Boston needed. Minnesota scored their only run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

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BOSTON: two runs, seven hits, one error

MINNESOTA: one run, five hits, zero errors

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher: Jonathan Papelbon

MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Kevin Slowey, Losing Pitcher: Matt Guerrier

BOSTON: Save: Hunter Jones, Homerun: Kevin Youkilis

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 4, Spring Training Losses: 3

Spring Training DoubleHeader: Opponents Boston College Eagles, Minnesota Twins

The Boston Red Sox started their 2009 pre-season with a seven to one win over the Boston College Eagles in a seven-inning exhibition game held at Fort Myers. The Eagles' single run was scored in the top of the fourth inning and the Sox finally scored runs (six of them) in the bottom of the fifth inning. The seventh Red Sox run was scored in the bottom of the sixth inning.

EAGLES: one run, five hits, no errors.

RED SOX: seven runs, eight hits, no errors.

EAGLES: Starting Pitcher: Geoff Oxley, Losing Pitcher: Kyle Prohovich.

RED SOX: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher: Junichi Tazawa

RED SOX: Homerun: Yamaico Navarro

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Well, this second game of the doubleheader (and their first official Grapefruit League game) was over for the Sox in the second inning at Hammond Stadium - the pre-season ball park for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins scored three runs in the bottom of the second and that was all they needed to eventually beat the Red Sox five to two. The Sox managed to put up single runs in the top of the fourth and sixth innings. The Twins' final two runs came in the bottom of the eighth.

BOSTON: two runs, nine hits, one error.

MINNESOTA: five runs, eleven hits, no errors.

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Tim Wakefield, Losing Pitcher: Tim Wakefield

MINNESOTA: Starting Pitcher: Glen Perkins, Winning Pitcher: Glen Perkins

MINNESOTA: Save: Sean Henn

RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 1, Spring Training Losses: 1