Boston 2, Minnesota 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, May 9, 2011
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Joe West, 1B -
Angel Hernandez, 2B -
Paul Schrieber, 3B -
Chad Fairchild
Attendance:
37276
By SportsDirect Inc.
Carl Crawford’s walk-off double in the 11th inning lifted the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Crawford doubled high off the Green Monster to score pinch-runner Jose Iglesias from first base off Jim Hoey (0-1). Hideki Okajima (1-0) picked up the win in relief.
Boston’s Josh Beckett threw seven shutout innings and allowed six hits - all singles - and struck out five. Nate Blackburn allowed one run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings for the Twins.
Boston took a 1-0 lead in the fifth as Adrian Gonzalez drove in Jason Varitek with a two-out single. Varitek led off the inning with a double.
Jason Kubel tied the game with an RBI single with two outs in the eighth off closer Jonathan Papelbon to score Denard Span. Span reached on an infield hit and took second on a balk by Alfredo Aceves.
It was Papelbon's first blown save of the season.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Minnesota |
|
Boston |
|
Luke Hughes
| Player |
Jason Varitek |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
3 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
10 |
0 |
10 |
.244 |
18 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
| Boston
|
9 |
0 |
13 |
.231 |
20 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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