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MINNESOTA TWINS @ BOSTON RED SOX
04/20/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Pitching: LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Bunt missed!
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Kal Daniels to second
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78XD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Pitching: RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Edgar Renteria 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Scott Fletcher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 69.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Barry Bonds 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 105.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Danny Tartabull 0-0: Called Strike
Barry Bonds steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 96.9 MPH), Distance : 386 ft
Batting: RHB Akira Eto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 97.5 MPH) - OUT at third base trying to stretch hit.
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: LHB Todd Hollandsworth 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Cameron 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Line Drive, 9D, EV 106.9 MPH), Distance : 403 ft
Batting: LHB Lee Stevens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 67.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Todd Greene 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Edgar Renteria 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 4
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 1-3
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 4
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Kevin Ritz
Batting: RHB Scott Fletcher 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Barry Bonds 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Scott Fletcher to second
Batting: RHB Danny Tartabull 0-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7LD, EV 102.5 MPH), Distance : 349 ft
Pitching: LHP Gene Walter
Batting: RHB Akira Eto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Todd Hollandsworth 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Cameron 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 96.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 7
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 7
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Gene Walter
Batting: LHB Lee Stevens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Todd Greene 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Edgar Renteria 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Scott Fletcher 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 86.9 MPH)
Todd Greene to second
Batting: LHB Barry Bonds 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Boston 7
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Darin Erstad to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Kal Daniels to second
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 7
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Gene Walter
Batting: RHB Danny Tartabull 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Akira Eto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Todd Hollandsworth 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Akira Eto to second
Batting: RHB Mike Cameron 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Akira Eto to third
Todd Hollandsworth to second
Batting: LHB Lee Stevens 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Akira Eto scores
Todd Hollandsworth to third
Mike Cameron to second
Batting: RHB Todd Greene 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 8
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 8
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : LHP Gene Walter
Batting: RHB Edgar Renteria 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Scott Fletcher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Jerry Spradlin
Batting: LHB Barry Bonds 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Danny Tartabull 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Scott Fletcher to third
Barry Bonds to second
Batting: RHB Akira Eto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Todd Hollandsworth 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 8
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 83.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 8
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jerry Spradlin
Batting: RHB Mike Cameron 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Lee Stevens 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Todd Greene 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 77.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 8
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Shinji Imanaka
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB John Wehner 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Joe Borowski
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 102.5 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 8
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Jerry Spradlin
Now at 1B: John Wehner
Batting: RHB Edgar Renteria 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34, EV 104.4 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Scott Fletcher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Reached on error, E1 (Groundball, 15, EV 69.4 MPH)
Edgar Renteria to second
Batting: LHB Barry Bonds 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 98.8 MPH), Distance : 447 ft
Batting: RHB Danny Tartabull 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Pitching: RHP Doug Piatt
Batting: RHB Akira Eto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Danny Tartabull to second
Batting: LHB Todd Hollandsworth 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Danny Tartabull to third
Akira Eto to second
Batting: RHB Mike Cameron 0-0: GRAND SLAM HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 102.5 MPH), Distance : 419 ft
Batting: LHB Lee Stevens 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Todd Greene 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LD, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Edgar Renteria 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Lee Stevens to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Tim Bogar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.1 MPH)
Lee Stevens to third
Batting: LHB Barry Bonds 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 107.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 7 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 15
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : RHP Joe Borowski
Now at SS: Tim Bogar
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 71.9 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Boston 15
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