August 9, 2011: Red Sox at Twins - Game 2 of 3

From Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota,

USA

Boston Red Sox

(71-43)

Manager: Terry Francona

@

Minnesota Twins

(51-64)

Manager: Ron Gardenhire

Game 2 of 3

First pitch: 8:10 PM EST


Starting Pitchers
Boston Red Sox - Erik Bedard (PHC*)
Minnesota Twins - Francisco Liriano


Umpires
Home - Tim Mcclelland
1B - Ted Barrett
2B - Brian Runge
3B - Marvin Hudson


Weather
Party Cloudy
Temp - 82F | 28C
Wind - 16 mph | 9 kph, LR




* Plus He's Canadian (PHC) - A comments thread at Joy of Sox


As the the non-waiver trade deadline loomed last month the Red Sox tried to make a deal for a starting pitcher. The Rich Harden deal was much rumoured but then, disappointingly for Red Sox fans, didn't happen.

(Harden is a Canadian.)

A day later the 3 team, 7 player, Erik Bedard deal was consummated - and wouldn't you know it? Erik Bedard is a Canadian too!

The baseball gods seemed to be saying, Any one Canadian will to go to the Boston Red Sox and help them win.

Allan Wood, who publishes Joy is an expat American who just recently became a Canadian Citizen ... The theme started innocently enough - and then fate took over... (see comment threads #1, #2).






Line ups and pitching totals from ESPN - Box Score.

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference, a Sacrafice or Fielder's Choice Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

The Scoring Notations

BB Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone HBP Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base BH Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball 2BH Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball 3BH Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball HR Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball RBI Run Batted In - via a SAC, a BH or a BB - a run scores RS Run Scored. SAC Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out FC Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put out made anywhere but at 1B DI Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing IBB Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons

SB Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts CS Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch K Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone Ks Batter out, swinging third strike IFR Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead LO Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line GO Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B FO A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder E The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play Eth The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw WP Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing PB Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing

pop A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate GR To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play - announced before each game by the home team manager f Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul op Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay... BRIF Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball Kf2 Foul tip with 2 strikes, caught by catcher - strike three - - - - - - - - - - - -

Box Score - Final	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Boston Red Sox	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	-	-	4	6	0	9
Minnesota Twins	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	3	6	0	8

Boston Red Sox	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  J Ellsbury CF	BX pop FO6	CSBS Ks /			CX 3UA		BBCX FO8	bX bunt2 2-3
2.  D Pedroia 2B	BCSB BFB BB		BBBC FB DP BB		BCBB X FO8		BCCB FBFB RS BB	SBCS Ks
3.  A Gonzalez 1B	X BH9 #2 1,2		BCX GB4 DP 4-6-3		FBBC BB BB		X 2BH8(7) deep #2 1,3	CFX pop FO4 /
4.  K Youkilis 3B	BX FO9 #2 2,3		CBBB X 1-3 /		CX FO9 /		BBCB B BB		BCBX 1-3
5.  D Ortiz DH	BBBB BB #3 1,2			BX 4-3		BBX 6-3	CX Dumatrait + RBI IF-BH1 #2 3,H #3 2,3 #4 1,2		BBSF S Ks
6.  J Lowrie SS	GB5 FC 5-4 #5 out /			FX pop FO4		BBBB RS BB	FX A Burnett + FO7		BBCB CFX FO9 /
7.  C Crawford LF		CBFB FFBS Ks		BBCF BFFS Ks /		BBCB B (tagged out on #8 BH7) BB #6 1,2	BBCX 4-3 /
8.  J Varitek C		CBCF X 6-3			BBBB RS BB	X RBI BH7 #6 2,H #7 1,2, out at 3B
9.  D McDonald RF Btm 8th J Reddick RF		BBSB X IF-BH5			CBSX RS 2RBI HR7 #8 1,H	BSBC BS Ks /
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 1 0 3	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	2 1 0 1	1 1 0 1	1 2 1 3	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0

Red Sox Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Erik Bedard	5.0	3	2	2	4	6	0	90/51	3.55
Matt Albers	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	30/17	2.45
Franklin Morales	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	20/12	4.67
Daniel Bard	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14/10	2.30
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7/6	3.14

Minnesota Twins	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  B Revere CF	BCBB B RS BB	BFBF X 1-3		CBX 4-3 /		CBBC BX 6-3 /			CX 5-3
2.  J Mauer 1B	BBCB CX RS BH8 #1 1,3	CSBX 6-3 /			CFBB X FO7		CBBX Morales + BH7		CCX 6-3 /
3.  M Cuddyer 2B	CX SAC RBI FO8 #1 3,H		SBFB BX 6-3		BSSF S Ks		CBBF FFBF FX GB5 5-3 #2 1,2
4.  J Kubel RF	CCBB BB BB #2 1,2		CBX BH8		CSS Ks /		CBBB CC K
5.  J Thome DH	BBBB BB #2 2,3 #4 1,2		BSBB X FO7			BSCB FS Albers + Ks	BX D Bard + 6-3 /
6.  D Valencia 3B	FFS Ks		BBX BH8 #4 1,2			CSX RS BH8		FX pop FO4
7.  D Young LF	BBCB FB RBI BB #2 3,H #4 2,3 #5 1,2		X FO9 /			CBBF C K		SCFS Ks
8.  T Nishioka SS	BCBF S Ks /			CFS Ks		CBBX RBI 2BH9 deep #6 1,H		CBCB BX 6-3 /
9.  D Butera C 9th PH T Plouffe		SSC K		BCBX LO5		BCBB CB BB			BX Papelbon + FO8
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	2 1 0 3	0 0 0 0	0 2 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	1 2 0 2	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0

Twins' Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Francisco Liriano	6.0	4	3	3	7	4	1	109/53	5.00
Matt Capps	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	18/8	4.47
Phil Dumatrait	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2/2	3.86
Alex Burnett	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7/5	5.68
Jose Mijares	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	23/15	5.45