TNK - RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #45 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (27-17) @ Minnesota Twins (15-28)
Pitching Matchup - Joe Kelly vs Trevor May
GAME NOTES:
The Red Sox opened the scoring in the 2nd inning when Xander Bogaerts turned on a fastball from Trevor May for a two run HR to LF to give Boston a 2-0 lead. Minnesota pushed a couple runs across in the bottom of 4th inning to tie the score at 2-2. Trevor May and Joe Kelly were both pitching well as the score remained 2-2 through 6 innings. The Red Sox would leave the bases loaded in the top of the 7th as they squander a great chance to take the lead and the score would remain tied at 2-2. Joe Kelly left the mound holding his right arm after throwing a pitch in the bottom of the 7th and was replaced by Alexi Ogando on the mound with one out and a runner on second base. Danny Santana welcomed Ogando to the game by lining a RBI single to CF to give the Twins a 3-2 lead. Tim Stauffer pitched around a single by Ortiz in the top of the 8th and the Twins would take a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 8th as they were looking to add some insurance. Alexi Ogando struck out two in the bottom of the 8th as he sat the Twins down in order to send the game to the 9th with the Red Sox needing a run as they trailed by a score of 3-2. Twins closer Glen Perkins would make his way in to pitch the top of the 9th and he ran a fastball in too far to Sandoval and hit him on the arm to put the lead off man on base for Boston. Bogaerts would pop up for the first out of the inning and then Brock Holt drew a 9 pitch walk to put two men on with one out. Rusney Castillo was called on to hit for Bradley and gave the ball a charge but Tori Hunter was able to make the catch on the warning track in right center field for the 2nd out as Sandoval tagged and moved up to third base giving the Red Sox runners at the corners with two outs as they had the tying run 90 feet from home plate with Blake Swihart coming up. Perkins was able to settle down and struck Swihart out to end the game and give the Twins an exciting 3-2 victory
* The Red Sox drop the opener of this 3 game series by a score of 3-2 to the Twins and continue their recent struggles as they are 4-7 in their last 11 games.
* Joe Kelly pitched decent but took the loss to drop his record to 4-3 on the season as he went 6.1 innings before leaving with an injury. Kelly was diagnosed with a sprained elbow ligament and will be placed on the 15 day DL.
* The Red Sox will call up prized pitching prospect Eduardo Rodriguez from AAA Pawtucket to make his major league debut in the coming days, most likely when the team travels to Texas.
* Xander Bogaerts smacked his 3rd HR of the season and had some good at bats as he continues to show signs of putting it together at the plate and hopefully taking that next step towards becoming a major contributor at the major league level.
* Twins OF Jordan Schafer was injured sliding into second base on a stolen base in the 3rd inning and was forced to leave the game. Aaron Hicks took over in CF for the remainder of the game
* The teams will play the middle game of this 3 game series tomorrow as Boston will send Clay Buchholz to the mound against Mike Pelfrey for the Twins.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 25, 2015</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (27-18)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Minnesota (16-28)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Blaine Boyer (2-2) <b>L:</b> Joe Kelly (4-3) <b>S:</b> Glen Perkins (12)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">MIN</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts 2-run HR to LF (Sandoval scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIN</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Trevor Plouffe sac fly to LF (Dozier scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIN</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Eduardo Escobar singled to CF (Hunter scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">MIN</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Danny Santana singled to CF (Escobar scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Betts, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.231</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pedroia, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.249</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ortiz, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.261</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Napoli, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.255</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sandoval, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.296</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.240</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Holt, LF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.181</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bradley Jr, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.348</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Castillo (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.267</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Swihart, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.232</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Sandoval (13), Napoli (9)<br /><b>HR:</b> Bogaerts (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Bogaerts 2 (15)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Snadoval</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#D31145">Minnesota Twins</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nunez, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.275</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Santana, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.247</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Mauer, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.300</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dozier, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.303</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hunter, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.348</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Plouffe, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.246</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Suzuki, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.262</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Schafer, CF</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.227</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Hicks, CF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Escobar, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Hunter (11), Suzuki (4)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Santana (6), Plouffe (18), Escobar (6)<br /><b>SF:</b> Plouffe</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Santana (4), Schafer (6), Nunez (4)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Joe Kelly (L, 4-3)</td><td align="right">6.1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.03</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Alexi Ogando</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.57</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Kelly - 98 Pitches (71% strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#D31145">Minnesota Twins</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Trevor May</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">7.07</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Blaine Boyer (W, 2-2)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">8.10</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tim Stauffer (H, 1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.87</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Glen Perkins (S, 12)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> May - 94 Pitches (64% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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