September 21, 2006: Twins 4 Red Sox 0
Saturday, October 27, 2007
| The Red Sox get shut down by Johan Santana, who earns his 21st win of the season in a 4-0 shutout. He gets relief help from Joe Nathan who earns his 47th save. Santana, Nathan, and AL batting leader Joe Mauer are a lot of the reason why the Twins are leading the AL wild card race by 3 games over the Blue Jays. The Red Sox are now 5.5 games back after getting swept in this series. In the NL, all 4 playoff teams are set. The Mets and Padres won and the Rockies lost, meaning the Padres win the NL West and the Mets and Phillies both clinch playoff spots. The Phillies are one game back of the Mets in the NL East. In the AL, the Yankees are on the verge of clinching the East with a magic number of 3. The Twins are 3.5 back of the Tigers in the Central, while the Rangers are just a half game back of the A's in the west. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Minnesota Twins At 2006 Boston Red Sox 9/21/2006
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 3 0 0 0 .307 D.Pedroia 2B 3 0 0 0 .196
N.Punto 3B 4 0 0 0 .293 M.Loretta 1B 4 0 2 0 .287
J.Mauer C 3 0 1 0 .364 D.Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 .286
M.Cuddyer RF 4 0 0 0 .327 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 2 0 .292
J.Morneau 1B 4 1 1 1 .295 T.Nixon RF 4 0 1 0 .278
T.Hunter CF 3 0 1 0 .261 J.Varitek C 4 0 0 0 .228
R.White LF 4 0 0 0 .224 W.Pena LF 2 0 1 0 .313
J.Tyner DH 2 1 1 0 .237 A-E.Hinske PH 1 0 0 0 .273
J.Bartlett SS 2 2 1 2 .278 G.Kapler CF 3 0 0 0 .284
B-D.Murphy PH 1 0 0 0 .224
A.Gonzalez SS 3 0 1 0 .233
C-C.Pena PH 1 0 0 0 .037
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Totals 29 4 5 3 Totals 33 0 7 0
A-Pinch Hit For Pena In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kapler In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Gonzalez In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 5 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1
Twins (94-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Santana WIN(21-7) 7 2/3 7 0 0 3 4 0 115 2.56
J.Nathan SAVE(47th) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 1.05
Totals 9 7 0 0 3 5 0
Red Sox (89-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett LOSS(16-12) 7 5 3 3 3 4 2 94 5.17
J.Lopez 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 11 3.38
C.Breslow 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.79
K.Foulke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.50
Totals 9 5 4 3 5 5 2
ATTENDANCE- 20,097 DATE- Thursday, September 21st 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Larry Poncino, Bruce Dreckman, Mike Dimuro
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 3 Red Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Red Sox: 2
ERRORS- J.Varitek
HOME RUNS- J.Morneau(35th), J.Bartlett(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Bartlett(15th)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Hunter
WALKS- L.Castillo, J.Mauer, T.Hunter, J.Tyner, J.Bartlett, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz,
W.Pena
STRIKE OUTS- N.Punto-3, T.Hunter, R.White, D.Pedroia, T.Nixon, G.Kapler,
A.Gonzalez, C.Pena
GIDP- J.Tyner, J.Bartlett, M.Lowell
BALKS- C.Breslow
Johan Santana(21-7) and Josh Beckett(16-12) treated the Boston fans to a fine
pitching duel at Fenway Park. The Minnesota Twins eventually emerged as
victors over the Boston Red Sox by the score of 4 to 0.
Minnesota tallied 2 runs in the 3rd inning. That was all Santana needed.
Minnesota managed only 5 on the night.
Santana got help from Joe Nathan who was credited with his 47th save.
posted by spooky @ 4:49 PM,
