Boston 2 Minnesota 0
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
MINNESOTA           0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0     0  4  0
BOSTON              0  2  0   0  0  0   0  0  x     2  9  0      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIN - JOE MAYS, TONY FIORE (8TH) AND AJ PIERZYNSKI

           BOS - PEDRO MARTINEZ, UGUETH URBINA (9TH) AND JASON
                 VARITEK


            WP - PEDRO MARTINEZ (16-2)
            LP - JOE MAYS (1-4)
          SAVE - UGUETH URBINA (27)

HOME RUNS: MIN - NONE

           BOS - NONE



     TIME: 2:22     ATT: 32,018

PROBABLES: MIN - JOHAN SANTANA (6-3, 3.36)
           BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD (5-4, 3.57)


Box Score
MINNESOTA (0) VS BOSTON (2) - FINAL

MINNESOTA              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Jones lf              4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .285
C Guzman ss             4  0  1  0   0  3   0  .270
C Koskie 3b             4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .285
D Ortiz dh              4  0  0  0   0  3   2  .275
T Hunter cf             3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .307
D Mientkiewicz 1b       3  0  1  0   0  1   0  .254
B Kielty rf             3  0  0  0   0  2   1  .301
A Pierzynski c          3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .312
D Hocking 2b            3  0  0  0   0  0   2  .255

Totals                 31  0  4  0   0 11   6

BATTING: 2B - C Guzman (21, P Martinez). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - D Hocking 1, D Ortiz 1. Team LOB - 4.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Guzman-D Hocking-D Mientkiewicz).


BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .295
T Nixon rf              4  0  0  0   0  3   1  .268
N Garciaparra ss        4  0  2  0   0  1   1  .316
M Ramirez dh            4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .311
C Floyd lf              3  1  1  0   0  0   1  .400
 T Clark 1b             1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .223
S Hillenbrand 3b        4  1  1  1   0  0   2  .307
J Varitek c             3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .275
B Daubach 1b-lf         3  0  0  0   0  1   2  .272
R Sanchez 2b            1  0  1  1   1  0   0  .290
 L Merloni 2b           1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .262

Totals                 32  2  9  2   1  5  12

BATTING: 2B - C Floyd (7, J Mays); S Hillenbrand (30, J Mays); L Merloni (7, J
Mays). RBI - S Hillenbrand (66), R Sanchez (29). 2-out RBI - R Sanchez. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, S Hillenbrand 1. GIDP - B Daubach.
Team LOB - 7.


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    MINNESOTA       - 000 000 000   --   0
    BOSTON          - 020 000 00x   --   2
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MINNESOTA                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Mays (L, 1-4)               7       7   2   2   1   4   0   7.17
T Fiore                       1       2   0   0   0   1   0   3.07

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
P Martinez (W, 16-2)          8       4   0   0   0   8   0   2.14
U Urbina (S, 27)              1       0   0   0   0   3   0   3.51

WP - J Mays. Pitches-strikes: J Mays 102-69; T Fiore 14-10; P Martinez
101-77; U Urbina 15-11. Ground balls-fly balls: J Mays 9-8; T Fiore 0-2; P
Martinez 14-2; U Urbina 0-0. Batters faced: J Mays 28; T Fiore 5; P Martinez
28; U Urbina 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Tony Randazzo. 1B--Bruce Froemming. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Larry
Poncino.

T--2:22. Att--32,018. 
Weather: 85 degrees, sunny. Wind: 10 mph, left to
right.

AL        MINNESOTA AT BOSTON
          NOTE: BOSTON'S REY SANCHEZ LEFT THE GAME IN THE SEVENTH
          INNING WITH FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS.


AL        MINNESOTA AT BOSTON
          NOTE: BOSTON'S CLIFF FLOYD LEFT THE GAME IN THE EIGHTH
          INNING WITH A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT HIP FLEXOR.