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

BATTERIES: MIN - JOHAN SANTANA, BOB WELLS (6TH), LATROY HAWKINS (8TH) AND AJ
                 PIERZYNSKI

           BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD, UGUETH URBINA (9TH) AND DOUG
                 MIRABELLI


            WP - TIM WAKEFIELD (6-4)
            LP - JOHAN SANTANA (6-4)
          SAVE - UGUETH URBINA (28)

HOME RUNS: MIN - NONE

           BOS - NONE

     TIME: 2:28     ATT: 33,470

PROBABLES: BAL - SCOTT ERICKSON (5-10, 4.80)
           MIN - RICK REED (9-6, 4.63)

PROBABLES: BOS - JOHN BURKETT (10-5, 4.19)
           SEA - JOEL PINEIRO (11-4, 3.26)



Box Score
MINNESOTA (1) VS BOSTON (3) - FINAL

MINNESOTA              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Jones lf              4  0  0  0   0  3   1  .282
C Guzman ss             4  1  1  0   0  0   1  .270
T Hunter cf             4  0  1  1   0  0   0  .306
D Ortiz dh              3  0  0  0   0  3   1  .272
D Mohr rf               3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .296
D Mientkiewicz 1b       3  0  0  0   0  1   2  .251
D Hocking 3b            3  0  0  0   0  1   1  .251
A Pierzynski c          3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .309
L Rivas 2b              3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .272

Totals                 30  1  4  1   0  8   6

BATTING: 2B - C Guzman (22, T Wakefield). RBI - T Hunter (73). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - D Mientkiewicz 1. GIDP - C Guzman. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - L Rivas (3, 2nd base by T Wakefield/D Mirabelli).


BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
R Henderson lf          3  0  0  0   1  2   2  .230
J Damon cf              3  2  1  1   1  0   2  .295
N Garciaparra ss        3  0  1  1   1  1   0  .316
M Ramirez dh            4  0  1  0   0  1   0  .310
S Hillenbrand 3b        3  0  0  1   0  0   2  .305
D Mirabelli c           4  0  0  0   0  2   3  .224
T Nixon rf              3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .268
T Clark 1b              3  0  0  0   0  2   1  .220
L Merloni 2b            2  1  1  0   1  0   1  .266

Totals                 28  3  5  3   4  8  11

BATTING: 2B - L Merloni (8, J Santana); J Damon (26, J Santana); N Garciaparra
(39, L Hawkins). SF - S Hillenbrand. RBI - J Damon (54), S Hillenbrand (67), N
Garciaparra (95). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, D
Mirabelli 2. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - T Clark (5, throw). DP: 1 (L Merloni-T Clark).


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    MINNESOTA       - 000 000 100   --   1
    BOSTON          - 000 002 01x   --   3
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MINNESOTA                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Santana (L, 6-4)            5 1/3   3   2   2   3   7   0   3.36
B Wells                       1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   5.65
L Hawkins                     1       1   1   1   1   1   0   2.24

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
T Wakefield (W, 6-4)          8       4   1   1   0   7   0   3.39
U Urbina (S, 28)              1       0   0   0   0   1   0   3.43

WP - J Santana. Pitches-strikes: J Santana 87-55; B Wells 23-12; L Hawkins
18-11; T Wakefield 98-67; U Urbina 10-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Santana 2-7;
B Wells 1-4; L Hawkins 2-0; T Wakefield 5-11; U Urbina 1-1. Batters faced: J
Santana 22; B Wells 6; L Hawkins 5; T Wakefield 27; U Urbina 3.

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

T--2:28. Att--33,470. 
Weather: 90 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, right to
left.

AL        MINNESOTA AT BOSTON
          NOTE: MINNESOTA'S CRISTIAN GUZMAN EXTENDED HIS HITTING
          STREAK TO 10 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE SEVENTH INNING.

AL        MINNESOTA AT BOSTON
          NOTE: BOSTON'S NOMAR GARCIAPARRA EXTENDED HIS HITTING
          STREAK TO 10 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE EIGHTH INNING.