Minnesota 6 Boston 2
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
BOSTON              0  1  0   0  0  0   1  0  0     2  8  0
MINNESOTA           1  1  0   1  0  0   0  3  x     6 10  0      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BOS - JOHN BURKETT, CHRIS HANEY (8TH) AND JASON VARITEK

           MIN - RICK REED, J.C. ROMERO (8TH), EDDIE GUARDADO
                 (9TH) AND AJ PIERZYNSKI


            WP - RICK REED (11-6)
            LP - JOHN BURKETT (10-7)
          SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BOS - CLIFF FLOYD (3) OFF RICK REED IN THE 7TH, 0 ON

           MIN - DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ (9) OFF JOHN BURKETT IN THE 2ND, 0 ON



     TIME: 2:33     ATT: 37,196

PROBABLES: TEX - JOAQUIN BENOIT (2-2, 4.70)
           BOS - DEREK LOWE (17-5, 2.29)

PROBABLES: MIN - BRAD RADKE (4-3, 5.09)
           CHA - GARY GLOVER (5-5, 4.50)



Box Score
BOSTON (2) VS MINNESOTA (6) - FINAL

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Damon cf              4  0  0  0   0  2   1  .288
T Nixon rf              4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .267
S Hillenbrand 3b        4  0  2  0   0  1   0  .302
M Ramirez lf            3  1  1  0   1  0   1  .321
 R Henderson pr-lf      0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .242
C Floyd dh              4  1  1  1   0  2   3  .356
J Varitek c             4  0  1  0   0  2   2  .269
B Daubach 1b            3  0  1  1   0  1   1  .265
 a-C Baerga ph          1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .313
L Merloni 2b            4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .260
R Sanchez ss            4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .296

Totals                 35  2  8  2   1  9  13

a-singled to left for B Daubach in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - M Ramirez (18, R Reed); J Varitek (22, R Reed); S Hillenbrand (31,
J Romero). HR - C Floyd (3, 7th inning off R Reed 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - B Daubach (56),
C Floyd (3). 2-out RBI - B Daubach. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Sanchez 1,
C Floyd 1. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Varitek-S Hillenbrand).


MINNESOTA              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Jones lf              3  1  1  0   1  1   0  .287
C Guzman ss             4  1  1  0   0  0   2  .270
C Koskie 3b             4  0  2  0   0  0   1  .276
D Ortiz dh              3  1  1  1   0  2   3  .276
T Hunter cf             4  2  2  1   0  0   1  .305
D Mientkiewicz 1b       4  1  3  2   0  0   0  .257
D Mohr rf               2  0  0  0   2  0   0  .289
A Pierzynski c          3  0  0  2   0  0   3  .302
L Rivas 2b              4  0  0  0   0  1   4  .258

Totals                 31  6 10  6   3  4  14

BATTING: 2B - D Mientkiewicz (22, C Haney). HR - D Mientkiewicz (9, 2nd inning
off J Burkett 0 on, 0 Out). SF - D Ortiz, A Pierzynski. RBI - D Ortiz (60),
D Mientkiewicz 2 (60), A Pierzynski 2 (41), T Hunter (75). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - L Rivas 2. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: CS - C Guzman (13, 3rd base by J Burkett/J Varitek).


----------------------------------------------------
    BOSTON          - 010 000 100   --   2
    MINNESOTA       - 110 100 03x   --   6
----------------------------------------------------

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Burkett (L, 10-7)           7 1/3   9   6   6   2   4   1   4.68
C Haney                         2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   4.20

MINNESOTA                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
R Reed (W, 11-6)              7       6   2   2   0   7   1   4.24
J Romero (H, 25)              1       1   0   0   1   2   0   1.61
E Guardado                    1       1   0   0   0   0   0   2.67

IBB - M Ramirez (by J Romero), D Mohr (by C Haney). Pitches-strikes:
J Burkett 93-61; C Haney 13-7; R Reed 96-75; J Romero 18-10; E Guardado 14-9.
Ground balls-fly balls: J Burkett 8-9; C Haney 1-1; R Reed 6-8; J Romero 1-0;
E Guardado 1-2. Batters faced: J Burkett 32; C Haney 4; R Reed 27; J Romero 5;
E Guardado 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Rick Reed.

T--2:33. Att--37,196.
Weather: INDOORS

AL        BOSTON AT MINNESOTA
          NOTE: BOSTON'S RICKEY HENDERSON MOVED INTO FOURTH PLACE
          ALL-TIME IN GAMES PLAYED IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY WITH 3,034 BY
          PINCH-RUNNING IN THE EIGHTH INNING, PASSING TY COBB.



AL        BOSTON AT MINNESOTA
          NOTE: MINNESOTA'S CRISTIAN GUZMAN EXTENDED HIS HITTING
          STREAK TO 16 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH
          INNING.