Red Sox 5, Twins 10
For the first time in this series the hometown fans had something to cheer about. Hurst got shelled again, this time the victim of Kirby Puckett’s grand slam in the 4th inning. Gene Larkin added a two-run double in the 6th off Sellers to extend the Twins lead to 10-1. With the huge lead, Kelly removed Viola for Atherton. He became uneasy about his decision as Atherton proceeded to give up four runs, thanks in part to a three-run blast by Ellis Burks in the 8th. Not taking any chances, Berenguer and Reardon got the last three outs to seal the victory.
With a 3-1 lead in the series, the Twins will try to wrap things up tomorrow in front of their home fans.
Boxscore and play-by-play below the fold.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1988 Boston 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 10 0 7 1
1988 Minnesota 1 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 x 10 13 0 8 1
Boston AB R H BI AVG Minnesota AB R H BI AVG
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 1 .333 Gladden lf 5 2 2 2 .455
Barrett 2b 5 1 2 1 .278 Herr 2b 4 2 2 1 .500
Rice dh 3 0 1 0 .286 Puckett cf 4 2 2 4 .176
Benzinger ph 2 0 0 0 .429 Gaetti 3b 5 0 1 1 .167
Greenwell lf 3 1 1 0 .438 Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 0 .429
Burks cf 4 1 2 3 .188 Larkin dh 5 1 2 2 .308
Parrish 1b 4 0 0 0 .167 Laudner c 2 1 0 0 .333
Cerone c 2 1 1 0 .250 Gagne ss 4 0 1 0 .400
Reed ph 1 0 0 0 .143 Moses rf 3 2 2 0 .294
Gedman c 1 1 1 0 .375 36 10 13 10
Owen ss 2 0 0 0 .000
Romine rf 2 0 0 0 .000
Evans ph 2 0 0 0 .533
36 5 10 5
Boston INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hurst L 0-2 3.1 9 7 7 2 4 82 51 12.00
Sellers 4.1 4 3 3 4 5 77 42 6.23
Gardner 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
8.0 13 10 10 6 9 160 94
Minnesota INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Viola W 2-0 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 67 45 2.02
Atherton H 1 2.0 3 4 4 2 2 53 30 9.82
Berenguer 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 14 7 0.00
Reardon 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 0.00
9.0 10 5 5 3 6 140 85
Bos: Reed batted for Cerone in the 7th
Evans batted for Romine in the 7th
Gedman inserted at c in the 7th
Evans moved to rf in the 7th
Benzinger batted for Rice in the 8th
2B-Herr, Larkin, Moses. HR-Burks(1), Puckett(1). SB-Gagne(1). K-Parrish,
Cerone, Owen 2, Benzinger 2, Herr, Puckett, Gaetti 4, Hrbek, Laudner, Gagne.
BB-Greenwell, Owen 2, Herr, Puckett, Hrbek, Laudner 2, Moses. WP-Sellers,
Berenguer.
GWRBI: Gaetti
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.
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************** Top of the 1st inning, Boston batting
0-0 0 — 21 Boggs grounded out to short (CBBX)
0-0 1 — 00 Barrett popped out to right (X)
0-0 2 — 11 Rice grounded a single between third and short (BFX)
0-0 2 1– 10 Greenwell flied out to left (BX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Minnesota batting
0-0 0 — 01 Gladden grounded out to second (FX)
0-0 1 — 32 Herr grounded a double down the first base line (CBFBFBX)
0-0 1 -2- 21 Puckett lined a single to center, Herr to third (BBFX)
0-0 1 1-3 22 Gaetti lined a single between third and short, Herr
scored, Puckett to second (F1BFBX)
0-1 1 12- 32 Hrbek struck out (CBBBCS)
0-1 2 12- 00 Larkin flied out to right (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Boston batting
0-1 0 — 00 Burks grounded out to short (X)
0-1 1 — 01 Parrish grounded out to third (CX)
0-1 2 — 12 Cerone struck out (CBSC)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Minnesota batting
0-1 0 — 12 Laudner lined out to first (BSCX)
0-1 1 — 11 Gagne lined a single to right (CBX)
0-1 1 1– 10 Gagne stole second (1B>B)
0-1 1 -2- 30 Moses walked (1B>B.BB)
0-1 1 12- 01 Gladden flied out to left, Gagne to third (CX)
0-1 2 1-3 22 Herr struck out (1SCFBFBFFFS)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Boston batting
0-1 0 — 12 Owen struck out (BFSS)
0-1 1 — 11 Romine flied out to right (BFX)
0-1 2 — 12 Boggs popped out to third (BCCX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Minnesota batting
0-1 0 — 12 Puckett grounded out to third (CBSX)
0-1 1 — 02 Gaetti struck out (CCS)
0-1 2 — 10 Hrbek grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Boston batting
0-1 0 — 22 Barrett flied out to left (CBCBX)
0-1 1 — 00 Rice flied out to center (X)
0-1 2 — 01 Greenwell reached on an infield single to second (CX)
0-1 2 1– 21 Burks lined a single to left, Greenwell to second (1SBpBX)
0-1 2 12- 22 Parrish flied out to center (CBCBFX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Minnesota batting
0-1 0 — 20 Larkin lined a single to right (BBX)
0-1 0 1– 32 Laudner walked, Larkin to second (BFBFBFB)
0-1 0 12- 32 Gagne struck out (BbSBBFS)
0-1 1 12- 10 Moses singled to shallow center, Larkin to third, Laudner
to second (B>X)
0-1 1 123 12 Gladden grounded a single between first and second,
Larkin scored, Laudner to third, Moses to second (CBSX)
0-2 1 123 01 Herr reached on an infield single to short, Laudner
scored, Moses to third, Gladden to second (SX)
0-3 1 123 00 Puckett homered deep to left, Moses scored, Gladden
scored, Herr scored (X)
Sellers now pitching
0-7 1 — 12 Gaetti struck out (FFBS)
0-7 2 — 22 Hrbek lined out to left (BCFBX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Boston batting
0-7 0 — 20 Cerone lined a single to right center (BBX)
0-7 0 1– 32 Owen walked, Cerone to second (BCBBFB)
0-7 0 12- 02 Romine grounded into a double play, Hrbek to Gagne to
Hrbek, Cerone to third (FSX)
0-7 2 –3 10 Boggs grounded a single up the middle, Cerone scored (BX)
1-7 2 1– 00 Barrett flied out to center (X)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Minnesota batting
1-7 0 — 10 Larkin flied out to right (BX)
1-7 1 — 30 Laudner walked (BBBB)
1-7 1 1– 21 Gagne grounded into a double play, Owen to Barrett to
Parrish (CBBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Boston batting
1-7 0 — 00 Rice grounded out to third (X)
1-7 1 — 10 Greenwell lined out to left (BX)
1-7 2 — 02 Burks grounded out to second (CCX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Minnesota batting
1-7 0 — 10 Moses lined a double to left center (BX)
1-7 0 -2- 00 Gladden grounded a single up the middle, Moses scored (X)
1-8 0 1– 10 Sellers threw a wild pitch, Gladden to second (BB)
1-8 0 -2- 31 Herr grounded out to short (BB.FBX)
1-8 1 -2- 32 Puckett walked (BCBBSFB)
1-8 1 12- 12 Gaetti struck out (CFBS)
1-8 2 12- 30 Hrbek walked, Gladden to third, Puckett to second (BBBB)
1-8 2 123 10 Larkin lined a double to right center, Gladden scored,
Puckett scored, Hrbek to third (BX)
1-10 2 -23 12 Laudner struck out (FBCFS)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Boston batting
Atherton now pitching
1-10 0 — 32 Parrish struck out (BSBBFC)
Reed pinch hitting for Cerone
1-10 1 — 12 Reed popped out to left (BCCX)
1-10 2 — 32 Owen walked (CBBFFBFFB)
Evans pinch hitting for Romine
1-10 2 1– 11 Evans popped out to third (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Minnesota batting
Gedman now playing catcher
Evans moved to right field
1-10 0 — 00 Gagne flied out to center (X)
1-10 1 — 00 Moses popped out to third (X)
1-10 2 — 22 Gladden grounded out to second (BBCFX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Boston batting
1-10 0 — 21 Boggs popped out to short (BBFX)
1-10 1 — 12 Barrett lined a single to shallow left (BCFX)
Benzinger pinch hitting for Rice
1-10 1 1– 02 Benzinger struck out (CFS)
1-10 2 1– 30 Greenwell walked, Barrett to second (BBBB)
1-10 2 12- 20 Burks homered deep down the left-field line, Barrett
scored, Greenwell scored (BBX)
4-10 2 — 22 Parrish flied out to right (FBFBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Minnesota batting
4-10 0 — 32 Herr walked (SBFBFBFFB)
4-10 0 1– 12 Puckett struck out (FSBFS)
4-10 1 1– 32 Gaetti struck out (CBBBCC)
4-10 2 1– 00 Hrbek grounded a single between first and second, Herr to
second (X)
Gardner now pitching
4-10 2 12- 00 Larkin popped out to the mound (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Boston batting
4-10 0 — 32 Gedman grounded a single up the middle (FFBBFFBX)
Berenguer now pitching
4-10 0 1– 01 Berenguer threw a wild pitch, Gedman to second (CB)
4-10 0 -2- 32 Owen struck out (CB.BSBS)
4-10 1 -2- 20 Evans flied out to left (BBX)
4-10 2 -2- 00 Boggs grounded a single between first and second, Gedman
to third (X)
4-10 2 1-3 21 Barrett lined a single to shallow center, Gedman scored,
Boggs to second (BFBX)
Reardon now pitching
5-10 2 12- 32 Benzinger struck out (CBBBS>C)
