BATTING
2B: Mientkiewicz (5, Crawford).
HR: Rivas (2, 1st inning off Crawford 0 on, 1 out); Lawton (2, 7th inning off Wakefield 0 on, 2 out).
Rbi: Rivas (7), D Ortiz (16), T Hunter (3), Lawton (6).
2-out rbi: Lawton.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Jones 1, D Hocking 1, Pierzynski 1.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: T Hunter (1, 2nd base off Wakefield/Hatteberg).

BOSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Stynes 2b Offerman 1b Everett cf M Ramirez dh Bichette lf T Nixon pr-rf Hatteberg c Hillenbrand 3b Lansing ss C Grebeck ss D Lewis rf-lf Totals	5 4 4 5 3 1 4 4 3 1 4 38	3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 9	3 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 14	0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8	0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5	0 1 2 1 4 2 5 3 0 0 1 19	.357 .318 .316 .429 .263 .211 .182 .321 .235 .069 .212

BATTING
2B: Offerman (6, Romero); C Grebeck (1, Travis Miller); D Lewis (2, Travis Miller).
HR: Everett (3, 2nd inning off M Redman 3 on, 2 out); Bichette (1, 5th inning off Romero 0 on, 2 out).
Rbi: Everett 5 (14), Bichette (2), D Lewis (4), M Ramirez (22).
2-out rbi: Everett 4, Bichette, M Ramirez.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hatteberg 2, Hillenbrand 2, T Nixon 1.
Team LOB: 8.

Pitching

MINNESOTA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
M Redman (L, 1-2) Romero Guardado Travis Miller	1 2/3 4 2/3 2/3 1	7 4 0 3	5 2 0 2	5 2 0 2	1 1 0 1	2 2 0 1	1 1 0 0	5.75 8.56 9.53 9.82

BOSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Crawford (W, 2-0) Wakefield (S, 2)	5 4	6 2	3 1	3 1	2 0	3 5	1 1	2.55 1.80

WP: M Redman 2.
Ibb: Bichette (by Romero).
Pitches-strikes: Crawford 94-60; Wakefield 51-35; M Redman 49-31; Romero 57-38; Guardado 5-3; Travis Miller 19-12.
Ground balls-fly balls: Crawford 7-5; Wakefield 3-4; M Redman 2-1; Romero 9-3; Guardado 0-2;: Travis Miller 2-0.
Batters faced: Crawford 23; Wakefield 14;: M Redman 13; Romero 19; Guardado 2; Travis Miller 7.
Umpires: HP: Dana Demuth. 1B--Charlie Reliford. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Greg Gibson.
T: 2:49.
Att: 32,557.
Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph,: left to right.

3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 0

BOSTON 1ST
Stynes singled to left center. Offerman singled to shallow center, Stynes to second. Everett struck out swinging. M Ramirez singled to left, Stynes to third, Offerman to second. Bichette struck out swinging. Stynes scored, Offerman to third, M Ramirez to second on M Redman wild pitch. Hatteberg grounded out to first. 

1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 1

MINNESOTA 2ND
Pierzynski grounded out to shortstop. D Hocking flied out to left. Rivas struck out swinging. 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 1

BOSTON 2ND
Hillenbrand grounded out to second. Lansing singled to center. D Lewis flied out to left center. Stynes singled to center, Lansing to second. Lansing to third on M Redman wild pitch. Offerman walked, Stynes to second. Everett homered to left center, Lansing, Stynes and Offerman scored. M Ramirez singled to left. Jc Romero relieved Mark Redman. Bichette grounded out to third. 

4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 5

MINNESOTA 3RD
Lawton grounded out to first. Koskie grounded out to second. D Ortiz struck out swinging. 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 5

BOSTON 3RD
Hatteberg grounded out to first. Hillenbrand struck out swinging. Lansing grounded out to second. 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 5

MINNESOTA 4TH
T Hunter flied out to center. Mientkiewicz doubled to deep right. J Jones singled to right, Mientkiewicz to third. Pierzynski struck out swinging. D Hocking grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Jones out at second. 

0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 5

BOSTON 4TH
D Lewis lined out to third. Stynes lined out to third. Offerman grounded out to first. 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 5

MINNESOTA 5TH
Rivas popped out to second. Lawton singled to right. Koskie flied out to right. D Ortiz grounded out to first. 

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 5

BOSTON 5TH
Everett grounded out to shortstop. M Ramirez flied out to center. Bichette homered to left center. Hatteberg grounded out to second. 

1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 6

MINNESOTA 6TH
Tim Wakefield relieved Paxton Crawford. T Hunter singled to left. Mientkiewicz struck out swinging. T Hunter stole second. J Jones grounded out to first, T Hunter to third. Pierzynski grounded out to third. 

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 6

BOSTON 6TH
Hillenbrand grounded out to first. Lansing grounded out to first. D Lewis struck out looking. 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 3, Boston 6

MINNESOTA 7TH
D Hocking flied out to center. Rivas popped out to second. Lawton homered to right. Koskie struck out swinging. 

1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Minnesota 4, Boston 6

BOSTON 7TH
Stynes singled to right. Offerman doubled to deep left center, Stynes to third. Everett singled to left, Stynes scored, Offerman to third. M Ramirez grounded out to third, Everett to second. Bichette intentionally walked. T Nixon ran for Bichette. Eddie Guardado relieved Jc Romero. Hatteberg flied out to left. Hillenbrand lined out to first. 

1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 4, Boston 7

MINNESOTA 8TH
D Ortiz flied out to deep right. T Hunter struck out swinging. Mientkiewicz grounded out to first. 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 4, Boston 7

BOSTON 8TH
Travis Miller relieved Eddie Guardado. C Grebeck doubled to right. D Lewis doubled to right, C Grebeck scored. Stynes grounded out to first, D Lewis to third. Offerman grounded out to third. Everett walked. M Ramirez singled to left, D Lewis scored, Everett to second. T Nixon struck out swinging. 

2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 4, Boston 9

MINNESOTA 9TH
J Jones popped out to center. Pierzynski struck out swinging. D Hocking struck out swinging. 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Minnesota 4, Boston 9

BOSTON (AP) – Carl Everett knocked down the surprising Minnesota Twins with a grand slam over the Green Monster. Everett's drive gave the Boston Red Sox the lead for good in the second inning, and they went on to a 9-4 win Tuesday night in the matchup of division leaders.
Everett's sixth career grand slam made the score 5-3 on a fastball from Mark Redman (1-2), who earlier had fooled Everett on changeups.
"He just didn't get away with the one pitch to Everett," Twins manager Tom Kelly said. "Carl deposited it where he's supposed to and that changed the game."
But the Twins, who began the night with baseball's best record at 14-3 after having the AL's worst record last year, remained optimistic.
"We're still on a roll," said Redman, who allowed five runs, seven hits and two wild pitches in 1 2/3 innings. "One game's not going to make a difference."
The Twins, with baseball's lowest payroll, are 10-2 in their last 12 games and lead the AL Central by three games over Cleveland.
Boston, with baseball's second highest payroll, is 14-6 after winning seven of its last nine and leads the AL East by one game over Toronto.
Paxton Crawford (2-0) pitched four scoreless innings after allowing three runs in the first, and Tim Wakefield worked the last four for his second save, giving up only Matt Lawton's second homer of the season.
"If we continue like this, who knows what may happen," Everett said. "I've been trying to do too much. I've been overswinging. I'm still climbing and not where I should be but I'll get there."
Everett also singled in a run in the seventh before Boston scored two in the eighth on run-scoring hits by Darren Lewis (a double) and Manny Ramirez (a single).
Ramirez went 3-for-5 for the second straight game and leads the AL with a .429 batting average and 22 RBI.
Minnesota struck first in the opening inning when Luis Rivas hit his second homer of the season. Lawton then walked, took second on Corey Koskie's single and scored on David Ortiz's single. Koskie came in on Torii Hunter's groundout.
"I was nervous and jumping up and down in the first inning," Crawford said. "After the first, I settled down and got in a groove."
The Red Sox loaded the bases in the first on singles by Chris Stynes, Jose Offerman and Ramirez. Stynes scored on a wild pitch.
Boston took charge on Everett's grand slam, his third homer of the year, after singles by Mike Lansing and Stynes and a walk to Offerman.
"It was like a big weight was lifted off my shoulders," Crawford said.
Dante Bichette's first homer of the year put Boston ahead 6-3 against J.C. Romero in the fifth. Lawton's second homer made it 6-4 in the seventh.
Game notes
Ramirez is 33-for-54 when he puts the ball in play. He's struck out 23 times. He's reached base in all 20 games. ... Twins SS Cristian Guzman missed his first game of the season with a dislocated left ring finger. Denny Hocking started in his place. ... Boston 3B Shea Hillenbrand's second nine-game hitting streak ended. He's hit safely in 18 of his 20 games. ... John Valentin, recovering from major knee surgery last May, went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI Tuesday night for Pawtucket in the International League team's 4-3 win over Syracuse. ... A win would have given Minnesota baseball's best start since Milwaukee went 17-1 in 1987.
 

Boston (Ticker) — Even when the Boston Red Sox starters struggle early, they find a way to right the ship.
Paxton Crawford rebounded from a rough start to throw five solid innings and Carl Everett hit his sixth career grand slam as the Boston Red Sox posted a 9-4 triumph over the Minnesota Twins.
Crawford (2-0) allowed three runs in the first inning to put Boston in a hole but held the red-hot Twins scoreless over the next four frames. The rookie righthander allowed six hits and two walks, struck out three and lowered his ERA to 2.55.
Boston continues to get great production from its revamped pitching staff. Ace Pedro Martinez is 2-0 and the other four starters have combined to go 7-2, a far cry from 2000, when the Red Sox struggled to find a No. 2 starter behind the three-time Cy Young Award winner.
”I was a little anxious and nervous at first but you learn something from every start,” Crawford said. ”Tonight, I learned that after warming up in the bullpen, I needed to come into the dugout and take it easy. I’m the type of pitcher that needs to relax and gather myself. I wasn’t gathering myself in the first inning. After that, I got back into the groove.”
Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, who has benefited from a steady role due to the solid starting pitching, allowed a run and two hits over the final four innings to earn his second save.
Boston trailed 3-1 in the second when Mike Lansing singled with one out against Minnesota starter Mark Redman (1-2). After Darren Lewis flied out, Chris Stynes — who was activated from the disabled list prior to the game — singled. Jose Offerman walked and Everett hit his third homer of the season for a 5-3 cushion.
”We were down, Paxton needed a lift,” Everett said. ”I had a real bad at-bat the at-bat before. I tried to be a little more patient. I got a pitch where I pretty much like it. I thought the wind was going to knock it down but I had enough of it.”
”In the second inning, we let the game switch around on us,” Twins manager Tom Kelly said. ”We just couldn’t make enough pitches to be successful. Obviously, everybody saw the pitch to Everett wasn’t the best pitch in the world and he deposited it into the net. And that really switched the game around on us because pretty much after that, the Red Sox were in control.”
Redman was tagged for five runs and seven hits in 1 2/3 innings as Minnesota had its five-game winning streak snapped. In three career starts against Boston, Redman has allowed 15 earned runs and 19 hits in 7 2/3 innings.
”That was a mistake pitch,” Redman said of the pitch Everett hit over the ”Green Monster.” ”I made him look bad on a changeup. I should have thrown another changeup. I tried to get a little greedy, get another strike. I think he just got geared up to hit a home run.”
The Twins took a 3-0 lead in the opening inning. Rookie Luis Rivas homered with one out and Crawford promptly walked Matt Lawton, surrendered an infield single to Corey Koskie and allowed an RBI base hit to David Ortiz. A groundout by Torii Hunter made it 3-0.
After Boston took a 5-3 lead, Minnesota had a chance to knot the game in the fourth. Doug Mientkiewicz doubled with one out and Jacque Jones singled. But Crawford struck out A.J. Pierzynski and got Denny Hocking to bounce out.
”I got my changeup back after the first inning,” Crawford said. ”I was gripping it too tight. I was all nervous. I was too aggressive, trying to push the changeup. I needed to back off a little bit. I loosened up and just let my arm work. That was the whole key.”
Dante Bichette homered with one out in the fifth to push the lead to 6-3 but Lawton homered in the seventh for Minnesota.
”It just felt good to contribute, to get out there and swing the bat,” Bichette said. ”I told myself that if I’m going to swing at the pitch, swing to hit the pitch. There’s a big difference when you see the ball.”
Everett had an RBI single in the seventh and Darren Lewis and Manny Ramirez delivered RBI base hits in the eighth.
Boston got on the board in the bottom of the first when Redman uncorked a wild pitch that scored Stynes.
Minnesota has lost nine of its last 11 games against Boston.

Sox dismiss hype: Hot Twins get pounded
by Jeff Horrigan
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Outside of sold-out Fenway Park last night, scalpers were asking for premium markups on tickets that were already the most expensive in the major leagues.
 Inside the hallowed baseball grounds - down the runway and in the cramped visitors clubhouse - players casually chatted about their impending appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which hits the newsstands today.
 Remarkably, the New York Yankees were nowhere in the vicinity of Boston.
 Thanks to the best start in the major leagues this season, it was the Minnesota Twins who were the talk of the town, if not the nation. Last night, however, the Red Sox brought them back to reality with a 9-4 victory that ended the Twins' five-game winning streak.
 The Twins jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning against Sox starter Paxton Crawford (2-0) but saw the lead evaporate in the unseasonable, record temperatures. Carl Everett belted a second-inning grand slam off Mark Redman (1-2) that put the Sox ahead for the duration of the evening.
 ``We've just got to play our game and not worry about how hot the other team is,'' said Everett, who went 2-for-4 and knocked in a season-high five runs. ``A lot of people were not expecting this from them but they've got a lot of young talent. Just because they don't have big names, teams might take them for granted but teams like the Twins, Montreal and even the Marlins go out there and try to beat your brains out.''
 The win, the Red Sox' seventh in the last nine games, was even more gratifying due to the deflating nature of Sunday's loss in New York. For the fifth time, the Sox rebounded from a difficult defeat with an emphatic victory.
 ``Maybe we just put things in perspective and look at the game in hand,'' manager Jimy Williams said. ``There's nothing you can do about a game you've already played. We've been in just about every game other than one. You really can't ask for more from a team because we've certainly bounced back as a group.''
 Arriving for their only visit (due to the unbalanced schedule) on the heels of their fourth series sweep in three weeks, the Twins had already made it clear that they would no longer be playing the patsy for the rest of the league.
 They provided a Cliff Notes version of their 14-3 start in the first inning, when they took advantage of Crawford's spotty command and jumped to a 3-0 lead. Luis Rivas lined a one-out homer into the Twins' bullpen and Crawford walked Matt Lawton and allowed an infield hit to Corey Koskie before David Ortiz bounced a RBI single to right. Torii Hunter followed with a run-scoring grounder that made it to 3-0 and cast a hush over the stunned crowd.
 Crawford settled down and followed with four scoreless innings before Tim Wakefield wrapped things up with four solid frames for his second save. Crawford's early jitters were nothing compared to Redman, who was hammered for five runs on seven hits, a walk and two wild pitches in only 1 innings.
 The Sox loaded the bases in the bottom of the first on singles by Chris Stynes (3-for-5), Jose Offerman (2-for-4) and Manny Ramirez (3-for-5) but scored only one run, provided by a Redman wild pitch.
 They didn't, however, let the opportunity slip away in the second inning. The Red Sox loaded the bases again on singles by Mike Lansing and Stynes, followed by a two-out Offerman walk. Everett, who struck out on three pitches in the first inning, made up for the ugly at-bat with his sixth career grand slam. His high fly ball just cleared the top of the Green Monster, pushing the Sox ahead, 5-3. It was Everett's second grand slam in two seasons in Boston. He also accomplished the feat vs. Kansas City last June 1.
 

Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Carl Everett hit a grand slam and knocked in five runs as the Boston Red Sox started a six-game homestand with a 9-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Manny Ramirez and Chris Stynes both finished 3-for-5 for the Red Sox, who have won two of their last three games. 
Dante Bichette also homered and Jose Offerman finished 2-for-4, helping Boston improve to 9-2 at Fenway Park this season. 
Luis Rivas and Matt Lawton each homered for Minnesota, which lost for only the fourth time in 18 games this season. 
Red Sox starter Paxton Crawford (2-0) picked up his second win of the season, despite giving up three runs on six hits with two walks in five innings. He also struck out three. Tim Wakefield recorded his second save of the season with four innings of one-run, two-hit relief. 
The Red Sox erased a 3-1 deficit with a four-run second inning. Mike Lansing and Stynes hit singles and Offerman walked to load the bases for Everett, who sent an 0-1 pitch over the Green Monster for a 5-3 Boston lead. 
Lifetime, Everett was 30-for-76 with five home runs and 90 RBI with the bases loaded heading into the game. 
Ramirez followed with a hard single to left, ending Minnesota starter Mark Redman's night. Redman (1-2) pitched only 1 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits with a walk and two strikeouts. 
Bichette crushed his first home run of the season with two outs in the bottom of the fifth for a 6-3 lead. 
Lawton homered off Wakefield in the top of the seventh to make it a 6-4 game, but the Red Sox added three more runs and the Boston knuckleballer retired the final seven batters he faced. 
Stynes, who was activated off the disabled list Tuesday, started the bottom of the seventh with his third hit and Offerman followed with his sixth double of the season. Everett then singled home Stynes for a 7-4 edge. 
Boston tacked on two more in the eighth. Craig Grebeck led off the inning with a double and scored on a double by Darren Lewis, who later scored the final run of the inning on a single by Ramirez. 
Minnesota took a 3-0 lead in the first. Rivas drilled his second homer of the season over the right field wall for the first run of the inning. David Ortiz added a run-scoring single and Torii Hunter knocked in another run with a groundout. Crawford faced eight batters en route to a 40-pitch first inning. 
The Red Sox responded in the bottom of the first, loading the bases on back- to-back singles by Stynes and Offerman and a one-out base hit by Ramirez. Bichette, who was 50-for-139 lifetime with the bases loaded, struck out, but Stynes scored on a wild pitch to bring Boston within 3-1. 
Game Notes 
Boston rookie Shea Hillenbrand went 0-for-4, ending a nine-game hitting streak...J.C. Romero and Travis Miller both allowed two runs in relief for Minnesota...Lawton finished 2-for-3...Three of Minnesota's losses this year have come on the road...John Valentin hit two home runs for Pawtucket in an injury assignment. Valentin is coming off patella tendon surgery...Stynes was activated off the 15-day disabled list after recovering from an injured hamstring. 
04/24 22:53:20 ET
 
 

Twins flunk their first big test

BOSTON -- Carl Everett helped bring the Minnesota Twins back to earth, if only for a night. The Red Sox center fielder drove in a season-high five runs, which included his sixth career grand slam, to lead Boston past Minnesota, 9-4, at Fenway Park.