Boston's backups scored seven runs in eight innings
with the help of three walks and a wild pitch, and the
Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 9-4 in a split-squad
game Monday at the City of Palms Park in Fort Myers.

The Twins scored an unearned run in the first on
Justin Morneau's RBI single. They made it 3-0 on a
two-run homer by former Boston infielder Jose Offerman
in the third against Carlos Morla.

Offerman also doubled in the first but didn't score.

The Twins made it 4-1 in the fourth on a triple by B.J
Garbe and a run-scoring groundout by Cristian Guzman.

Kevin Tolar was wild in allowing five runs in
one-third of an inning while suffering the loss for
the Twins.

Jacque Jones and Joe Mauer each had singles in the
last five innings and Henry Blanco recorded a double,
but the Twins could not convert stranding six men
during the course of the game.

MINNESOTA AB R H BI BOSTON AB R
H BI
S Stewart lf 3 0 0 0 J Damon cf 3 0
1 1
J Kubel lf 2 0 0 0 D Murphy cf 1 0
0 0
L Rivas 2b 4 1 0 0 T Shumpert ss 3 1
2 1
J Jones rf 2 1 1 0 H Ramirez ss 2 1
1 1
M Cuddyer rf 1 0 0 0 M Ramirez lf 3 0
1 0
J Morneau 1b 4 0 1 1 M Murton lf 2 0
1 2
J Offerman dh 4 1 2 2 D Ortiz 1b 3 0
0 0
C Koskie 3b 3 0 0 0 S McGowan 1b 2 1
1 0
J Mauer 3b 1 0 0 0 E Burks dh 3 0
0 0
J Mauer c 3 0 1 0 T Womack ph 0 1
0 0
H Blanco c 1 0 1 0 D Mirabelli c 2 0
0 0
B Garbe cf 4 1 1 0 M Hernandez c 2 1
0 1
C Guzman ss 3 0 1 1 K Youkilis 3b 2 2
1 0
A Prieto ss 1 0 0 0 C Febles 2b 3 1
1 1
J Owens rf 4 1
1 2
TOTALS 36 4 8 4 TOTALS 35 9
10 9

MINNESOTA 102 100 000 -- 4
BOSTON 001 100 07x -- 9

E--T Shumpert, J Jones.
DP--MINNESOTA 1.
LOB--MINNESOTA 6, BOSTON 7.
2B--J Damon, T Shumpert, H Blanco, J Offerman.
3B--B Garbe.
HR--T Shumpert 1 (1) (off K Lohse), J Offerman 1 (1)
(off C Morla).
SB--L Rivas 1 (1).
IP H R ER BB
SO HR
MINNESOTA
K Lohse 3 3 1 1 1
3 1
S Greisinger 2 3 1 1 0
1 0
J Romero 1 0 0 0 0
1 0
J Rincon 1 0 0 0 1
2 0
K Tolar (L,0-2) 1 1 5 5 3
0 0
P Munro 1 3 2 2 0
0 0
BOSTON
D Lowe 2 3 1 0 0
1 0
C Morla 1 1 2 2 1
0 1
T Wakefield 2 2 1 1 0
1 0
A Embree 1 1 0 0 0
1 0
T Hamulack 1 0 0 0 0
2 0
E Almonte (W,1-0) 2 1 0 0 0
1 0

WP--K Tolar.
SO--
MIN: J Kubel 2, B Garbe, C Guzman, J Morneau, L
Rivas.
BOS: E Burks, J Damon, D Mirabelli, M Ramirez, K
Youkilis, J Owens, M Murton.
BB--
MIN: J Jones.
BOS: K Youkilis 2, C Febles, D Murphy, T Womack.
T--2:35.
A--7,513.

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