Carlos Zambrano makes his MSL debut against the Red Sox

Zambrano impressed in his debut giving up only 4 hits, striking out 5 in 6 2/3 innings. He was charged with the loss though as his Twins fell 2-1 to Boston. Jose Cruz, Jr. hit a 7th inning solo homerun against Zambrano, which ended up to be the difference.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2002 Boston Red Sox At 2002 Minnesota Twins                4/7/2002
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Young 2B          4  0  0  0 .111     I.Suzuki CF         5  0  2  0 .222  
  D.Bell 3B           4  0  2  0 .375     J.Spivey 2B         3  0  0  0 .143  
  N.Garciaparra SS    3  0  0  0 .429     P.Lo Duca C         5  0  1  0 .200  
  T.Nixon RF          3  0  0  0 .143     A.Huff DH           4  0  1  0 .250  
  M.Vaughn DH         4  0  0  0 .333     R.Fick RF           4  0  1  0 .143  
  J.Varitek C         4  1  1  0 .333     G.Colbrunn 1B,3B    4  1  1  1 .250  
  J.Gibbons LF        4  0  0  0 .000     Q.McCracken LF      4  0  2  0 .500  
  S.Spiezio 1B        2  0  0  0 .167     D.Berg 3B           3  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Cruz Jr. CF       3  1  2  2 .500   B-A.Cora PR,SS        0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          M.Bordick SS        2  0  1  0 .500  
                                        A-D.Ortiz PH,1B       1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  5  2                 Totals      35  1  9  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bordick In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Berg In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 0  -  2  5  0
Twins........... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  9  0
 
Red Sox (2-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Maroth WIN(1-0)         6       8   1   1   3   0   1   1.50
S.Reed HOLD(1st)          1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
M.Timlin HOLD(1st)        1       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
J.Smoltz SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       9   1   1   3   2   1
 
Twins (0-2)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Zambrano LOSS(0-1)      6 2/3   4   2   2   3   5   1   2.70
J.Witasick                2 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    9       5   2   2   3   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,298 DATE- Sunday, April 7th 2002 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Tim McClelland, Terry Craft, Phil Cuzzi, Paul Schrieber
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5  Twins:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Twins: 1
HOME RUNS- J.Cruz Jr.(1st), G.Colbrunn(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Bordick
WALKS- N.Garciaparra, T.Nixon, S.Spiezio, J.Spivey-2, D.Berg
STRIKE OUTS- N.Garciaparra, T.Nixon, J.Varitek, S.Spiezio, J.Cruz Jr., I.Suzuki,
             G.Colbrunn
GIDP- N.Garciaparra
 
In a game for the baseball purist, Mike Maroth(1-0) and Carlos Zambrano(0-1)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, Boston Red Sox finally emerged
victorious over Minnesota Twins, 2 to 1.
 
Maroth pitched well enough to earn the win.  He went 6 innings surrendering 8
hits and 3 walks.  Maroth got help from John Smoltz who pitched great and
earned his 1st save.  
 

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