Couldn’t Hit
Only Adrian Gonzalez could muster hits against the Minnesota twirlers. The Boston lineup had only four walks in nine innings. Jon Lester’s quality start went to waste as the bats went cold.
As cold as the temperature in the Red Sox organization. Bobby Valentine was involved in a dustup with ownership because he said, “Nice inning, kid” to Will Middlebrooks after the third baseman committed two errors. Tom Werner should have just stopped Valentine in a hallway after the manager’s WEEI interview and commented, “Nice interview, buddy.”
| Game 106: August 2, 2012 | ||
 Minnesota Twins45-60 |
5 |
W: Sam Deduno (3-0) H: Casey Fien (3) S: Glen Perkins (6) |
| 2B: Denard Span (28), Brian Dozier (10), Justin Morneau (20), Ryan Doumit (21) HR: Dozier (5) | ||
| Boston Red Sox 53-53 |
0 |
L: Jon Lester (5-9) |
| 2B: Adrian Gonzalez (29) | ||
