The Sox scored two in the ninth and had pinch hitter Manny Ramirez up with Coco Crisp at second after a stolen base. But Ramirez grounded to short to end it.

Her son, Craig, just whacked his second home run of the game, a solo shot in the seventh off Mike Timlin, adding another run to the Twins' padding, 9-6. Monroe hit a three-run homer in the second off Tim Wakefield.

Marilyn Monroe was at the Metrodme tonight as part of Mother's Day festivities. Monroe said his mother always has been kidded about her name.

Crisp also has tripled in this game. He's now 6 for 12 in his last four games

Tavarez had secured the first two outs before a pair of walks sandwiched a single by Justin Morneau to load the bases.

It's 8-4. David Aardsma has come on to pitch the fifth.

Coco Crisp tripled to lead off when his liner to left kicked past Delmon Young. Crisp showed incredible speed. Kevin Cash, who had a tough time catching Tim Wakefield's knuckleball, singled him in. After Alex Cora stroked a single and Jacoby Ellsbury lined to left, Dustin Pedroia's grounder to short forced the runner at second, but second baseman Matt Tolbert threw the ball away, allowing the run to score.

After David Ortiz walked, Kevin Youkilis hit a sizzling grounder to third that bounced off Mike Lamb's glove and over his head, allowing Pedroia to come around to score Boston's fourth run.

Wakefield threw 74 pitches. He was replaced by Julian Tavarez with two outs in the third.

It's 7-1 Twins.

Twins starter Nick Blackburn hit both Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia with pitches to start the third and David Ortiz saw his line drive to right field misplayed by Michael Cuddyer, though it was scored a hit.

Kevin Youkilis lined out to third base before Mike Lowell hit a linedrive to right field on which Cuddyer made a strong throw to the plate, but too late to get Ellsbury. J.D. Drew ended the inning with a liner to shortstop.

Ellsbury took Blackburn's pitch off the right knee while squaring to bunt and was in pain for a few moments, but he shook it off and remained in the game.

It's 5-1 Twins.

While Wakefield is always tough in domes, it was obvious the knuckleball was staying over the fat part of the plate a little too long. Monroe always has hit Wakefield well, dating to his Tigers days, when he hit .316 with two homers vs. Wakefield.

The weak-hitting Everett never had faced Wakefield.

The Red Sox entered the game 2-8 in domes this season. Wakefield was 3-1 with a 3.33 ERA so far. He pitched an eight-inning, two-hit 5-0 win over Detroit earlier on this road trip. Wakefield got out of the inning after allowing a single (and stolen base) to Carlos Gomez.

At one point Julian Tavarez started warming up.

The Sox traded Bryan Corey today to the Padres. With Bartolo Colon (oblique) making progress in his rehab assignment in Pawtucket, where he hit 97 m.p.h. on the radar gun, the Sox might be trying to find a spot for Colon.

Tavarez is 0-1 with a 7.15 ERA, but it's been difficult for the Sox to get work for Tavarez. He pitched an inning last Wednesday, but hadn't worked before April 24 before that.

Ramirez, who has one hit in his last 15 at-bats, was having treatment this afternoon. No word on how long he might be out.

Julio Lugo sat out a second day. Francona said the CT scan looked clean and that Lugo's eyes looked a lot clearer today. Alex Cora will start at shortstop.

Francona said Sean Casey is with the team but won't be activated until tomorrow. Craig Hansen remains on the roster for at least another game.

Ellsbury - LF
Pedroia - 2B
Ortiz - DH
Youkilis - 1B
Lowell - 3B
Drew - RF
Crisp - CF
Cash - C
Cora - SS
SP - Wakefield

Twins:
Gomez-CF
Tolbert-2B
Mauer-C
Morneau-1B
Cuddyer-RF
Monroe-DH
Young-LF
Lamb-3B
Everett-SS
Blackburn-SP

Cora is also starting at shortstop tonight, with Julio Lugo still healing from a mild concussion, but we don't yet have a full lineup.

We just learned that the San Diego Padres have acquired righthanded pitcher Bryan Corey from the Red Sox for a player to be named or cash.

Corey, who was outrighted to Triple A Pawtucket April 30, has posted a 10.50 ERA (7 ER/6.0 IP) in seven relief appearances over two stints with the Red Sox this season. The 34-year-old also has appeared in five games in relief over two stints with Pawtucket, recording one save and tossing 5 scoreless innings with five strikeouts.

Originally selected by the Tigers in the 12th round of the 1993 draft, Corey is 3-1 with a 4.40 ERA in 52 career relief appearances over parts of five seasons with the Diamondbacks (1998), Dodgers (2002), Rangers (2006) and Red Sox (2006-08). He played one minor league season in the Padres organization, going 8-7 with a 4.67 ERA in 47 games (12 starts) with Triple A Portland in 2001.