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MINNEAPOLIS - Jason Varitek hit two home runs, then was one of four people ejected by young umpire Todd Tichenor during separate arguments in the seventh inning of Boston's 3-1 victory over Minnesota yesterday.
The 32-year-old Tichenor, up from the triple-A Pacific Coast League, gave the boot to both catchers and both managers during a wild seventh inning.
"Everybody handles things differently," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said of Tichenor. "It looked like he had his hands full today."
In the seventh, Twins catcher Mike Redmond argued a call at the plate, and Tichenor tossed Redmond almost immediately after the catcher approached him.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire jumped out of the dugout to defend Redmond and was ejected himself.
In the bottom of the inning, Red Sox starter Josh Beckett seethed when he didn't get a called strike three. Varitek stood up to intervene, turned around and got in Tichenor's face.
Ejection No. 3.
Then it was Francona's turn to defend his player. See ya.
Boston 000 010 200 – 3 6 0
Minnesota 010 000 000 – 1 5 0
Boston AB R H BI Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
Ellsbury cf 3 0 0 0 .302 Span cf 3 0 0 0 .311
Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 1 .333 Mauer dh-c 4 0 0 0 .407
J.Drew rf 3 0 0 0 .252 Morneau 1b 3 0 1 0 .342
Youkilis 1b 2 0 1 0 .375 Kubel rf 4 0 0 0 .331
Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 .303 Crede 3b 4 1 1 1 .240
D.Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 .194 B.Harris ss 3 0 2 0 .274
Varitek c 3 2 2 2 .248 Delm.Young lf 3 0 0 0 .245
Kottaras c 1 0 1 0 .200 Redmond c 2 0 0 0 .250
