GAME RECAP
Impact player
Jon Lester, Red Sox
Not much the Twins can do when Boston's lefty allows only four hits.
BY THE NUMBERS
79 Consecutive at-bats without an RBI by Joe Mauer, a streak ended with sixth-inning double
ON DECK
The Twins haven't been swept in Boston since 2010; Kyle Gibson will try to keep that trend alive in series finale.
PHIL MILLER
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