SCORECARD
First inning
Boston: Shane Victorino singled to left off Twins starter Kevin Correia. David Ortiz doubled to left, Victorino to third. Mike Napoli grounded out to second, Victorino scored, Ortiz to third. Grady Sizemore doubled to right center, Ortiz scored.
Boston 2, Twins 0
THIRD inning
Boston: Ortiz homered to right. Napoli doubled to right. Sizemore singled to center, Napoli scored.
Twins: Eduardo Escobar doubled to right off Boston starter Felix Doubront. Aaron Hicks walked. Brian Dozier singled to left, Escobar to third, Hicks to second. Joe Mauer hit a sacrifice fly to left, Escobar scored.
Boston 4, Twins 1
FOURTH inning
Boston: Xander Bogaerts doubled to left. Will Middlebrooks singled to right, Bogaerts scored.
Boston 5, Twins 1
Fifth inning
Boston: Caleb Thielbar relieved Correia, Ortiz homered to right.
Boston 6, Twins 1
sixth inning
Boston: Anthony Swarzak relieved Thielbar, Bogaerts walked. Jackie Bradley Jr. grounded into a fielder's choice to third, Bogaerts safe at second on a throwing error by Trevor Plouffe at third base. Dustin Pedroia singled to left, Bogaerts scored, Bradley Jr. to third.
Boston 7, Twins 1
EIGHTH inning
Twins: With Boston reliever Burke Badenhop pitching, Chris Parmelee walked. Kurt Suzuki grounded into a fielder's choice, Parmelee safe at third on throwing error by Badenhop. Eduardo Nunez singled to right center, Parmelee scored, Suzuki to second.
Boston 7, Twins 2
ninth inning
Boston: With Twins reliever Michael Tonkin pitching, Pedroia walked. Jonathan Herrera ran for Pedroia. Mike Carp safe at first on a fielding error by Nunez in left field, Herrera to third. Sizemore walked, Carp to second. A.J. Pierzynski singled to left, Herrera and Carp scored, Sizemore to third, Pierzynski to second.
Twins: Edward Mujica relieved Badenhop, Dozier singled to left. Plouffe homered to center, Dozier scored.
Boston 9, Twins 4
BostonABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Pedroia 2b401110.286
Herrera pr-2b010000.184
Victorino rf511000.292
Ortiz dh533201.305
Napoli 1b411100.265
Carp 1b110000.243
Sizemore lf402211.243
Pierzynski c501200.264
Bogaerts ss422010.260
Middlebrooks 3b401101.200
Bradley Jr. cf400000.212
Totals40912933
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b412011.243
Mauer 1b300100.295
Colabello ph100001.246
Plouffe 3b512200.252
Parmelee rf410012.350
Suzuki dh401000.312
Pinto c401001.240
Nunez lf402100.318
Escobar ss411001.324
Hicks cf301012.167
Totals36410438
Boston202 111 002—9121
Twins001 000 012—4102
E—Badenhop (1), Plouffe (3), Nunez (1). LOB—Boston 7, Minnesota 9. 2B—Ortiz (8), Napoli (9), Sizemore (6), Pierzynski (4), Bogaerts (8), Plouffe (16), Escobar (10). HR—Ortiz (10), off Correia; Ortiz (11), off Thielbar; Plouffe (2), off Mujica. RBI—Pedroia (13), Ortiz 2 (25), Napoli (22), Sizemore 2 (13), Pierzynski 2 (20), Middlebrooks (7), Mauer (13), Plouffe 2 (24), Nunez (4). SF—Mauer. DP—Boston 1 (Bogaerts, Carp); Twins 1 (Dozier, E.Escobar, Mauer).
BostonIPHRERBBSONPERA
Doubront W, 2-36 1/3711151044.54
Badenhop1 2/311021342.78
Mujica122202259.00
TwinsIPHRERBBSONPERA
Correia L, 1-5495500706.80
Thielbar111101142.25
Swarzak111012345.14
Guerrier200000173.00
Tonkin112020366.35
Inherited runners-scored—Badenhop 2-0. PB—Pierzynski. Umpires—Home, Eric Cooper; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Sean Barber; Third, Tom Hallion. T—3:07. A—26,802 (39,021).