SCORECARD

THIRD INNING

Boston: Brock Holt doubled to right off Twins starter Phil Hughes. Blake Swihart grounded out to second, Holt advanced to third. Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run homer to left-center.

Twins: Boston starter Rick Porcello issued a one-out walk to Aaron Hicks. Danny Santana singled to left, Hicks went to second. Brian Dozier walked, loading the bases. Torii Hunter reached on an infield single, scoring Hicks and Santana; Dozier went to third. Joe Mauer singled to center, scoring Dozier.

Twins 3, Boston 2

FOURTH INNING

Twins: Chris Herrmann hit a two-out single to center. Hicks hit a two-run homer to right.

Twins 5, Boston 2

FIFTH INNING

Boston: Swihart hit a two-out single to right.

Pedroia hit a two-run homer to left-center.

Twins 5, Boston 4

SIXTH INNING

Twins: Eddie Rosario hit a two-out homerto right.

Twins 6, Boston 4

Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Pedroia 2b 4 2 2 4 0 0 .290

Betts cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241

Sandoval 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265

Ramirez lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .252

Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .216

Napoli 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .208

Bogaerts ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Holt rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .305

Swihart c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .200

Totals 34 4 7 4 1 3

TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Dozier 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .247

Hunter rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .280

Mauer 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .276

Plouffe 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269

Escobar dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250

Rosario lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .280

Herrmann c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .158

Hicks cf 2 2 1 2 1 0 .240

Santana ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .237

Totals 29 6 8 6 2 2

Boston 002 020 000 — 4 7 0

Twins 003 201 00x — 6 8 0

LOB—Boston 4, Twins 1. 2B—Holt (8). HR—Pedroia 2 (7), off Hughes 2; Hicks (1), off Porcello; Rosario (2), off Porcello. RBI—Pedroia 4 (21), Hunter 2 (29), Mauer (27), Rosario (10), Hicks 2 (2). SB—Betts (6). CS—Escobar (1). DP—Boston 2.

BOSTON IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Porcello L, 4-4 7 7 6 6 2 2 93 5.37

Tazawa 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 1.71

TWINS IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Hughes W, 4-4 6 2/3 6 4 4 0 3 89 4.59

Duensing H, 3 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 8.10

Pressly H, 3 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.97

Thompson 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.47

Tonkin H, 5 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.14

Perkins S, 18-18 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1.19

Inherited runners-scored—Duensing 1-0, Tonkin 1-0. WP—Duensing. Umpires—Home, Dale Scott; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, CB Bucknor; Third, Lance Barrett. T—2:29. A—30,027 (39,021).