GAME 1 SCORECARD
FIRST INNING
Boston: Dustin Pedroia singled to right off Twins starter Phil Hughes. Mookie Betts struck out. David Ortiz doubled to center, scoring Pedroia.
Boston 1, Twins 0
THIRD INNING
Twins: Brian Dozier hit a two-out homer to left off Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez.
Boston: Pedroia singled to left. Betts was out on batter's interference. Ortiz doubled to left, Pedroia advanced to third. Hanley Ramirez singled to right, scoring Pedroia.
Boston 2, Twins 1
FOURTH INNING
Boston: Xander Bogaerts singled to right. Sandy Leon sacrificed Bogaerts to second. Rusney Castillo struck out. Pedroia singled to right, scoring Bogaerts.
Boston 3, Twins 1
FIFTH INNING
Boston: Hanley Ramirez singled to center. Mike Napoli popped out to second. Brock Holt singled to left, Ramirez advanced to second. Ramirez stole third and Holt second. Bogaerts singled to center, scoring Ramirez and Holt.
Boston 5, Twins 1
SEVENTH INNING
Twins: Mike Napoli hit a one-out homer to left-center off reliever Michael Tonkin.
Boston 6, Twins 1
NINTH INNING
Twins: Reliever Alexi Ogando issued a one-out walk to Torii Hunter. Kurt Suzuki popped out to second. Eduardo Escobar hit a two-run homer to left- center.
Boston 6, Twins 3
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b312111.260
Robinson lf200011.260
Mauer ph-1b100000.274
Plouffe 1b-3b400001.268
Hunter rf310010.274
Suzuki c400000.223
Escobar 3b-lf411202.234
Nunez dh400000.286
Hicks cf301001.254
Santana ss301001.224
Totals3135337
BostonABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Pedroia 2b524100.300
Betts cf400011.242
Ortiz dh402100.230
Ramirez lf412100.261
Napoli 1b411101.211
Holt 3b311010.287
Bogaerts ss413200.292
Leon c300000.170
Castillo rf400003.216
Totals35613625
Twins001 000 002—350
Boston101 120 10x—6131
E—Ramirez (3). LOB—Twins 4, Boston 8. 2B—Ortiz 2 (11). HR—Dozier (10), off Rodriguez; Escobar (3), off Ogando; Napoli (9), off Tonkin. RBI—Dozier (26), Escobar 2 (19), Pedroia (22), Ortiz (19), Ramirez (28), Napoli (23), Bogaerts 2 (19). SB—Ramirez (3), Holt (2), Bogaerts (4). S—Leon. DP—Boston 1.
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Hughes L, 4-54 1/3115514774.96
Pressly1 2/300000192.93
Tonkin111110165.63
Stauffer110001137.43
BOSTONIPHRERBBSONPERA
Rodriguez W, 2-07211271030.61
Ogando232210374.15
Inherited runners-scored—Pressly 1-0. WP—E.Rodriguez. Umpires—Home, Mike Winters; First, Ben May; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Mike Muchlinski. T—2:33. A—31,704 (37,221).
The Jazz, who took George with one of the picks they got in the Rudy Gobert trade, swung the upset at home.
