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
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .286
Herrera pr-2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .184
Victorino rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .292
Ortiz dh 5 3 3 2 0 1 .305
Napoli 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .265
Carp 1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .243
Sizemore lf 4 0 2 2 1 1 .243
Pierzynski c 5 0 1 2 0 0 .264
Bogaerts ss 4 2 2 0 1 0 .260
Middlebrooks 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .200
Bradley Jr. cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .212
Totals 40 9 12 9 3 3
TWINS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Dozier 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .243
Mauer 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .295
Colabello ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Plouffe 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .252
Parmelee rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .350
Suzuki dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .312
Pinto c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240
Nunez lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .318
Escobar ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .324
Hicks cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .167
Totals 36 4 10 4 3 8
Boston 202 111 002 — 9 12 1
Twins 001 000 012 — 4 10 2
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).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Doubront W, 2-3 6 1/3 7 1 1 1 5 104 4.54
Badenhop 1 2/3 1 1 0 2 1 34 2.78
Mujica 1 2 2 2 0 2 25 9.00
Twins IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Correia L, 1-5 4 9 5 5 0 0 70 6.80
Thielbar 1 1 1 1 0 1 14 2.25
Swarzak 1 1 1 0 1 2 34 5.14
Guerrier 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 3.00
Tonkin 1 1 2 0 2 0 36 6.35
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).

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