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).