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Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins

2017-05-05 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 28707 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph to CF · 3:24

Minnesota Twins defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Miguel Sano triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Mookie Betts. Joe Mauer scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Joe Mauer homers (2) on a fly ball to center field — worth 46% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9
MIN	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	10

W: Brandon Kintzler L: Matt Barnes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tripp Gibson · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Dan Iassogna · 3B: Mike DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	5	0	1	0	0	0
Andrew Benintendi	5	1	2	1	0	1
Mookie Betts	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hanley Ramirez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Xander Bogaerts	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mitch Moreland	3	0	1	0	1	2
Josh Rutledge	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jackie Bradley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Christian Vazquez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Young	1	0	1	2	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Dozier	4	0	0	0	0	3
Joe Mauer	4	2	2	2	0	0
Miguel Sano	3	1	2	1	1	1
Robbie Grossman	4	0	1	1	0	2
Max Kepler	4	0	1	0	0	2
Eduardo Escobar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Castro	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jorge Polanco	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Rosario	4	1	2	0	0	0
Kennys Vargas	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eduardo Rodriguez	6.0	7	1	6
Joe Kelly	0.2	2	0	2
Robby Scott	1.2	0	0	2
Matt Barnes	0.1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Hughes	6.2	6	2	4
Taylor Rogers	0.1	0	0	0
Matt Belisle	1.0	0	0	1
Brandon Kintzler	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dustin Pedroia: 8/F78M
Andrew Benintendi: K
Mookie Betts: D8/F89D
Hanley Ramirez: 63/G56

Bot 1

Brian Dozier: K
Joe Mauer: HP
Miguel Sano: T9/F9LD.1-H
Robbie Grossman: S57/G6S.3-H
Max Kepler: 16(1)/FO/G15-
Eduardo Escobar: 6/L6-

Top 2

Xander Bogaerts: S8/L6D-
Mitch Moreland: K
Josh Rutledge: S5/G56.1-2
Jackie Bradley: K
Christian Vazquez: 9/F9D

Bot 2

Jason Castro: K
Jorge Polanco: D7/G5
Eddie Rosario: 7/F7LD
Brian Dozier: 9/F8RS

Top 3

Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4MD
Andrew Benintendi: HR/F8RXD+
Mookie Betts: 7/L7S
Hanley Ramirez: 53/G5

Bot 3

Joe Mauer: 13/G13-
Miguel Sano: K
Robbie Grossman: 31/G34

Top 4

Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6
Mitch Moreland: K
Josh Rutledge: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 4

Max Kepler: K
Eduardo Escobar: S5/MREV/G56+
Jason Castro: 7/L7M
Jorge Polanco: 7/F78D

Top 5

Jackie Bradley: 53/G4
Christian Vazquez: 9/F9LS
Dustin Pedroia: 53/G56

Bot 5

Eddie Rosario: D7/G5
Brian Dozier: K
Joe Mauer: 3/G3S-.2-3
Miguel Sano: IW
Robbie Grossman: K

Top 6

Andrew Benintendi: S9/G3+
Mookie Betts: 8/F8RM
Hanley Ramirez: W.1-2
Xander Bogaerts: 43/G4-.2-3;1-2
Mitch Moreland: IW
Josh Rutledge: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 6

Max Kepler: S8/G4M
Eduardo Escobar: 9/F4D
Jason Castro: 7/F7D+
Jorge Polanco: 54(1)/FO/G5L

Top 7

Jackie Bradley: 9/F89M
Christian Vazquez: 53/G5+
Dustin Pedroia: D9/F89D+
Andrew Benintendi: 9/F9S

Bot 7

Eddie Rosario: T8/L8RD+
Brian Dozier: K
Joe Mauer: S9/G4.3-H
Miguel Sano: S7/G56.1-2
Robbie Grossman: K
Max Kepler: K

Top 8

Mookie Betts: K
Hanley Ramirez: 8/F8RXD+
Xander Bogaerts: 8/L8LM

Bot 8

Eduardo Escobar: 43/G4MS-
Jason Castro: K
Jorge Polanco: 7/F7LM

Top 9

Mitch Moreland: S9/G4
Josh Rutledge: S6/G56.1-2
Jackie Bradley: 43/G4S.2-3;1-2
Chris Young: S7/G5+.3-H;2-H
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F8RD
Andrew Benintendi: 43/G4

Bot 9

Eddie Rosario: 3/G34+
Kennys Vargas: 3/G3+
Joe Mauer: HR/F78XD+

Notes & reviews

replay,4,escoe001,MIN,gormb901,MIN04,,N,M,BOS,C $when Eduardo Escobar was called safe at 1B, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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