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Minnesota Twins @ Boston Red Sox

2026-02-28 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 8629 · 83°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, In From RF · 3:06

Boston Red Sox defeated Minnesota Twins 13–8. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Jarren Duran homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Trevor Story scores. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 2nd — Alan Roden singles on a line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Byron Buxton scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 3rd — Ceddanne Rafaela out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Alan Roden. Willson Contreras scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Max Ferguson hits a grand slam (1) to right center field. Braiden Ward scores. Allan Castro scores. Vinny Capra scores — worth 18% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	8	13	1
BOS	2	1	3	2	1	0	4	0	0	13	12	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Byron Buxton DH	2	1	1	1	1	0
Ricardo Olivar DH	2	0	1	1	0	1
Kaelen Culpepper SS	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alan Roden LF	4	1	1	1	0	2
Aaron Sabato 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Bell 1B	3	0	2	0	1	0
Walker Jenkins CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Wallner RF	2	0	1	1	2	0
Ryan Jeffers C	3	1	1	1	1	0
Andrew Cossetti C	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kyler Fedko LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
James Outman CF	4	1	1	1	0	3
Kody Clemens 2B	3	1	2	1	0	0
Ryan Kreidler 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tanner Schobel 3B	1	1	0	0	0	0
Orlando Arcia SS	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kala'i Rosario RF	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gio Urshela 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roman Anthony LF	3	1	2	1	0	1
Kristian Campbell CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Thaiss C	2	0	0	0	0	1
Trevor Story SS	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jarren Duran DH	2	3	2	4	1	0
Nathan Hickey DH	1	0	0	0	1	1
Willson Contreras 1B	3	1	1	0	0	1
Mickey Gasper 1B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Braiden Ward RF	1	1	0	0	1	0
Caleb Durbin 3B	3	1	1	1	0	1
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	1	2	1	1	1	0
Allan Castro LF	1	1	0	0	1	0
Vinny Capra 2B	0	1	0	0	0	0
Carlos Narvaez C	3	0	2	1	0	0
Nate Eaton RF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler McDonough SS	1	0	0	0	0	1
Max Ferguson 3B	1	1	1	4	0	0
Nick Sogard 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Mike Paredes	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
Taylor Rogers	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Taj Bradley	2.0	6	5	5	1	4
Matthew Bowman	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
Kendry Rojas	2.0	2	3	3	1	1
Anthony Banda	1.0	1	4	4	2	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching