Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 6, Minnesota 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 20, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Brian Runge, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 38144

Jon Lester threw a complete-game six-hitter and Kevin Youkilis drove in four runs to power the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Lester (4-2) struck out nine to register Boston’s first complete game of the season.

Adrian Beltre homered off loser Francisco Liriano (4-3) to open the scoring in the second inning.

Youkilis cracked a three-run homer with two outs in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 4-0. He later doubled to score Victor Martinez in the fifth inning again with two outs to make it 5-0.

Boston scored its final run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning en route to sweeping the two-game series from the Twins to run its win streak to three straight games.

The Twins got on the board on a Delmon Young sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. They added an unearned run in the ninth inning on an RBI grounder by Joe Mauer.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Boston
Francisco Liriano Player Jon Lester
Loss W/L Win
4.2 IP 9.0
6 Strikeouts 9
5 Hits 6
9.64 ERA 1.00
Hitting
Minnesota   Boston
Brendan Harris Player Victor Martinez
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 6
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 6 0 8 .194 11 9 2 0 0 0
Boston 8 2 19 .250 13 6 5 3 1 1