Major League Baseball
Minnesota 5, Boston 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, May 3, 2024
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Emil Jimenez, 1B - Lance Barksdale, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 24488

Edouard Julien and Ryan Jeffers drove in two runs apiece, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 5-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night in Minneapolis.

Willi Castro went 2-for-3 with a double for Minnesota, which won its 11th game in a row. The Twins have not lost since April 21 against the Detroit Tigers.

Rafael Devers went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead Boston. Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran recorded the only other hits for the Red Sox.

Twins right-hander Chris Paddack (3-1) allowed two hits in six scoreless innings. He walked one and struck out six.

Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck (3-3) gave up four runs on six hits in six-plus innings. He walked two and struck out five.

Twins closer Jhoan Duran pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save of the season.

The Twins opened the scoring in the bottom of the third. Castro hit a leadoff double to left field, advanced to third base on a groundout by Alex Kirilloff and scored on Julien's single to left.

The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the seventh, when the Twins erupted for four runs to increase their lead to 5-0.

Pinch runner Austin Martin scored the first run of the inning on a throwing error by catcher Reese McGuire. Castro put down a sacrifice bunt and McGuire fielded it and fired a throw to second base to try to get a force out, but his throw was wide right of the bag and bounced into shallow center field.

Three batters later, Julien drew a bases-loaded walk to score Castro. Jeffers followed with a two-run double to score Jose Miranda and Kirilloff and make it 5-0.

Boston got on the scoreboard with two runs in the top of the eighth. McGuire was hit by a pitch and Jarren Duran singled. Devers drove in both of them with a two-out double to center.

Red Sox second baseman Vaughn Grissom made his team debut and went 0-for-3. Grissom, whom Boston acquired in a deal that sent left-hander Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves, spent the first month of the season on the injured list with a hamstring strain.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Minnesota
Tanner Houck Player Chris Paddack
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 2
4.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Boston   Minnesota
Rafael Devers Player Willi Castro
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 3
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 4 0 6 .129 9 13 2 1 0 1
Minnesota 8 0 10 .250 18 7 4 4 1 1