BOS 9, MIN 2 | Jun 21, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, June 21, 2018•Target Field•72°F, Partly Cloudy

BOS

Red Sox

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Rick Porcello

LOSS

Kyle Gibson

The Red Sox cruised past the Twins 9-2 in a dominant performance.

★Mookie Betts3-for-6, 1 RBI

⚾Rick Porcello7.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K

Key Moment

Top 8: Andrew Benintendi homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field. Sandy Leon scores.

Weather: 72°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 5:10 PM UTCT: 2:58Att: 32,631Venue: Target Field

Ump Audit

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92.6%B

12 missed calls

+10.8% BOS

+1.26 runs MIN

Win Probability

MIN WinBOS Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	9	16	0
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 530520 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mookie BettsRF	6	1	3	1	0	0	.344/.426/.697	103.3	.353	.425
Andrew BenintendiLF	6	1	2	2	0	3	.292/.378/.534	104	.618	.901
J.D. MartinezDH	4	2	2	0	1	1	.315/.386/.623	107.3	.418	.505
Mitch Moreland1B	3	2	2	1	2	1	.288/.363/.539	101.4	.767	.966
Xander BogaertsSS	5	1	2	2	0	0	.280/.336/.513	103.6	.369	.418
Rafael Devers3B	5	0	0	1	0	2	.232/.281/.414	90.6	.119	.117
Brock Holt2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.297/.374/.414	100.5	.397	.445
Blake SwihartC	1	0	0	0	0	1	.147/.216/.176	92	-	-
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF	5	0	1	1	0	1	.181/.278/.292	107.6	.412	.403
Bench
Sandy LeónC	2	1	2	1	1	0	.240/.290/.340	103.1	.644	.629
Rick PorcelloP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	42	9	16	9	4	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Betts (5th off Gibson, 0 on, 0 out); Benintendi (8th off Belisle, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Moreland; Holt; Martinez; Bogaerts

TB:26

RBI:Moreland; Devers; Benintendi 2; Betts; Bogaerts 2; Jr.; León

GIDP:Jr.

Team LOB:11

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mitch Garver1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	.224/.293/.328	72.4	.967

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Rick PorcelloW	7.0	1	0	0	1	5	97-65	85.8	3.44
Hector Velázquez	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	27-16	88	2.21
Totals	9.0	4	2	2	1	5	124-81	-	-

HBP:Escobar (by Porcello)

Pitches-strikes:Porcello 97-65; Velázquez 27-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Porcello 4-12; Velázquez 3-2

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kyle GibsonL	6.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	105-65	91	3.25

Scoring Plays

Top 4 • BOS

1-0

Sandy Leon singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Mitch Moreland scores. Brock Holt to 3rd.

EV: 103.1 mph153 ftLA: 8°

Top 5 • BOS

2-0

Mookie Betts homers (19) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 99.6 mph💣 381 ftLA: 32°

Top 7 • BOS

5-0

Rafael Devers grounds out, second baseman Brian Dozier to first baseman Joe Mauer. Xander Bogaerts scores.

EV: 82.5 mph4 ftLA: -33°

4-0

Xander Bogaerts doubles (19) on a line drive to left fielder Robbie Grossman. J.D. Martinez scores. Mitch Moreland scores. Xander Bogaerts to 3rd.

EV: 98.2 mph364 ftLA: 23°

Top 8 • BOS

8-0

Mitch Moreland doubles (14) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Ryan LaMarre. J.D. Martinez scores.

EV: 101.4 mph391 ftLA: 24°

7-0

Andrew Benintendi homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field. Sandy Leon scores.

EV: 104.0 mph💣 417 ftLA: 29°

Top 9 • BOS

9-0

Jackie Bradley Jr. singles on a ground ball to right fielder Max Kepler. Brock Holt scores.

EV: 103.3 mph27 ftLA: -3°

Bot 9 • MIN

9-1

Taylor Motter grounds out, second baseman Brock Holt to first baseman Mitch Moreland. Mitch Garver scores. Brian Dozier to 3rd.

EV: 76.8 mph36 ftLA: -2°

9-2

Logan Morrison out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. Brian Dozier scores.

EV: 101.6 mph346 ftLA: 16°

HBP:León (by Gibson)

Inherited runners-scored:Rogers 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Gibson 105-65; Pressly 19-11; Rogers 8-4; Belisle 23-16; Magill 27-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Gibson 3-9; Pressly 0-0; Rogers 2-0; Belisle 0-2; Magill 0-1

Bench
Joe Mauer1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.269/.390/.340	105.6	.188	.182
Eduardo Escobar3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.299/.351/.575	99.7	-	-
Kyle GibsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan PresslyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Taylor RogersP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt BelisleP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt MagillP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-