MIN 6, BOS 5 | Sep 3, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, September 3, 2019•Fenway Park•70°F, Clear

MIN

Twins

BOS

Red Sox

Final

WIN

Lewis Thorpe

LOSS

Rick Porcello

SAVE

Taylor Rogers

The Twins edged the Red Sox 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Miguel Sanó3 RBI

★Rafael Devers3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Andrew Benintendi homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field.

Weather: 70°F, ClearWind: 9 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:28Att: 35,129Venue: Fenway Park

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95.0%A

8 missed calls

+32.6% MIN

+1.35 runs BOS

Win Probability

BOS WinMIN Win

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

Game 565095 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Max KeplerRF	4	1	0	0	0	1	.255/.337/.533	101	.147	.168
Jorge PolancoSS	5	1	1	0	0	1	.304/.367/.495	106.2	.208	.228
Nelson CruzDH	4	1	1	1	1	2	.310/.390/.643	104.9	.521	.966
Luis Arraez2B	4	2	2	0	1	2	.343/.408/.445	94.5	.337	.369
Miguel Sanó3B	5	1	2	3	0	3	.238/.336/.556	111.3	.877	.1308
Jake CaveLF	4	0	1	2	0	1	.261/.350/.465	105	.404	.728
C.J. Cron1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.257/.317/.488	80	.091	.082
Jason CastroC	3	0	1	0	1	2	.238/.332/.452	104.8	.427	.384
Byron BuxtonCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262/.314/.513	-	-	-
Bench
LaMonte Wade Jr.LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.000/.364/.000	83.9	.184	.168
Randy DobnakP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	35	6	8	6	4	13	-	-	-	-

HR:Cruz (5th off Porcello, 0 on, 0 out); Sanó (5th off Porcello, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Arraez

3B:Cave

TB:17

RBI:Sanó 3; Cave 2; Cruz

Team LOB:8

Boston Red Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mookie BettsRF	4	0	0	0	1	0	.285/.385/.503	106.1	.236

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Randy Dobnak	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	19-11	90.6	0.00
Lewis ThorpeW	3.1	2	3	3	2	4	0	60-35	85.6	5.09
Trevor May	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	25-14	93.1	3.21
Tyler DuffeyH	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	11-9	90.2	2.64
Sam DysonH	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13-7	88.9	3.32
Taylor RogersS	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	21-15	88.5	2.52
Totals	9.0	6	5	5	4	12	2	149-91	-	-

WP:Thorpe; Dyson

HBP:Moreland (by Rogers)

Inherited runners-scored:May 2-2; Dyson 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Dobnak 19-11; Thorpe 60-35; May 25-14; Duffey 11-9; Dyson 13-7; Rogers 21-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Dobnak 0-1; Thorpe 3-3; May 1-2; Duffey 0-0; Dyson 1-2; Rogers 2-0

Boston Red Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Rick PorcelloL	4.0	8	6	6	2	5	2	91-59	85.1	5.63

Top 1 • MIN

1-0

Miguel Sano singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Max Kepler scores. Nelson Cruz to 2nd.

EV: 79.9 mph240 ftLA: 21°

Top 3 • MIN

3-0

Jake Cave triples (1) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Mookie Betts. Jorge Polanco scores. Luis Arraez scores.

EV: 105.0 mph407 ftLA: 35°

Top 5 • MIN

6-0

Miguel Sano homers (27) on a fly ball to center field. Luis Arraez scores.

EV: 111.3 mph💣 452 ftLA: 24°

4-0

Nelson Cruz homers (35) on a line drive to center field.

EV: 104.9 mph💣 420 ftLA: 25°

Bot 5 • BOS

6-1

Brock Holt grounds out, shortstop Jorge Polanco to first baseman C. J. Cron. Mitch Moreland scores. Christian Vazquez to 3rd.

EV: 71.0 mph32 ftLA: -2°

6-4

Rafael Devers homers (29) on a fly ball to right field. Christian Vazquez scores. Jackie Bradley Jr. scores.

EV: 104.3 mph💣 426 ftLA: 30°

Bot 8 • BOS

6-5

Andrew Benintendi homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 98.6 mph💣 373 ftLA: 30°

HBP:Kepler (by Porcello); Cron (by Taylor)

Inherited runners-scored:Johnson 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Porcello 91-59; Taylor 4-2; Johnson 11-5; Walden 20-10; Hernández 12-9; Cashner 9-6; Workman 15-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Porcello 2-5; Taylor 1-0; Johnson 2-0; Walden 1-0; Hernández 0-0; Cashner 1-2; Workman 0-0

Bench
Mitch Moreland1B	2	1	0	0	1	1	.242/.328/.493	81.2	.567	.534
Brock Holt1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.320/.393/.448	98.9	.187	.174
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF	2	1	1	0	1	1	.222/.319/.412	105.6	.727	.991
Rick PorcelloP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh TaylorP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brian JohnsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Marcus WaldenP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Darwinzon HernándezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Andrew CashnerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brandon WorkmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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