MIN 9, BOS 11 | Aug 24, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, August 24, 2021•Fenway Park•86°F, Partly Cloudy

MIN

Twins

BOS

Red Sox

Final

WIN

Josh Taylor

LOSS

Griffin Jax

SAVE

Hansel Robles

The Red Sox defeated the Twins 11-9.

★Miguel Sanó3 RBI

★Jorge Polanco3 RBI

★Hunter Renfroe2 HR, 5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Enrique Hernandez homers (16) on a line drive to left field. Christian Vazquez scores.

Weather: 86°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 4:09Att: 27,986Venue: Fenway Park

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92.1%B

14 missed calls

No WPA favor

+0.79 runs BOS

Win Probability

BOS WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	1	9	14	1
BOS	0	0	1	3	5	0	0	2

Game 632755 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Max KeplerRF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.204/.298/.426	102.7	.249	.402
Rob RefsnyderLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275/.343/.396	-	-	-
Jorge PolancoSS	5	1	2	3	0	2	.274/.334/.491	105.9	.688	.1109
Josh DonaldsonDH	4	2	2	1	1	0	.248/.350/.462	109.8	.434	.774
Luis Arraez3B	4	2	2	0	1	0	.314/.381/.404	97.4	.354	.334
Mitch GarverC	4	1	2	0	1	2	.242/.352/.527	103.3	.323	.500
Nick Gordon2B	5	1	2	2	0	1	.248/.302/.333	101	.212	.302
Miguel Sanó1B	4	0	1	3	1	1	.217/.309/.455	97.9	.357	.349
Jake CaveCF	5	0	2	0	0	2	.188/.262/.297	95.1	.592	.568
Bench
Brent RookerLF	3	1	0	0	1	2	.195/.277/.398	100.9	.120	.108
Griffin JaxP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	39	9	14	9	5	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Polanco (7th off Pérez, 1 on, 1 out); Donaldson (9th off Barnes, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Gordon; Garver

3B:Kepler

TB:24

RBI:Gordon 2; Sanó 3; Donaldson; Polanco 3

CS:Cave

GIDP:Gordon

Team LOB:9

Boston Red Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Enrique HernándezCF	5	2	2	2	0	0	.254/.343/.457	108.6	.448

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Griffin JaxL	4.2	7	9	9	4	4	3	92-55	87.9	6.29
Juan Minaya	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	30-16	93.2	3.47
Tyler Duffey	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-13	87.7	3.47
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	14-11	85.1	3.97
Totals	8.0	11	11	11	6	7	4	155-95	-	-

WP:Jax

Pitches-strikes:Jax 92-55; Minaya 30-16; Duffey 19-13; Thielbar 14-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Jax 2-8; Minaya 2-1; Duffey 1-0; Thielbar 1-1

Boston Red Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Tanner Houck	4.2	8	3	3	1	6	0	90-54	89.8	3.43

Top 1 • MIN

1-0

Jorge Polanco singles on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Renfroe. Max Kepler scores.

EV: 94.4 mph157 ftLA: 9°

Bot 3 • BOS

1-1

Travis Shaw homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 103.1 mph💣 413 ftLA: 25°

Top 4 • MIN

3-1

Miguel Sano singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alex Verdugo. Luis Arraez scores. Nick Gordon scores.

EV: 97.9 mph133 ftLA: 6°

Bot 4 • BOS

3-4

Hunter Renfroe homers (24) on a fly ball to left center field. Rafael Devers scores. Alex Verdugo scores.

EV: 100.3 mph💣 374 ftLA: 37°

Bot 5 • BOS

3-5

Rafael Devers hits a ground-rule double (34) on a line drive to right field. Enrique Hernandez scores.

EV: 110.6 mph215 ftLA: 9°

3-7

Alex Verdugo doubles (27) on a fly ball to center fielder Jake Cave. Rafael Devers scores. J.D. Martinez scores.

EV: 99.6 mph355 ftLA: 39°

3-9

Hunter Renfroe homers (25) on a fly ball to left center field. Alex Verdugo scores.

EV: 105.0 mph💣 420 ftLA: 26°

Top 6 • MIN

4-9

Miguel Sano grounds out, shortstop Xander Bogaerts to first baseman Travis Shaw. Mitch Garver scores.

EV: 93.4 mph52 ftLA: 1°

Top 7 • MIN

8-9

Nick Gordon singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Alex Verdugo. Josh Donaldson scores. Luis Arraez scores.

EV: 101.0 mph27 ftLA: -5°

6-9

Jorge Polanco homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field. Brent Rooker scores.

EV: 103.1 mph💣 408 ftLA: 30°

Bot 8 • BOS

8-11

Enrique Hernandez homers (16) on a line drive to left field. Christian Vazquez scores.

EV: 108.6 mph💣 425 ftLA: 26°

Top 9 • MIN

9-11

Josh Donaldson homers (18) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 107.1 mph💣 421 ftLA: 33°

HR:Shaw (3rd off Jax, 0 on, 0 out); Renfroe (4th off Jax, 2 on, 1 out); Renfroe (5th off Jax, 1 on, 2 out); Hernández (8th off Thielbar, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Verdugo 2; Devers

TB:26

RBI:Renfroe 5; Hernández 2; Verdugo 2; Shaw; Devers

GIDP:Devers

Team LOB:5

WP:Houck; Sawamura

HBP:Rooker (by Houck)

Inherited runners-scored:Taylor 1-0; Robles 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Houck 90-54; Taylor 1-1; Pérez 18-16; Sawamura 24-13; Ottavino 16-8; Barnes 12-4; Robles 21-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Houck 2-4; Taylor 1-0; Pérez 4-0; Sawamura 1-0; Ottavino 0-1; Barnes 0-0; Robles 0-1

Bench
Kyle SchwarberLF	4	0	1	0	1	0	.260/.356/.563	95.2	.322	.294
Tanner HouckP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh TaylorP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Martín PérezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Hirokazu SawamuraP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Adam OttavinoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt BarnesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Hansel RoblesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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