Game 51: Twins at Red Sox lineups and notes
Fresh off a sweep of the Royals, the return to Fenway Park was not a warm welcome for the Red Sox.
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Minnesota rallied from 4-0 and 6-3 deficits to win 8-6 on Friday, as Byron Buxton and Austin Martin each hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning.
Four consecutive one-out hits in the first inning led to a 4-0 start, but the Red Sox managed just three base knocks the rest of the way and had their three-game winning streak snapped.
After Payton Tolle struck out nine across the first six innings, Minnesota slugged the game-winning runs off reliever Justin Slaten, who had not been charged with an earned run through his first nine appearances this season.
“Just one of those nights. I’ve been feeling really good, but tonight just didn’t have my stuff,” Slaten said. “It’s the game we play; sometimes you just got to go out there and battle with what you got, and it just didn’t go my way tonight.”
Minnesota righthander Taj Bradley is expected to be activated from the injured list (right pec inflammation) for his first outing since May 5.
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Bradley is 4-1 with a 3.44 ERA in six career starts against the Red Sox.
Boston will start lefthander Jovani Moran as an opener for right-hander Brayan Bello.
Lineups
TWINS (24-27): TBA
Pitching: RHP Taj Bradley (4-1, 2.87 ERA)
RED SOX (22-28): TBA
Pitching: LHP Jovani Morán (0-1, 2.81 ERA)
Time: 4:10 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Twins vs. Morán: Orlando Arcia 0-1, Josh Bell 0-2, Byron Buxton 0-1, Victor Caratini 0-1, Kody Clemens 0-1, Luke Keaschall 0-1, Ryan Kreidler 0-2, Brooks Lee 0-1, Austin Martin 0-1, James Outman 0-1
Red Sox vs. Bradley: Wilyer Abreu 2-10, Willson Contreras 2-3, Jarren Duran 4-13, Caleb Durbin 0-2, Marcelo Mayer 0-2, Carlos Narváez 0-3, Ceddanne Rafaela 2-8, Nick Sogard 0-1, Connor Wong 1-7, Masataka Yoshida 2-4
Stat of the day: Wilyer Abreu has five multi-hit performance in his last nine games.
Notes: The Twins have won eight of their last 12 games. Nine of their 24 victories this season have come in come-from-behind fashion. … Byron Buxton slugged 11th homer in an 18-game span on Friday. … Austin Martin snapped a 0-for-17 slump with the eventual go-ahead home run on Friday. … Gabriel Gonzalez had a hit, scored a run, and walked twice in his MLB debut for the Twins. He was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul and immediately played with infielder Tristan Gray on the paternity list. … Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story had sports hernia surgery that is expected to sideline him for six to 10 weeks. Marcelo Mayer could slide from second base to shortstop. … “There’s a little bit more work (infield coach Jose David Flores) wants to do with him, but I definitely think you’ll see more of him (at shortstop),” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said of Mayer. “Does that mean he’ll play there every single day? Maybe not, but we’re definitely going to explore that.”
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