Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 9,
Minnesota 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 21, 2018
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Tom Woodring, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 32631
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Tom Woodring, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 32631
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .344 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .292 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .315 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .288 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .280 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .232 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .297 |
| Sandy Leon | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Blake Swihart | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .147 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .181 |
| Totals | 42 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - J.D. Martinez (16), Mitch Moreland (14), Xander Bogaerts (19), Brock Holt (10) | |||||||||
| HR - Mookie Betts (19), Andrew Benintendi (13) | |||||||||
| TB - Mookie Betts 6, Andrew Benintendi 5, J.D. Martinez 3, Mitch Moreland 3, Xander Bogaerts 3, Brock Holt 3, Sandy Leon 2, Jackie Bradley Jr. | |||||||||
| RBI - Mookie Betts (39), Andrew Benintendi 2 (49), Mitch Moreland (35), Xander Bogaerts 2 (43), Rafael Devers (37), Sandy Leon (10), Jackie Bradley Jr. (17) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Andrew Benintendi 2 (16), Mitch Moreland (11), Sandy Leon (6), Jackie Bradley Jr. (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew Benintendi (23), Xander Bogaerts 2 (23), Brock Holt 2 (16), Jackie Bradley Jr. (24) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jackie Bradley Jr. (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Rick Porcello (W 9-3) | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.44 |
| Hector Velazquez | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.21 |
| HBP - Eduardo Escobar (by Porcello) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Rick Porcello 97-65, Hector Velazquez 27-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rick Porcello 4-6, Hector Velazquez 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Rick Porcello 24, Hector Velazquez 8 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Mitch Garver | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .299 |
| Taylor Motter | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Logan Morrison | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .229 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .223 |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .248 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .140 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brian Dozier (15) | |||||||||
| TB - Mitch Garver, Brian Dozier 2, Logan Morrison, Ryan LaMarre | |||||||||
| RBI - Taylor Motter (2), Logan Morrison (25) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Robbie Grossman (21) | |||||||||
| SF - Logan Morrison (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Bobby Wilson (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Gibson (L 2-5) | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3.25 |
| Ryan Pressly | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 |
| Matt Belisle | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.93 |
| Matt Magill | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.46 |
| HBP - Sandy Leon (by Gibson) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 105-65, Ryan Pressly 19-11, Taylor Rogers 8-4, Matt Belisle 23-16, Matt Magill 27-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 3-2, Ryan Pressly 0-0, Taylor Rogers 2-0, Matt Belisle 0-0, Matt Magill 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 28, Ryan Pressly 4, Taylor Rogers 2, Matt Belisle 7, Matt Magill 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Rogers 1-1 | ||||||||