Escobar's hit trickled past Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. for his second error of the season, scoring Ryan LaMarre from second and Joe Mauer from first to make it 4-2. Escobar went to third on the error.

Brian Dozier followed with a walk, and Robbie Grossman's two-run triple broke it open.

Escobar (2-for-4) also had a two-run double and finished with three RBIs on the night for Minnesota, which earned its fifth win in eight games.

Rafael Devers hit a solo homer and Sandy Leon added an RBI for Boston, which has dropped three of four.

The Red Sox (49-24) were denied their major league-leading 50th victory.

Minnesota reliever Zach Duke (3-2) got the win despite allowing a run on two hits in the eighth inning. Boston reliever Robby Scott (0-1) took the loss in his season debut, permitting two runs on no hits and a walk in one-third of an inning.

Twins starter Jose Berrios gave up one run on five hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Boston ace Chris Sale surrendered two runs on three hits over seven innings, walking one and striking out 11.

Devers gave Boston a 1-0 lead when he blasted a 2-1 changeup from Berrios approximately 418 feet into the right-center field seats with two outs in the sixth. It was his 12th home run of the season.

Escobar put the Twins up 2-1 in the home sixth, doubling to left on a 1-1 slider from Sale to score LaMarre from third and Eddie Rosario from first.

Leon's two-out RBI single to right in the eighth tied it at 2.

Red Sox left-hander David Price (8-4, 3.76 ERA) opposes Twins right-hander Lance Lynn (4-5, 4.98) on Wednesday night.

--Field Level Media