Major League Baseball

FINAL
Minnesota Twins 7
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Boston Red Sox 8
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BOS200311018
JetBlue Park at Fenway South · 9,882 att.

Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
9/30/26 @ New York Yankees L 2-9 MLB
9/29/26 @ New York Yankees L 0-9 MLB
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Head to Head

BOS leads series 1-0

MIN Last 5 matchups BOS
  1. 5 Final 2017-03-29 @ BOS 3
  2. 2 Final 2017-03-26 @ MIN 7
  3. 13 Final 2017-03-19 @ BOS 8
  4. 5 Final 2017-03-18 @ MIN 12
  5. 13 Final 2017-03-11 @ MIN 0

Injuries

Boston Red Sox

  • Romy Gonzalez Out
  • Eli White Out
  • Justin Slaten Out
  • Triston Casas Out
  • Kutter Crawford Out

Minnesota Twins

  • Cole Sands Out
  • David Festa Out
  • Mick Abel Out
  • Anthony Banda Out
  • Jeff Hoffman Out

Lineups

Confirmed

BOS

  1. Dustin Pedroia2B
  2. Xander BogaertsSS
  3. Mookie BettsRF
  4. Hanley RamirezDH
  5. Mitch Moreland1B
  6. Chris YoungLF
  7. Pablo Sandoval3B
  8. Steve SelskyCF
  9. Christian VazquezC

Substitutes

  1. Deven MarreroSS
  2. Sam Travis1B
  3. Allen CraigLF
  4. Brian BogusevicDH
  5. Matt Scott Dominguez3B
  6. Junior LakeRF
  7. Rusney CastilloCF
  8. Mike Miller2B
  9. Dan ButlerC
  10. Jordan ProcyshenC

MIN

  1. Drew StubbsCF
  2. Danny SantanaRF
  3. Robbie GrossmanLF
  4. ByungHo Park1B
  5. Ben PaulsenDH
  6. Matt Donald Hague3B
  7. Eduardo EscobarSS
  8. John Ryan MurphyC
  9. Tommy Field2B

Substitutes

  1. JB ShuckCF
  2. Leonardo ReginattoLF
  3. Chris Gimenez1B
  4. Daniel PalkaDH
  5. Niko Goodrum3B
  6. Nick GordonSS
  7. Eddy RodriguezC
  8. Bengie Gonzalez2B

MLB News

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