Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins

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Boston Red Sox

6-11, 3-8 Away

Final
0 - 6

Minnesota Twins

11-7, 7-2 Home

Byron Buxton homers twice and Mick Abel strikes out 10 as the Twins blank the Red Sox 6-0

Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins: Game Highlights

Buxton had four hits and scored four runs, while Brooks Lee also homered for the Twins. Minnesota has won eight of nine.

Abel (1-2), who was acquired from the Phillies at last year's trade deadline for closer Jhoan Duran, allowed four hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out a career-high 10. Boston, which is last in the AL East, was shut out for the first time this season.

Red Sox starter Sonny Gray (2-1) gave up five runs on nine hits with a walk and a strikeout over four innings.

Luke Keaschall's RBI single in the first inning scored Buxton, who slid in just ahead of the relay throw. Buxton was initially called out, but Twins manager Derek Shelton challenged the call and got it overturned.

Buxton, who hit his first homer of the season on Monday, hit the first pitch of the third inning into the second deck in left field. He added a solo shot in the sixth for the 18th multi-homer game of his career.

Lee led off the fourth by driving a fastball from Gray into the right-field stands. Later in the inning, Trevor Larnach hit a two-run single to give the Twins a 5-0 lead.

Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras left in the fifth with lower back tightness.

Up next Boston will send LHP Connelly Early (0-0, 2.63 ERA) to the mound against Twins RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (0-2, 4.60) in the series finale Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Narváez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Story to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Duran lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Story reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Abreu grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Sands relieved Rogers

Statistics

BOS		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
14	Ground Balls	13
12	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
7	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
127	Pitches	167
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	19
35	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.3	Runs Created	7.3
.182	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.212	Slugging Percentage	.576
.061	Secondary Average	.364
.229	On Base Percentage	.378
.441	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.954
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.5
8.0	Batter Rating	44.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.51
.030	Isolated Power	.273
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
-.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
0.0	Runs Produced	12.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
62.8	MLB Rating	93.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0