Twins Edge Red Sox 6‑5 to Complete Three-Game Sweep
BOSTON (Interstat) — The Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 6-5 victory Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. Minnesota scored single runs in the first and third innings before breaking open the game with three runs in the sixth. Boston answered with one in the second, three in the fourth and one in the ninth but could not complete the comeback.
Bailey Ober (6-2) allowed four earned runs on seven hits over five innings with three strikeouts to earn the win. Travis Adams recorded his first save by retiring the only batter he faced in the ninth. Tyron Guerrero (0-1) took the loss.
Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer in the fourth, and Masataka Yoshida added a solo shot for Boston. Brooks Lee drove in two runs for Minnesota, which totaled 12 hits. The Red Sox had 11 hits.
Attendance was 31,050, and the game lasted 3:22. The Twins improved to 26-27, while the Red Sox fell to 22-30.