"I wasn't sure if I cracked the bone or not. After a few minutes, he walked off to the dugout. The Twins training staff rushed out to help him. Maeda, who missed all of last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, managed to stay on his feet, retrieve the ball and throw Duran out before crumpling to the grass. Yu Chang, who was reinstated from the paternity list earlier in the day, hit a two-run homer as the Red Sox added three in the fifth to make it 10-1.Įvery batter in the Red Sox starting lineup had at least one hit. Hernández had three hits for Boston, and Duran drove in three runs. And that was a play that I had not seen before in a situation like that and hopefully don't see again." "Once he went too far and then stopped, he was out. "We're basically going base to base because none of those runs matter," Baldelli said. But Max Kepler was caught taking too big of a turn at third base and was thrown out to end the game.īaldelli said Kepler thought he would be able to score easily and was surprised with third base coach Tommy Watkins held him up. Minnesota loaded the bases in the ninth when Edouard Julien singled to center, scoring one run. In all, Houck allowed three runs on six hits and a walk, striking out seven in seven innings - the longest start of his career. He also took Jose Miranda's line drive off his left foot in he seventh but remained in the game. Tanner Houck (3-0) scattered four hits over his first six innings but gave up Castro's two-run homer in the seventh. "Willi hit a bomb today, and then he goes out there and gives us a third of an inning. Third baseman Willi Castro homered for Minnesota and also got an out as a pitcher in the eighth, retiring Kiké Hernández on a groundout on a pitch that wouldn't have violated the 45 mph speed limit on the MassPike that runs beyond Fenway Park's famous left field wall. So that was positive."Įmilio Pagan relieved Maeda and gave up five straight hits, including Duran's double, as Boston opened a 7-0 lead. But as he got up and the initial pain went away, he was able to stand and move around. We were fearful, to be honest, watching him on the ground out there. "You're really hoping not to get a really bad result, like a broken ankle or something like that. "He got hit squarely," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. The Twins right-hander made the play to get the out at first and end the inning. Maeda (0-3) allowed a home run to Alex Verdugo to lead off the bottom of the first and left trailing 1-0 after taking Duran's 111 mph line drive off his left ankle in the second inning. Max Kepler added an RBI single in the first among his two hits for the Twins.Red Sox beat Twins 11-5 behind Jarren DuranīOSTON - Jarren Duran lined one ball off Kenta Maeda's ankle, knocking the Twins starter out of the game, and another off the Green Monster during a six-run third inning on Thursday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 11-5 victory over Minnesota. Twins rookie Matt Wallner hit a two-run homer to cap the four-run first off Mariners starter George Kirby, who pitched seven scoreless innings in a win against Minnesota in Seattle. “It's been 30-some years since the Mariners have done it, but we needed it and guys don't quit." “Not too many times you come back from down four on the road,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. I was able to deliver and I feel like that was my biggest thing from that game."Ĭade Marlowe added his first career homer in his fourth major league game for the Mariners, who have won four of six. “I was able to contribute to the team,” Rodríguez said. MINNEAPOLIS - Julio Rodríguez homered twice, including a two-run shot in a four-run eighth to tie the game, as the Seattle Mariners rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 9-7 on Tuesday night.Īfter Rodríguez tied the game, Eugenio Suárez came through with a two-run double in the ninth off Oliver Ortega (0-1) to put Seattle ahead after the Mariners trailed 4-0 after the first inning.
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