The Sox did nothing against Lynn in the top of the first as Mr. Mookie Betts flied out to right to begin. Andrew Benintendi grounded out to short before Xander Bogaerts doubled. JD Martinez whiffed to end the inning. The Twins struck first in the bottom of the first when Robbie Grossman launched the 5th pitch Price threw 8,000 feet for a solo home run. Eddie Rosario singled but Eduardo Escobar flied out to right. Price caught Rosario napping in a rundown and froze Brian Dozier to end the inning but the Twins were ahead 1-0.
The Sox fought back with some help from the Twins in the top of the second. Mitch Moreland walked to start but Rafael Devers popped up to first. Brock "The Hitman" Holt walked but Christian Vazquez lined out to first. Jackie Bradley Jr hit a routine grounder to first but Logan Morrison threw the ball away allowing Moreland to score to tie the game. Holt got picked off third to end the inning but it was 1-1.
Price kept up the pace in the bottom of the second as Morrison flied out to right to begin. Ehire Adrianza singled to left but Kepler lined out to short. Mitch Garver lined out to second to end the inning.
Mr. Mookie singled to start the top of the third and advanced to second on the Benintendi grounder, but was stranded when Bogaerts grounded out to third. Martinez grounded out to short to end the inning. Old friend Ryan LaMarre flied out to right to begin the bottom of the third before Grossman flied out to left. Rosario smacked a triple but Escobar grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
The Sox blew their last chance to take the lead after Moreland singled and Devers walked to open the top of the fourth. Holt banged into a double play and Vazquez whiffed to end the inning. The Twins iced the game in the bottom of the fourth as Dozier doubled and Morrison walked to start. Adrianza grounded into a double play but Kepler smashed a 200,000 foot bomb to put the Twins up for good. Garver flied out to right to end the inning but it was 3-1 Twins.
The Sox threatened again in the top of the fifth when JBJ led off with a walk before moving to second on the Mr. Mookie grounder. Benintendi walked to put the tying run on but Bogaerts erased Benintendi at second. Martinez grounded out to second to end the inning. LaMarre singled to begin the bottom of the fifth but Grossman flied out to center. Rosario whiffed before Escobar hit a routine grounder to Devers. He instead threw the ball AT LaMarre rather than to the base for an error. Luckily Dozier lined out to center to end the inning.
The Twins bullpen was lights out as Taylor Rogers was first up in the top of the sixth. Moreland whiffed, Devers flied out to right and Holt looked at strike three to end the inning. Price had one more inning in him and he got Morrison to ground out to first to start the bottom of the sixth. Adrianza whiffed before Kepler lined out to second to end the inning. Price pitched relatively well but got no support by the offense, Chris Sale feels his pain.
Old buddy Addison Reed came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Vazquez grounded out to short to start. JBJ flied out to center but Mr. Mookie singled to bring the tying run to the plate. Benintendi flied out to right to end the inning. Heath Hembree was first out of the pen in the bottom of the seventh and Garver flied out to center to begin. LaMarre looked at strike three before Grossman flied out to right to end the inning.
Trevor Hildenberger held the Sox down in the top of the eighth as Bogaerts grounded out to second to start. Martinez looked to have singled when Kepler just missed a diving catch but Twins manager Paul Molitor challenged the call. New York Yankees manag...errr Head of MLB Operations Joe Torre DEMANDED the call be overturned and it was ruled a catch. Moreland whiffed to end the inning.
The Twins got an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth as Brian Johnson walked Rosario to start. Escobar whiffed but Dozier doubled home Rosario for another run. Dozier stole third but Morrison grounded out to first. Adrianza whiffed to end the inning with the Twins up 4-1.
Fernando Rodney came in to close out the top of the ninth as Devers flied out to center to start. Holt grounded out to first and Vazquez grounded out to third to end the game. The Twins had won it 4-1.
Jackass of the Night is Brock Holt. He got picked off to kill one rally and banged into a double play to kill another one. In a game decided by 3 runs those two rally killers were huge.
The Good:
Mookie Betts was 2 for 4.
Mitch Moreland was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Heath Hembree pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
The Bad:
JD Martinez was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Christian Vazquez was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Brian Johnson got tagged for a run in the eighth inning.
The Ugly:
Andrew Benintendi was 0 for 3 but walked.
Xander Bogaerts was just 1 for 4.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 3 but walked.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 2 but walked.
David Price took the loss but didn't pitch bad, allowing 3 runs in 6 innings while striking out 3.
Final Thoughts:
Another loss that reminds everyone of last year where they couldn't get a clutch hit to save their lives. They had multiple men on base in multiple innings but needed an error to get one in. The worst part is they lost to a team like the Twins that aren't going anywhere. A lot of these guys may be on other teams a month from now. Luckily the Sox offense seems to be better than last year so maybe this was a hiccup. The less said of this game the better. The loss drops the Sox to 49-26, 2 games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. The Sox return to action tomorrow afternoon facing their nemesis Kyle Gibson. The Sox will counter with "Slick" Rick Porcello (8-3) at 1:00 PM at Target Field.
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