Runs and highlights: Minnesota Twins 9-6 Boston Red Sox in MLB 2021

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In extrainnings, Minnesota defeated Boston, so the series is tied at one game; the last game of the series will be played tomorrow.

The victory went to Alex Colomé (4-4), while the loss went to Hansel Robles (3-5).

After facing each other, on Friday they will open another series in the MLB regular season: Twins will host Milwaukee Brewers and Red Sox will visit Cleveland Indians.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Twins	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	10	1
Red Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	6	15	0

 

Kyle Schwarber hits a fly out, ending the game. Twins beat Red Sox 9-6.

Home run! Kike Hernandez hits a one-run home run with a fly out to left field; Boston gets closer, and the score is 9-6.

Christian Vazquez hits a grounder for a double play grounder: he and Bobby Dalbec are out, but Hunter Renfroe scores.

Bobby Dalbec hits a line single to right field; Hunter Renfroe pops out to third base.

Minnesota twins switch pitchers: Ralph Garza replaces Alex Colome.

Andrelton Simmons singles and strikes out, ending the inning for the Minnesota Twins, who take a nice run lead.

Home run! Jake Cave hits a three-run home run to center field. Minnesota extends its lead to five: 9-4.

Ryan Jeffers is hit by a pitch and advances to first base; Rob Refsnyder advances to second.

Rob Refsnyder singles with a line drive to center field.

Luis Arraez and Miguel Sano hit a pair of grounders to get the first two outs of the inning.

Home run! Josh Donaldson hits a two-run homer; Minnesota regains the lead.

Alex Verdugo is eliminated via strikeout and Hunter Renfroe hits a one-out walk.

After nine complete innings, Twins and Red Sox are tied at four runs, so there will be extra innings. 

J. D. Martinez hit a line out; Xander Bogaerts advanced to third base.

Xander Bogaerts hits a line single to center field; Rafael Devers grounded out.

Home run! Kyle Schwarber hits a two-run home run after a fly out to center field. The game is now tied.

Kike Hernandez hits a line-drive double to center field; Boston looks to tie the game.

Minnesota Twins change their pitcher again: Alex Colome relieves Kyle Barraclough.

Andrelton Simmons, Max Kepler and Jorge Polanco are retired in a row; Twins do no damage in their final at-bat, but are three outs away from victory.

Boston Red Sox change their pitcher: Josh Taylor comes in for Martin Perez.

Christian Vazquez hits a forced out, ending the penultimate inning. Boston gets closer, but still falls to Minnesota.

Kevin Plawecki is hit and advances to first base; Hunter Renfroe, to second.

Minnesota Twins change pitchers: Kyle Barraclough comes in for Caleb Thielbar.

Hunter Renfroe singles down a line to left field; on an error by Jorge Polanco, Alex Verdugo scores Boston Red Sox's second run.

Alex Verdugo singles with a single to center field.

Boston Red Sox quickly added two outs after Rafael Devers and J. D. Martinez were removed.

Rob Refsnyder, Ryan Jeffers and Jake Cave are dominated in a row; the penultimate at-bat for Twins ends.

Boston Red Sox change their pitcher again: Hirokazu Sawamura comes out and Martin Perez comes in.

Xander Bogaerts is struck out via the strikeout, ending the seventh inning. Minnesota is defeating Boston 4-1.

Kyle Schwarber hits a pop fly out to center field; Christian Vazquez advances to third base.

Minnesota Twins change pitchers: Caleb Thielbar replaces Tyler Duffey.

Kike Hernandez hits a single to center field; Christian Vazquez advances to second base.

Kyle Schwarber hits a pop fly out to center field; Christian Vazquez advances to third base.

Minnesota Twins change pitchers: Caleb Thielbar replaces Tyler Duffey.

Kike Hernandez hits a single to center field; Christian Vazquez advances to second base.

Christian Vazquez connects on a line drive single to center field; Travis Shaw scores the first Boston Red Sox run.

Hunter Renfroe is ruled out after hitting a one-out fly ball; Travis Shaw connects on a line drive double to center field.

Minnesota Twins change pitchers: Tyler Duffey comes in for Danny Coulombe.

Miguel Sano hits a forced out, and the last out of the inning falls for Minnesota, who continues to lead 4-0.

Josh Donaldson hits a leadoff double to left field, while Luis Arraez gets an intentional groundout.

Boston Red Sox change their pitcher again: Hirokauz Sawamura replaces Austin Davis.

Max Kepler and Jorge Polanco are quickly overpowered; Twins already have two outs.

J. D. Martínez and Alex Verdugo also hit fly outs, ending the sixth inning. Red Sox give up one more chance to close the gap on the scoreboard.

Xander Bogaerts grounded out on balls; Kyle Schwarber advanced to second.

Xander Bogaerts grounded out on balls; Kyle Schwarber advanced to second.

Kyle Schwarber hits a line drive single to left field.

Minnesota Twins change their starting pitcher: Danny Coulombe comes in for Bailey Ober.

Ryan Jeffers, Jake Cave and Andrelto Simmons are retired in a row; end the shootout for Minnesota Twins.

Hunter Renfroe hits a single, but Travis Shaw, Christian Vázquez and Kiké Hernández are overpowered. The fifth inning ends, and Twins continues to beat the Red Sox.

Luis Arraeza, Miguel Sano and Nick Gordon are dominated in a row; end of the fifth inning of batting for Minnesota Twins.

Boston Red Sox change their starting pitcher: Austin Davis replaces Nick Piveta.

Rafael Devers, J. D. Martinez and Alex Verdugo are retired in a row. After four complete innings, Boston still fails to score runs.

Josh Donaldson strikes out; that's five for Nick Piveta. The inning ends for the visitors, who score again.

Minnesota Twins home run! Jorge Polanco hits a two-run homer to increase the lead to four.

Jake Cave grounds out via the strikeout; Andrelton Simmons hits a bloop single to center field, and Max Kepler hits a one-out roller to first base.

Xander Bogaerts hits a pop fly out to right field. The third inning ends, and the Red Sox remain down on the scoreboard.

Kyle Schwarber singled with a line drive to right field; Christian Vázquez advanced to third.

Kiké Hernández hit a ground ball for an out; Christian Vázquez advanced to second base.

Travis Shaw is ruled out by Bailey Ober, who already has five strikeouts; Christian Vázquez singles with a ground ball to left field.

 

Nick Gordon and Ryan Jeffers strike out, ending the third at-bat for the visitors, who continue to win.

Miguel Sano hits a one-run homer to center field; Twins are already up 2-0.

Luis Arraez hits a one-out roller; first out of the inning for Minnesota.

Hunter Renfroe is also dominated by a strikeout, giving Boston the last out of the inning, who is trailing after two complete games.

Alex Verdugo hits a line out to right field; Rafael Devers grounded out to first base.

Rafael Devers grounded out, while J. D. Martinez struck out Bailey Ober, who now has three.

Great work by Alex Verdugo to catch Josh Donaldson's fly out to center field; Twins are winning, but missed the opportunity to score more runs.

Jorge Polanco hits a pop fly out to left field, but the runners do not move.

Max Kepler singles with a grounder to third base; with one out, it's a full house for Twins.

 

Andrelton Simmons hits a line drive single to center field; Nick Gordan scores and Jake Cave advances to second base.

Minnesota is already up by one run.

Jake Cave hit a roller for a forced out; he grounded out to first base and Nick Gordon to third, so Ryan Jeffers was picked off.

Nick Gordon gets base on balls and Ryan Jeffers is hit by a pitch; Nick Pivetta is off to a wild start. With no outs, Twins have runners on the first two bases.

In a row, Red Sox hitters (Kiké Hernández, Kyle Schwarber and Xander Bogaerts) are overpowered, ending the first inning of the game.

Miguel Sano hits a grounder for a forced out at second base; ends the first at-bat for the Minnesota Twins.

Luis Arraez hits a pop fly out to left field; runners do not move.

Josh Donaldson fanned and struck out; the visitors' first out fell.

Max Kepler grounds out to first base after hitting a single with a grounder to third base.

Nick Pivetta, Boston Red Sox, on the mound; Max Kepler, Minnesota Twins, at bat.

AVG | Xander Bogaerts: .302   

R | Rafael Devers: 79

HR | Rafael Devers: 29

RBI | Rafael Devers: 91

SB | Christian Vázquez: 8

AVG | Jorge Polanco: 2.73

R | Jorge Polanco: 74

HR | Jorge Polanco: 23

RBI | Jorge Polanco: 74

SB | Jorge Polanco: 10

Yesterday, Enrique Hernández celebrated his 30th birthday with his 16th home run of the season, which allowed the Red Sox to close their game more comfortably. 

¡Kiké Hernández celebra su cumpleaños regalándonos 🎁 un BAMBINAZO de 425 pies! 🥳
#MediasRojas pic.twitter.com/H9UVRiVSkq

— Red Sox de Boston (@RedSoxBeisbol) August 25, 2021

1 | Kiké Hernández - 2B

2 | Kyle Schwarber - DH

3 | Xander Bogaerts - SS

4 | Rafael Devers - 3B

5 | J. D. Martínez - LF

6 | Alex Verdugo - CF

7 | Hunter Renfroe - RF

8 | Travis Shaw - 1B

9 | Christian Vázquez - C

1 | Max Kepler - RF

2 | Jorge Polanco - 2B

3 | Josh Donaldson - DH

4 | Luis Arraez - 3B

5 | Miguel Sanó - 1B

6 | Nick Gordon - CF

7 | Ryan Jeffers - C

8 | Jake Cave - LF

9 | Andrelton Simmons - SS

If the regular phase ends today, Boston would be one of the teams that would play for the wild card; they would face the New York Yankees, their fierce rival.

Si hoy terminara la temporada así sería la lucha por la Serie Mundial.
¿Tu equipo estaría en la pelea por el título?#YoAmoElBeis pic.twitter.com/XuXO1toiOt

— MLB México (@MLB_Mexico) August 25, 2021

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Nick Pivetta will start for the 24th time this season; r9-6 is his record. His ERA is 4.43; he has pitched 126 innings and has struck out 140 batters.

Bailey Ober will make his 15th start of the season; his record is 1-2. His ERA is 4.38; he has pitched 63.2 innings and struck out 65.

In the American League East division, the Red Sox are in third place with 72 wins and 55 losses, with a productivity of .567. Their record in their last ten games is 6-4.

In the American Conference Central, the Twins are in fifth and last place with 54 wins and 71 losses; their efficiency is .432. They are 4-6 in their ten most recent games.

This Tuesday, Minnesota and Boston began their series with a great game, which ended 9-11, in favor of the Red Sox. Hunter Renfroe was vital for the win by hitting two homers.

The victory went to Josh Taylor (1-0), while Griffin Jax (3-2) took the loss; the save went to Hansel Robles (11).

This Wednesday afternoon, the Twins and Red Sox will play their second of three games in this series; in the first game, the win went to the Bostonians. The last game will be played tomorrow.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second and last series in which they will face each other in the MLB regular season; in the first, which was played at Target Field, the Minnesotans lost three games to one.

My name is Alan Rodriguez and I’ll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.