Thursday's Twins-Boston game recap

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran hit a two-run double and a sacrifice fly.

April 21, 2023 at 1:16AM
Boston’s Jarren Duran follows three on his two-run double in the third inning Thursday. (Steven Senne, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IMPACT PLAYER: Jarren Duran, Red Sox

The outfielder capped Boston's six-run third with a two-run double off the center field wall, and added a sacrifice fly.

BY THE NUMBERS

9 Players in the two starting lineups who entered with batting averages of .200 or lower; all nine collected at least one hit.

35 Runs scored by the Twins on their seven-game New York-Boston road trip, compared with 33 runs given up.

1 Home run by Willi Castro, the third Twin in five seasons to homer and pitch in the same game, joining Willians Astudillo (2021) and Chris Gimenez (2018).

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Phil Miller has covered the Twins for the Star Tribune since 2013. Previously, he covered the University of Minnesota football team, and from 2007-09, he covered the Twins for the Pioneer Press.

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