Tuesday's Twins-Boston recap

A quick look at Tuesday's game.

August 25, 2021 at 3:42AM
Boston Red Sox's Hunter Renfroe runs on his two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Hunter Renfroe rounded the bases after his two-run homer in the fifth inning Tuesday night. (Michael Dwyer, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IMPACT PLAYER

Hunter Renfroe, Red Sox

Matching blasts over the left-field wall gave him a five-RBI night for the first time in his six-year career.

BY THE NUMBERS

18 Twins in franchise history who have tripled as the first batter of a game, as Max Kepler did.

8 Games in which the Twins have given up four or more home runs; three such games have come since Aug. 9.

966 Career strikeouts by Miguel Sano, passing Kirby Puckett for fourth-most in Twins history.

ON DECK

Bailey Ober becomes the fifth consecutive Twins pitcher to make a start in a ballpark he has never pitched in before; he will face Boston's Nick Pivetta.

about the writer

Phil Miller

Reporter

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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