Twins-Boston game recap
May 7, 2017 at 12:57AM
IMPACT PLAYER
Rick Porcello, Boston
The Twins had not been held below three runs in more than two weeks, until Porcello subdued them on seven hits in seven innings.
BY THE NUMBERS
8 Games with three or more hits by Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts in his past 11 games against the Twins.
2 Eight-run innings given up by the Twins this season, the first time since 2007 they have had two such bad innings in the same year.
0 Hits by Eddie Rosario in three at-bats, ending his 15-game hitting streak.
ON DECK
Ervin Santana has given up only three runs all season, a record he will try to keep intact against Red Sox ace Chris Sale, who is 1-5 with a 7.62 ERA in his past six starts vs. the Twins.
PHIL MILLER
about the writer
The Twins executive was on hand with Cleveland when Mark Shapiro did the double, and Shapiro noticed then his ability to “connect across every role in the organization.”
