The Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Aug 31, 2022 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Xander Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 5 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Luis Arraez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 5 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Martinez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrique Hernandez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Story | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Devers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Verdugo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Pham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Plawecki | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Barnes | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kepler | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gio Urshela | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandy Leon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Jovani Moran | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Trevor Megill | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2022 season · Previous Aug 30, 2022: BOS 5, MIN 10 · Next Sep 1, 2022: TEX 8, BOS 9
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous Aug 30, 2022: BOS 5, MIN 10 · Next Sep 2, 2022: MIN 3, CHW 4