everything clicks boston red soxthey beat their opponents 40-14 in their current five-game winning streak
Boston to build on momentum as it continues four-game series against rivals Minnesota Twins tuesday in minneapolis
Alex Verdugo hit four runs and Triston Casas hit a two-run homer in Boston’s 9-3 win over Minnesota on Monday. Jalen Duran added three doubles and two RBIs.
Alex Cora records his 400th win red soxMonday’s manager said the team’s recent offensive output has been building for weeks
“Before we started scoring the last few days, the line was moving,” Cora said. “Now we’ve had a huge hit, so hopefully the fun begins.”
While Boston is getting contributions from the overall order, Minnesota’s offense is becoming a concern.Byron Buxton sinks to 0-for-24 shooting twinwho have lost four of their last five games
“Baseball is a game of hot and cold, and we’re kind of lukewarm right now,” twin said infielder Kyle Farmer. “We just have to keep playing, put good hitters together, stick to our routine and keep working.
Minnesota’s goal was to bounce back against Boston right-hander Kurt Crawford (1-3, 4.20 ERA), who was making his sixth start of the season. Crawford returned to the rotation earlier this month after Chris Sale was placed on the injured list with a scapular stress reaction.
Crawford allowed four runs in four innings against the Colorado Rockies on June 13.
Crawford has a 5.40 ERA in seven home games (three starts) this season and a 2.60 ERA in six games away from Fenway Park (two starts). In two career games (one start) against Minnesota, he is 0-1 with a 12.00 ERA.
Right-hander Bailey Ober (4-3, 2.65 ERA) will get twin. He allowed two runs and struck out seven in six innings for a win in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers
Ober has thrown at least five innings in each of his 10 starts this season, and has a 54-to-14 strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.86) over that stretch.
ober will face red sox It was the third time in his career that he was scoreless in his first two 11-inning games.
Minnesota coach Rocco Baldelli, after his team struck out 11 and allowed just one extra hit — a three-run homer by Christian Vazquez — in Tuesday’s series opener, He wants the team to perform better.
“One day we’ll show up and it’s going to affect us, but it’s not all about chance. It’s about us,” Baldelli said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do and we’ve got to figure it out because we’re not playing well.”
this twin It will take a strong game to keep pace with Boston, which is averaging 7.7 points over its past six games. Verdugo is 17-for-43 (. 395) with seven RBIs in his 10-game winning streak
“Just getting the next guy to move on and hit the ball in time, I think that’s important,” Verdugo said. “We’ve had a lot of success, but having runners on board is something we’re proud of.”
–Field-level media