The Red Sox (58-51) evened up their series against the Twins with a 8-3 victory at Target Field Tuesday night in Minneapolis. The Sox scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning against Pierson Ohl, who was making his MLB debut. The Sox avoid a 2nd straight loss and have won 4 of 6.
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Going with Gio: Lucas Giolito turned in a quality outing, going 6.0 Innings and allowed 1 earned run on 5 hits. Giolito walked 2 and struck out 5 in improving to 7-2 with the victory. He recorded 9 fly ball outs and had 13 swings & misses in his outing. It's the 8th time this season where Giolito gave up 0 or 1 run in an outing and 3rd in the month of July. The Sox are now 11-5 in his 16 starts.
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Sox at the Dish: The Red Sox got on the board first with Ceddanne Rafaela getting on with a 1-out Triple in the 3rd Inning. He scored on an RBI Single from Roman Anthony, who delivered on an 0-2 pitch. Rafaela's Triple ended a streak of 10 straight games without an Extra-Base Hit. Alex Breman made it 2-0 with an RBI Double and Trevor Story made it 4-0 with a 2-out, 2-run Home Run. Jarren Duran homered in the 5th to make it 5-0. It went 446' and it's the 8th time this season where Duran had multiple extra-base hits (8 extra-base hits Last 7G). Trevor Story picked up his 3rd RBI of the night with an RBI Double in the 9th. Story scored on an RBI Double by Wilyer Abreu.
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#'s of the NIGHT:
The Sox are 11-0 when scoring 5 or more runs in the month of July.
It was Story's 16th Home Run of the season and 10th on the road. The Sox are now 15-1 when Story goes yard. It was his first Home Run in 16 games and broke his 0-for-12 at the plate.
Tuesday night's win was the 18th this season winning by 5 or more runs. Still 12 of Last 15 games for the Red Sox have been decided by 3 Runs or Less, including 7 1-Run Games.
The Red Sox collected 8 more extra-base hits (5 Doubles, 1 Triple & 2 Home Runs) in Tuesday's win and now have (115) Extra-Base Hits over their last (26) Games.
With the Red Sox scoring first it's just the 3rd time they've gotten on the board first in the last 11 games.
Red Sox will attempt to win a series for the 9th time this season after losing the series opener.
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What's On Tap?: Brayan Bello is scheduled to go in the series finale Wednesday afternoon at Target Field. The Twins are TBA and expected to go with a 2nd straight bullpen game. After the Twins series in Minneapolis, the Sox return back home for a 6-game homestand with 3 vs. the Astros and 3 vs. the Royals. The Sox are now in a stretch of playing 9 of 12 at Fenway.
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