MLB

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox

· Doubleheader - Game 1
Minnesota Twins
81-74, 39-41 Away
Final
1 - 8
Boston Red Sox
77-78, 36-41 Home

Triston Casas hits 3 homers, carries Red Sox past Twins 8-1 in doubleheader opener

Winning for just the eighth time in their last 22 games, the Red Sox are only 23-36 since the All-Star break.

With a chance at tying history and the crowd cheering, the 24-year-old Casas grounded out in his fourth at-bat. He never got up again.

“I felt the most locked in I have all season,” Casas said. “I wasn't going in with the intention to beat the ball to a spot. I was reacting to where it was, and keeping my posture and letting the bat go over the right part of the plate.”

Trying to earn one of the AL’s wild-card spots, the Twins have lost 12 of their last 18 games and are just 11-21 since Aug. 17 when they were 17 games over .500.

The record for homers in a game is four, and it’s been done 18 times in MLB history.

The last to hit four in a game was J.D. Martinez, on Sept. 4, 2017, when he was playing for Arizona against the Los Angeles Dodgers. No AL player has done it since Josh Hamilton, playing for Texas, did it against the Baltimore Orioles May 8, 2012.

Casas’ first came with two runners on off a first-pitch fastball from Pablo López (15-9) in the opening inning and sailed an estimated 400 feet, landing in the seats behind Boston’s bullpen.

His second — also off López — was an opposite field drive into the Green Monster seats in the third, also with two runners on that made it 6-0. It marked the second two-homer game of his career, the other came July 22nd of last season.

Casas’ third was on the first pitch from reliever Brent Headrick leading off the fifth inning that gave the Red Sox an 8-1 lead.

Nick Pivetta (6-11) gave up an unearned run in five innings.

López was tagged for seven runs and nine hits in four innings. He had allowed two or fewer runs in 10 of his last 12 starts.

“There’s no sugar-coating it. Not the performance I was looking for, especially with what this game means,” he said. “Didn’t provide the length, didn’t provide the quality.”

Red Sox manager Alex Cora was ejected in the first inning. He became irate after the umpiring crew came together and decided to allow Byron Buxton to advance to third on an interference call at second on a pickoff attempt and was tossed by crew chief Alan Porter.

“He blocked the bag, he did,” Cora said. “But the whole mechanism, I didn't like. It took them to argue and then Alan called time to get together. They got the call right, but you're right there — just call it.”

The scheduled start time was pushed up an hour earlier to 12:35 p.m., with the makeup from Saturday’s rainout slated to start at 5:35 p.m.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: OF Tyler O’Neill didn’t play because he’s been dealing with back tightness.

UP NEXT

Twins RHP Zebby Matthews (1-3, 6.30 ERA) is scheduled to start the nightcap against Red Sox RHP Kutter Crawford (8-15, 4.19).

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Matchup Prediction

Red Sox: 49.9%
Twins: 50.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Miranda struck out swinging.
9th Inning Jeffers flied out to right.
9th Inning Castro grounded out to second, Castro out at first.
9th Inning K. Jansen relieved Weissert
8th Inning González grounded out to second, González out at first.
8th Inning Duran grounded out to pitcher, Duran out at first.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 12
7 Strikeouts 8
0 Runs Batted In 8
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
4 Hits 11
0 Stolen Bases 2
4 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 8
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 35
0 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 1
13 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 0
136 Pitches 153
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
4 Total Bases 21
35 Plate Appearances 38
0.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
0 Extra Base Hits 4
0.2 Runs Created 7.9
.129 Batting Average .314
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.129 Slugging Percentage .600
.129 Secondary Average .429
.229 On Base Percentage .368
.358 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .968
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
0.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 8.9
6.0 Batter Rating 56.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 11.7
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.89 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.03
.000 Isolated Power .286
0.57 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.38
.114 Walks Per Plate Appearance .079
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .114
1.0 Runs Produced 16.0
0.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.2 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
60.5 MLB Rating 100.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Fenway Park

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 32,307 | Capacity:

2024 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 92 69 .571 - L2
Kansas City 86 76 .531 6.5 W1
Detroit 86 76 .531 6.5 L2
Minnesota 82 80 .506 10.5 L4
Chicago 41 121 .253 51.5 W2

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3
Full Standings