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05/23 18:19 CDT Larnach matches career high with 4 hits, Twins beat Red Sox 4-2
for 9th win in 13 games
Larnach matches career high with 4 hits, Twins beat Red Sox 4-2 for 9th win in
13 games
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) --- Trevor Larnach matched his career-high with four hits, Taj
Bradley allowed one run over five innings in his return from a chest muscle
injury and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Saturday for
their ninth win in 13 games.
Benches and bullpens cleared briefly in the fourth inning after Boston's
Willson Contreras collided with catcher Victor Caratini when he was tagged out
trying to score after running through a late stop sign from third base coach
Chad Epperson. No punches were thrown.
Larnach had three singles and a double.
Boston had five hits and dropped to 2-20 when scoring two runs or fewer.
Making his first start since going on the IL May 9 with right pectoralis muscle
inflammation, Bradley (5-1) gave up three hits with seven strikeouts and two
walks. He reached 100 mph with a pitch for the first time in his career,
throwing a 100.3 mph offering to Contreras in the fourth.
Taylor Rogers got Jarren Duran to strike out looking for the final out with the
bases loaded for his second save.
After a comeback win in Friday's series opener, the Twins took a 2-0 lead in
the first against opener Jovani Morn (0-2) on Austin Martin's RBI single and
Josh Bell's sacrifice fly.
Ceddanne Rafaela's fourth-inning RBI double on the plate Contreras was thrown
out cut Boston's deficit in half.
Caratini's sacrifice fly and Orlando Arcia's run-scoring single off the glove
of pitcher Brayan Bello, who tried to backhand a grounder, boosted the lead to
4-1 in the fifth.
Up next
Twins RHP Bailey Ober (5-2, 3.63 ERA) is scheduled to face Red Sox RHP Sonny
Gray (5-1, 2.93) in the series finale Sunday. The forecast calls for steady
rain.
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