Twins withstand elements, storm from behind for first Fenway sweep since '94
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BOSTON -- It rained throughout Sunday’s game between the Twins and Red Sox at Fenway Park. Despite the elements, Minnesota won the game, 6-5, and swept the three-game series, its first at Fenway Park since June 13-15, 1994.
The Twins were down, 4-3, going into the top of the sixth inning, but they were able to take the lead against Boston’s bullpen. Right-hander Tyron Guerrero allowed two singles to Orlando Arcia and Ryan Kreidler before he was pulled in favor of right-hander Garrett Whitlock. With two outs, Austin Martin came to the plate and singled to left field, driving in Arcia to tie the game at 4.
Brooks Lee followed and hit a two-run single, sending Kreidler and Martin home for the go-ahead runs.
Right-hander Bailey Ober earned his team-leading sixth victory of the season. He lasted five-plus innings and allowed four runs on seven hits. Three of those runs came on homers by Masataka Yoshida and Willson Contreras.
Minnesota’s bullpen took over after Ober allowed a single to Contreras and took the Twins the rest of the way. Anthony Banda, Eric Orze and Taylor Rogers blanked the Red Sox for three innings, giving way to Yoendrys Gómez, who gave up a run in the ninth, but escaped a jam with a runner on third to end the game.