The Red Sox moved above .500 for the first time in the young 2022 season on Sunday, beating the Twins 8-2 to improve to 5-4 on the year.
The Patriots’ Day eve game got off to a slow start before runs came in at the end. Here are four takeaways before the Red Sox and Twins get up for an early start on Monday.
The big picture.
Both starting pitchers performed well on Sunday. Red Sox starter Michael Wacha pitched five scoreless innings and Twins starter Bailey Ober threw five scoreless innings to start as well.