Mookie Betts went 4-for-5, with two first-pitch home runs. He drove in five runs and Eduardo Rodriguez threw seven shutout innings (7-5-0-4-8, 113) as the Red Sox coasted on Wednesday night.
The Red Sox turned three double plays, including one to end the game after Darwizon Hernandez walked two Twins with one out in the ninth. Brandon Workman came in got Nelson Cruz to ground a 2-1 pitch back to the mound. Workman started the 1-4-3 twin(s) killing.
After Rodriguez struck out the side in the top of the first, Betts hit José Berríos's first pitch of the game (an inside fastball at 93) over the Wall in left-center (#24).