Twins lose to Red Sox, dropping fourth straight game

BOSTON Edouard Julien ranged to his left and went into a slide looking to corral a ball hit sharply his way It looked as if the second baseman got his glove on it but just as swiftly it popped up out of his mitt and dribbled a couple feet behind him By the time he got the ball and spun around back towards home he could do nothing but watch David Hamilton slide in representing the second run the Red Sox scored on the play The seventh-inning play which would have been the third out of the inning and kept the sum tied was ruled a hit for Red Sox star Rafael Devers though easily could have been ruled an error And with it the Twins fell into a two-run hole from which they wouldn t recover The Twins lost their fourth consecutive meeting on Friday night this one a - loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park that further spiraled out of control from them an inning later when reliever Jorge Alcala gave up three runs The Twins offense couldn t muster much of anything on Friday night off Red Sox starter Brayan Bello Minnesota catcher Ryan Jeffers hammered a slider over the Green Monster in left field in the third inning providing the only offense of the night off Bello and tying the challenge at the time It would remain that way until the seventh inning Bello worked into the seventh inning and allowed just four hits an effort that was nearly matched by Twins starter Joe Ryan whose quality start the club could not capitalize on Fresh off an outing in which he struck out Ryan turned in his second consecutive quality start In this one he worked six innings and allowed just one home run a bomb to Alex Bregman in the first inning in his effort Related Articles Is there a tighter strike zone this year Twins players have noticed it Twins lose another in Cleveland in walk-off fashion Twins center fielder Byron Buxton joins unique company with latest feat Pablo L pez s strong start spoiled late as Twins fall to Guardians Twins reliever Griffin Jax won t let two weeks define his season