Boston Red Sox edge past Minnesota Twins 6-5 – MLB News
Boston Red Sox continued their impressive winning streak as they edged past the inspired Minnesota Twins 6-5 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, May 6 in the opening game of their four match series of the 2013 Major League Baseball regular
season.
With their win the Red Sox improved their record to 21-11 and it will be interesting to see if they can continue the good work in their upcoming games to strengthen their position at the top of the American league East Division standings table. The Red Sox
had a forgettable last season as they finished at the bottom of their league standings table. It was the worst results for them in almost fifty years. Following the post season, the management made numerous expensive changes in the batting and pitching lineups
of the team.
"It's more or less trying to get into a rhythm," said Drew, who entered batting .182 and raised his average above .200 -- to .225 -- for the first time this season. "I've been working on some things and tonight was just a good night for me."
"We had opportunities. They had some opportunities, and finally they get the big hit there," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "A tough ballgame for us."
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/29685/clayton-mortensen"I knew I hit it good. You never know here sometimes," Drew said. "It was a good night. Everybody battles, Salty beats it out and Middlebrooks gets a hit. We're just trying to have fun."
It will not be wrong to say that the Red Sox now have great chances of winning the AL East pennant and making it to the World Series final. Manager John Farrell will be extremely happy with what he has seen from his men so far this season but the Red Sox
will have to keep up their good work to have any chance of overcoming American League giants including the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers.
Starting pitcher Clay Buccholz had another decent outing as he allowed just four runs in six solid innings while striking out nine batters. Relief pitcher and closer Clayton Mortensen grabbed his first win of the season ager he pitched 2.1 scoreless innings
of relief.
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