Twins top Red Sox 5-4 on 2-run single in 9th by Brooks Lee after 90-minute rain delay
After Roman Anthony put Boston in front with an RBI single off Twins closer Jhoan Duran (6-4) in the top of the ninth, the grounds crew hustled out the tarp to beat a downpour.
Hicks (1-7), who had warmed up before the delay, allowed a single to DaShawn Keirsey Jr. and hit Mickey Gasper and Willi Castro with consecutive pitches. With one out, Lee delivered his third walk-off hit this season with a slap the other way with a few hundred fans standing in front of soaked seats.
Alex Bregman homered for the
second straight game
, a three-run shot off Simeon Woods Richardson in the fifth that put Boston up 3-2 after another unfulfilling start by Richard Fitts.
Fitts allowed a two-run homer to Keirsey after walking Christian Vázquez to start the third. Keirsey, making his first start in 29 games with All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton (
ribcage irritation
) sidelined, is 9 for 75 this season. Vázquez has been batting under .200 for six weeks.
The Red Sox, who are in
the market
for starting pitching with Hunter Dobbins
done for the season
, were thin in the bullpen with
closer Aroldis Chapman
unavailable (back tightness) and another reliever, Garrett Whitlock, ailing after a turbulent flight to Minnesota required a pit stop during stormy weather.
The Twins
traded starting pitcher Chris Paddack
to division-leading Detroit before the game.
Key moment
Fitts skirted bases-loaded trouble with none out in the fourth, striking out Ty France and getting Vázquez to ground into a double play.
Key stat
Anthony, who has taken over the leadoff spot for good, had two hits and two walks.
Up next
Lucas Giolito (6-2, 3.97 ERA) starts for Boston on Tuesday, when Paddack was scheduled to pitch. Minnesota will staff it with the bullpen instead.
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