Mauer and the Twins walk off in series opener against Sox

May 6, 2017

The Boston Red Sox rallied to score two runs in the top of the ninth inning on Friday night at Minnesota.

It wasn’t enough, as Joe Mauer smashed a walk off home run off Matt Barnes in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Twins a 4-3 win.

Andrew Benintendi hit a solo home run for the Red Sox. Chris Young hit a two run pinch hit single to even the score at three. Benintendi and Josh Rutledge had two hits each for the Red Sox.