FORT MYERS, Fla. --
WHO: Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins
WHEN: 1:05 p.m.
WHERE: Hammond Stadium
TV/RADIO: NESN/WEEI 850 AM
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP David Price vs. RHP Kyle Gibson
OTHER PITCHERS SCHEDULED: RHP Craig Kimbrel, RHP Matt Barnes, LHP Bobby Poyner
PITCHERS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY: RHP Rick Porcello
IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:
- Mookie Betts leads off the game with his second homer of the spring.
- Not to be outdone, Brian Dozier leads off his half of the inning with his own solo homer, tying the game at 1-1.
- As if a double off the top of the left-center wall wasn't impressive enough for Christian Vazquez, he just swiped third, taking advantage of the Twins not holding him on second base.
- J.D. Martinez, hitting in the second spot in the lineup today, singles sharply to left-center scoring Vazquez from third. That's followed by an opposite-field single off Dozier's glove at second for Hanley Ramirez, scoring Betts.
- After allowing a leadoff homer to Dozier, David Price hasn't allowed another yet through three innings.
- Betts with another homer -- hit harder than the one in the first, and this time, with a man on base. In his last six games, Betts is now 11-for-20 with seven extra-base hits.
- Andrew Benintendi absolutely crushes a pitch over everything in right for the fourth Red Sox homer of the game.
- Would appear that Price is done after three innings. He just headed down to the bullpen to get a little more side work in.
- Logan Morrison just hit a long ground-rule double to second that Benintendi misplayed. Ball fell on warning track. Benintnendi then signaled with his sunglasses that he had difficulty with sun while tracking the ball.
LINEUPS:
RED SOX
TWINS
NEWS AND NOTES:
- Alex Cora has J.D. Martinez hitting second in the lineup today, but he's not experimenting. The move was made solely to get Martinez a few extra at-bats. Martinez still profiles as the team's cleanup hitter on Opening Day.
- Chris Sale, who took a comebacker off the hip Sunday, arrived early this morning and reported that he felt fine. He's set to long-toss today and throw a brief side session Monday in anticipation of his start Thursday in the opener.
- Craig Kimbrel will make his Grapefruit League debut today.
- Starter David Price will have an abbreviated start today, but may follow up the appearance with some extra work on the side.
- Cora expects to have the rotation settled by the end of today, with the final roster essentially set by Monday afternoon.