Final: Red Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 1 - Triston Casas hits 3 home runs in big offensive victory against Twins

Trevor's Sheehan

3 Times a Charm: The Red Sox scored 8 runs in the first game of their doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins. Seven of those runs came off the bat of Triston Casas, who recorded three home runs in his first three at-bats of the game. 

Casas' first and second home runs were both 3-run shots (1st and 3rd innings), and his final homer of the game was a solo shot that sealed the game for Boston (5th inning). Considering the gloomy September Boston is having, it is great to see Casas have a great performance like thi.

Silent Bats: Nick Pivetta and the Red Sox bullpen were also great in this game, preventing Minnesota from scoring an earned run. Minnesota's only run of the game came in the 4th inning after Romy Gonzalez committed an error at third base that brought home Willi Castro. Luis Garcia, Lucas Sims, Greg Weissert, and Kenley Jansen all had scoreless innings in relief this game.

Boston will play the second game of their doubleheader at 5:35 p.m. with Kutter Crawford on the mound.

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WHO: Red Sox (76-78) vs. Minnesota Twins (81-73)
WHEN: 12:35 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston
SERIES TO DATE: 1-3 (0-1/1-2)
STARTING PITCHERS: Game 1 (12:35 p.m.): RHP Nick Pivetta (5-11, 4.37) vs. RHP Pablo López (15-8, 3.84)
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

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RED SOX

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Romy Gonzalez (R) 3B
Masataka Yoshida (L) DH
Trevor Story (R) SS
Triston Casas (L) 1B
Vaughn Grissom (R) 2B
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Danny Jansen (R) C
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF

SP Nick Pivetta

TWINS

Byron Buxton (R) CF
Trevor Larnach (L) DH
Carlos Correa (R) SS
Matt Wallner (L) RF
Royce Lewis (R) 3B
Willi Castro (S) LF
Ryan Jeffers (R) C
Carlos Santana (S) 1B
Kyle Farmer (R) 2B

SP Pablo Lopez

WHAT'S UP

The Red Sox have lost 4 of their last 5 games. They're 3-7 in their last 10 games, 7-13 in their last 20, and 13-22 in their last 35.

Boston placed Rafael Devers on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. They recalled Mickey Gasper from Triple-A Worcester. Devers underwent an MRI on both shoulders Friday.

Vaughn Grissom will be in the Red Sox lineup the rest of the season, per Alex Cora. “We’re going to get Vaughn as many games as possible this week,” said Cora. 

The Red Sox also reinstated right-handed reliever Luis García from the 15-day injured list and optioned righty Cooper Criswell to Triple-A Worcester.

The Sox will wear their Nike City Connect Series uniforms today.They’re 35-13 overall when wearing them, including 20-9 since the start of 2023 (8-6 in 2024).