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Brooks Lee hit a two-run single off Jordan Hicks in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox after a 90-minute rain delay.
Pierson Ohl 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (72 pitches, 45 strikes (63%)) Home Runs: Brooks Lee 2 (9, 10) Bottom 3 WPA: Ohl (-.246), Willi Castro (-.136), Royce Lewis (-.074) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) After a late-night walk-off winner against the Boston Red Sox,
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“I mean, a long day in general,” Hicks told reporters. “But obviously I got fully hot [before the delay] and ran on the field and felt really good to go. Then they pulled the tarp, I came back in, sat for an hour, got hot again, and didn’t really have my legs and didn’t know where the zone was.”
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MINNEAPOLIS — With the Red Sox just three outs away from a potential 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins, the threat of heavy rain and the potential for lightning forced a delay in the game in the middle of the ninth.