Just like last week against the Tigers, the Red Sox bounced back after a crushing defeat to win the next night in Minnesota.
Mike Lamb of all people had a two-run walk-off single against Jonathan Papelbon as the Twins won 7-5 on Friday night. Julio Lugo wasn't to blame on this one as Pap had two outs but walked Carlos Gomez with two outs then gave up the Lamb hit.
From the fifth inning on, the Sox led 6-5. Dustin Pedroia, Mike Lowell and Kevin Youkilis all had two hits in the loss.
Boof Bonser was touched up for six runs in four innings but four Twins relievers not named Joe Nathan teamed up for five scoreless frames.
Jon Lester had a pretty typical start for him: 5.1 innings, eight hits, five runs (3 earned), one walk, two strikeouts.
Saturday night was all about Dice-K (6-0) and home runs. Boston (24-15) slugged four solo shots en route to a 5-2 win.
Most surprisingly, neither David Ortiz nor Manny Ramirez had any of the homers. They were provided by Youk, Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie (in probably his last game before he gets sent down to make room for Alex Cora) and Lowell.
The Dice man went seven innings, giving up six hits, two runs, three walks and seven strikeouts. His ERA is 2.45 and he only threw 96 pitches. Granted, he was a little overhyped coming to the Red Sox but I'll admit, the guy can pitch. A future rotation with him, Beckett, Buchholz, Lester, Masterson, etc. is rather attractive.
Hideki Okajima pitched a scoreless eighth (after two scoreless innings on Friday) and Papelbon got two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth to earn his 11th save.
Ironically, Lowrie led the way with three hits and two runs while Pedroia, Lowell and Youk each had two hits again. Jason Varitek also notched two hits.
The Twins (18-17) were held to seven hits, three by Lamb and two from Justin Morneau (former MVP, what a joke).
Glen Perkins (0-1) was called up and didn't make a bad start: three runs in six innings but got the loss. Pat Neshek is out for the season so the Twins are missing a good reliever and luckily for the Sox, they have yet to see Nathan-one of the top closers in the game.
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