Joey Gallo smacked a homer in his first game back from injury and Edouardo Julien and Trevor Larnach also went deep as the Minnesota Twins responded from Tuesday’s 10-inning loss with a 10-4 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Wednesday night.
Julien got the party started with a two-run homer off Corey Kluber in the first inning, and Gallo made it a 7-0 game when he went deep in the third. It was Gallo’s first game since suffering a strain in his right side April 7 against the Astros.
Klobbered it. #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/SMS9SnUJtm
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 19, 2023
Oh. My. Gallo. 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/YMAUN87bda
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 19, 2023
After scoring three runs in the first and four more in the third, the Twins piled on with three more in the sixth when Larnach went deep to dead center for a 10-2 Twins lead.
🚀 Launched by Larnach. #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/pkWbPFwEPS
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 20, 2023
With plenty of run support, Joe Ryan continued to look the part of a front-end starter by allowing three runs on six hits over six innings, earning his fourth win of the season in the process. He’s 4-0 with a 3.24 ERA to start the season.
Minnesota is now 11-7, a game and a half in front of Cleveland for first place in the AL Central.
Up next: Twins at Red Sox, Thursday at 12:05 p.m. CT.
