Nick Gordon drove in a career-high six runs and Gary Sanchez launched a massive moonshot as the Minnesota Twins earned their fifth straight victory in a 10-5 win over the Boston Red Sox.
Gordon was the star of the game as his first-inning double drove in a pair of runs to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. Jake Cave extended Minnesota’s lead with a solo home run in the second before Boston scored four unanswered runs off of Chris Archer to take a 4-3 lead.
With the Twins down in the bottom of the fifth, Gordon stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and delivered a grand slam over the right-center wall to put Minnesota back in front.
𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝘼𝙋𝙊𝙇𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙎𝙆𝙔 𝙄𝙏 𝙂𝙊𝙀𝙎! 𝘼 '𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘿' 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙉𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙂𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙊𝙉!!!#MNTWINS pic.twitter.com/MOTdX0JSor
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Gordon’s granny put the Twins ahead 7-4 but it wasn’t the longest home run of the night. That belonged to Gary Sanchez, whose 416-foot home run landed in the third deck and gave the Twins an 8-4 lead.
EL GARY WANTED IN ON THE FUN!!! #MNTWINS pic.twitter.com/5wDtyZoOni
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The Twins cruised from there, extending their winning streak and keeping pace with the Cleveland Guardians, who defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Down 1.5 games for first place in the American League Central, the Twins will go for their second straight sweep on Wednesday night when Joe Ryan takes the mound against Michael Wacha.
