Red Sox Notes: Top Half Of Boston’s Lineup Explodes In 13-2 Drubbing Of Twins

Share this: BOSTON — The Red Sox piled on the Minnesota Twins on Thursday to the tune of 13 runs, and nearly 70 percent of them were driven in by the first four batters in Boston’s lineup. Mookie Betts, Dustin Pedroia, Xander Bogaerts and David Ortiz went a combined 14-for-19 (.737) with 10 runs, nine RBIs, two home runs and four doubles split among them. And needless to say, Red Sox manager John Farrell was pretty pleased with what he saw. “The top half of the lineup was outstanding,” Farrell said after the 13-2 win. “(Pedroia), five hits, you don’t see very often. Mookie, as I mentioned, the way he’s going right now — the month of July has been a very good offensive