Red Sox Miss Opportunities, Fall In Rubber Match To Twins

In a familiar story, the Boston Red Sox could not get things going on Sunday afternoon in the rubber match against the Minnesota Twins, falling 5-4 in the 3-game series finale. This is the ninth time this season that the Red Sox have lost a game by a single run, the most of any team in MLB.

The Twins pulled ahead late in the game on a Harrison Bader double that bounced off of shortstop David Hamilton’s glove and a Trevor Larnach single on a 1-2 pitch by Justin Slaten. Wilyer Abreu home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, but no one else was able to score

For more, check out the video above from “Red Sox Extra-Innings,” presented by W.B. Mason.