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The Red Sox dropped their series opener against the Twins on Monday, falling 4-2.
Here’s what happened.The Big Picture
Through four innings, Monday’s game between the Red Sox and Twins looked like it might be a rare bright spot for the struggling Red Sox — a win led by the future of the pitching staff in Brayan Bello, who threw some of the better pitches in his young career.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox offense got on the board first with a double by Alex Verdugo in the top of the third that drove in Tommy Pham. Verdugo moved to third on a single by Xander Bogaerts but was visibly frustrated with himself at third base when Rafael Devers’ one-out fly-ball failed to score him shortly afterward. The Red Sox added a second run in the top of the fourth when Reese McGuire doubled in Trevor Story.
Bello limited the Twins to a single run in the fourth despite loading the bases with nobody out. But the 23-year-old’s nice outing unraveled in the bottom of the fifth when he walked a pair of batters to lead off the frame. Alex Cora pulled him from the game, and Bello left with his glove over his mouth to cover his thoughts on the sequence of events.
