Blue Sox Game #135 - Minnesota 10, Blue Sox 7
Blue Sox Game #135 - Minnesota 10, Blue Sox 7 Blue Sox Game #135 - Minnesota 10, Blue Sox 7 (15 minutes). Max Kepler homered in consecutive innings to lead Minnesota to victory. His 5th inning solo shot off Brad Boxberger tied the game at 7-7, and his 3-run homer off Hector Neris in the 6th put broke the tie and put Minnesota up 10-7. Kepler wound 2-for-4 with a walk, 3 runs scored, and 4 rbis. Blue Sox starter Dylan Bundy was treated roughly - Minnesota sent 10 men to the plate in the bottom of the 1st, scoring 5 runs, and in the bottom of the 2nd Eddie Rosario's solo homer put Minnesota up 6-0. Meanwhile, Minnesota starter Kyle Gibson held the Blue Sox scoreless for the first 3 innings but ran into trouble in the 4th, giving up a grand slam homerun by Trey Mancini. That narrowed the score to 6-4, and in the top of the 5th, Gibson gave up a run-scoring single to Leury Garcia and a 2-run homer to Mike Zunino, and suddenly the Blue Sox led 7-6. But that only set up the ...