Five outs. That is what Crochet got before the Twins had scored enough to make the rest academic. He threw 55 pitches, allowed nine hits and eleven runs, and struck out nobody. Caratini's three-run homer — his first of the year — and Kreidler's solo shot, also his first, both came in the second inning. Ober went six on 95 pitches, allowed four earned, struck out seven. Duran's first homer of the season came off at 112.2 mph and traveled 424 feet. Buxton's first of the year also went out. Eleven hits, four left on, thirteen runs for Minnesota. Boston used four pitchers.