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  Monday, Mar. 20 1:05pm ET
Minnesota 7, Boston 4
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) _ Ramon Martinez retired just five batters, allowing seven runs and eight hits in 1 2-3 innings Monday as the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 for just their second win in nine games.

Minnesota's first four batters got hits, with Cristian Guzman hitting a two-run homer.

Nomar Garciaparra and Mike Stanley homered off Eric Milton in the bottom half, pulling the Red Sox to 3-2, but Minnesota scored four more runs off Martinez in the second.

Martinez, the older brother of fellow Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez, dropped to 2-1 this spring. His ERA rose from 1.50 to 5.83.

Jacque Jones went 3-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI, and Midre Cummings went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Guzman was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

Milton allowed two runs and four hits in five innings, improving to 2-1.

Carl Everett hit a solo homer in the sixth.

 


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