By KEN POWTAK Associated Press<\/p>\n
Trevor Larnach matched his career-high with four hits, Taj Bradley allowed one run over five innings in his return from a chest muscle injury and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Saturday for their ninth win in 13 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Benches and bullpens cleared briefly in the fourth inning after Boston’s Willson Contreras collided with catcher Victor Caratini when he was tagged out trying to score after running through a late stop sign from third base coach Chad Epperson. No punches were thrown.
Larnach had three singles and a double.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Boston had five hits and dropped to 2-20 when scoring two runs or fewer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Making his first start since going on the IL May 9 with right pectoralis muscle inflammation, Bradley (5-1) gave up three hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. He reached 100 mph with a pitch for the first time in his career, throwing a 100.3 mph offering to Contreras in the fourth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taylor Rogers got Jarren Duran to strike out looking for the final out with the bases loaded for his second save.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a comeback win in Friday’s series opener, the Twins took a 2-0 lead in the first against opener Jovani Mor\u00e1n (0-2) on Austin Martin’s RBI single and Josh Bell’s sacrifice fly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ceddanne Rafaela’s fourth-inning RBI double on the plate. Contreras was thrown out, cutting Boston’s deficit in half.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caratini’s sacrifice fly and Orlando Arcia’s run-scoring single off the glove of pitcher Brayan Bello, who tried to backhand a grounder, boosted the lead to 4-1 in the fifth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Twins RHP Bailey Ober (5-2, 3.63 ERA) is scheduled to face Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (5-1, 2.93) in the series finale Sunday. The forecast calls for steady rain.<\/p>\n