American League
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| Sano: 3-for-5, 2 RBI |
Both the Sox and Twins have yet to see their home stadiums; both are 3-2 on the road.
Minnesota got a home run from Brian Dozier for the third straight game, and Miguel Sano singled twice and doubled in five at-bats, driving in two runs, scoring twice.
Known primarily as a power hitter, Sano showed great patience and skill at the plate, scoring a tying run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly, and tying the game again in the sixth with an RBI single before adding an insurance run with another run-scoring single in the seventh.
Sano has homered twice already this season. Last year, he smacked 28 home runs and drove in 77 runs in 114 games.
The Twins head home on Thursday to host Seattle at 4:10 pm EDT.
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| Corbin: 7 1/3 IP, 1H, 12K |
Humming along like a well-oiled machine, the Arizona Diamondbacks won their fifth game in six outings, downing the visiting Dodgers, 3-0, as starter Patrick Corbin became the first pitcher in the National League to win two games.
Corbin didn't allow a hit until Matt Kemp's two-out double in the fifth inning broke up his bid for a perfect game. In the eighth, Corbin walked Kemp with one out and was done, manager Torey Lovullo pulling the starter after he threw 62 of 98 pitches for strikes, allowed one hit, one walk, struck out 12, and blanked the Dodgers throughout.
Archie Bradley finished the inning without incident and Brad Boxberger picked up his second save of the season walking two and fanning two without allowing a hit in the ninth.
The win left the Diamondbacks two games up on Colorado and the Giants, with Los Angeles 3 1/2 back after the three-game sweep by Arizona.
The Dodgers get a day off before opening a weekend series at San Francisco on Friday. Arizona heads to St. Louis for a three-game series starting on Thursday.
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