The Boston Red Sox play the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in Game 3 of their series. The game starts at 1:10 p.m. ET. Listen to the radio broadcast via the links below.
The series is tied 1-1 after Boston's rout of Minnesota on Wednesday. Two of Boston's nine runs came from David Ortiz, who homered twice in the 9-4 win. The pair of homers on Wednesday also was the second straight night Ortiz had multiple homeruns.
"He's one of our best hitters," Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli told the Associated Press. "We depend on him and he's locked in right now and it's a good feeling when he's up to bat."
Ortiz has played well in Minnesota's new park, hitting .528 with nine homeruns and 22 RBIs in the 13 games there, according to the Associated Press.
"It looks like he's got the ball on a tee," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "You can't misfire like that. That's what we're doing, misfiring. We said we were going to pitch him tough. We haven't pitched him tough."
Part of Ortiz's success against Minnesota may have to do with playing his former team.
"When you leave your original organization, that's not a memory that doesn't necessarily go away, no matter how that end came about, whether a roster decision or trade," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Thankfully for the Red Sox, he's come this way."
Clay Buchholz (2-3, 6.44 ERA) starts for Boston on Thursday. He's won his last three starts against Minnesota, but he's coming off an 8-0 loss against Texas, who took him for six earned runs over four innings.
Opposing Buchholz will be Twins pitcher Phil Hughes (4-1, 3.92 ERA), who's looking for his fifth straight win. He didn't give up any runs to Detroit in his start on Friday.
