FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Mookie Betts ripped his third home run of Spring Training for the split-squad Red Sox, who fell to the Twins, 8-6, on Friday afternoon at JetBlue Park. The leadoff man also singled and scored in the bottom of the first.
Andrew Benintendi, the seventh overall pick in last year's Draft, belted two singles in his debut for the Red Sox. The No. 3 Boston prospect was summoned over from Minor League camp when Jackie Bradley Jr. (right forearm soreness) was scratched from the lineup about an hour before game-time.
Twins righty Tyler Duffey recovered from a tough start his last time out to hold the Red Sox to one run over four innings.