Nava homers but SOX lose again

NAVA 'HOMERS'

RED SOX : Spring Training 2014
March 2,2014.







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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Chris Parmelee hit a three-run homer and Brian Dozier added two hits to help lead the Twins to a 6-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday at Hammond Stadium.

The Twins scored three runs in the first inning against Red Sox right-hander Allen Webster, with Dozier starting it off with a one-out double off the wall in left-center field. Dozier came around to score on a single to right field by Joe Mauer, before the Twins loaded the bases with one out.

Tvor Plouffere drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home a run before Kennys Vargas added a sacrifice fly to left to give the Twins an early 3-1 lead.

Left-hander Scott Diamond started for Minnesota, giving up one run over two innings on a solo shot by Daniel Nava in the first inning. Diamond walked Mike Carp to open the second inning, but was able to get out of the jam.

"Those first couple of swings weren't too good, so I was trying to shorten things up," said Nava. "Fortunately, he threw a good pitch -- and fortunately the ball went over the fence."

"The Nava home run, those are going to happen," said Diamond, who is competing for the fifth spot in Minnesota's rotation. "It's just upsetting it happened the first outing. But the walk is what I was most upset about. It's never what you want to do. But I was able to attack the rest of the inning and get out of it, scot- free."

The Red Sox scored again in the third inning on an RBI single by Jonathan Herrera to score Brock Holt, who led off the inning with a single off Twins right-hander Ryan Pressly.

But the Twins broke it open in the fifth inning on a three-run blast by Parmelee off left-hander Jose Mijares. Mijares, who played with the Twins from 2008-11, recorded just two outs, giving up four hits and a walk, including Parmelee's homer.