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Final Score: Boston 3 - Minnesota 7

Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Delmon Young finished 2-for-4 with two RBI as Minnesota overcame an early three-run deficit to top Boston, 7-3, in the finale of a four-game set from the Metrodome.

Craig Monroe also drove in two runs for the Twins, who took three of four over the weekend series and have won four of six overall. Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer added an RBI each.

Livan Hernandez (6-1) cruised to the win despite early trouble, allowing 10 hits and three runs over six full frames.

Manny Ramirez launched his 498th career home run, a two-run blast, for the Red Sox, who have dropped four of six since a five-game win streak.

Starter Clay Buchholz (2-3) took the loss for Boston.He was charged with eight hits and seven runs in just 4 1/3 innings, fanning four, but issuing five walks.

"I felt great from the start, my fastball was good and tried the off-speed stuff that's been good from the start of the year, and they were all over it," Buchholz said. "They were sitting on every first-ball pitch I made."

The Twins put together a three-run fifth inning to take control of the contest.

Joe Mauer led off with a walk and went to third on a Cuddyer one-out single. Both men scored on Monroe's double for a 6-3 Minnesota lead, and when Young followed with a single, it was a four-run bulge for the home team.

Javier Lopez entered for Buchholz and rescued the Sox by inducing a double play from Mike Lamb to end the frame.

After the early onslaught, Hernandez did not allow a Red Sox runner past second base. Juan Rincon hurled two hitless innings and Jesse Crain finished the game with a scoreless ninth despite allowing hits to Alex Cora and Dustin Pedroia.

"There may be new characters in the clubhouse who contribute, but it's the same philosophy," Cuddyer noted about the atmosphere surrouding the team in the early going. "We're never gonna give up and we're gonna play until the game's over. To come back in a big series again was nice.

Boston got rolling in its first at-bat, as Coco Crisp led off with a double and scored two batters later on a David Ortiz base hit. Ramirez followed with an opposite field blast to right to make it 3-0, leaving him two shy of the 500 mark.

Minnesota countered in the home half with a pair of runs. Brendan Harris and Mauer reached with back-to-back one out singles, then scored on a hit by Morneau to the gap in right-center. J.D. Drew's mishandling of the ball allowed Morneau to reach second, but he was stranded as Cuddyer flew out and Young struck out.

Cuddyer's run-scoring single and Young's RBI groundout in the third pushed the Twins ahead by one, and Buchholz was saved from further damage when Lamb hit into an inning-ending double play.