Red Sox aim to subdue red-hot Twins

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora took a moment to praise his team for a successful homestand in what has become a promising start to the season. Cora quickly turned his thoughts to Friday's opener of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. "It was a great homestand," Cora said of the 4-2 homestand, in which his team outscored opponents 34-16. Minnesota is coming off a perfect road trip in which it reeled off three-game sweeps against both the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox.