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BOSTON -- The Minnesota Twins have seen their share of rough innings this season, so manager Paul Molitor knew exactly what the fifth felt like.Its a potential one-run deficit coming off the field and they turn it into a mountain to climb, Molitor said of Bostons five-run fifth that led to an 8-7 victory over the Twins on Sunday.After Dustin Pedroia hit a leadoff homer to push the Red Sox ahead 4-3 in the inning, third baseman Miguel Sano had a ball go through his legs for an error and another run. Travis Shaw then belted a three-run homer, making it 8-3 and knocking starter Tommy Milone (3-3) out of the game.Youve got a chance to come in here and potentially beat a team thats been playing good -- three out of four, Molitor said. Unearned runs, theyre painful, theyre tough when you cant find a way to get off the field. We gave them too many outs.Juan Centeno had three hits and drove in three runs for the Twins, who completed a seven-game road trip 4-3. Bryon Buxton and Kennys Vargas each had two RBI.Milone allowed eight runs, including three homers, in 4 2/3 innings, snapping a personal three-game winning streak.A couple of pitches that they hit out I felt were decent, just a little bit too much of the plate, he said. They were still down, but they were able to lift them.Rick Porcello became the first Boston pitcher in 55 years to open a season 10-0 in Fenway Park, and Hanley Ramirez added a three-run homer as the Red Sox earned a split of the four-game series.Xander Bogaerts had three singles for Boston, which won its 10th time in 13 games.Porcello (13-2) allowed five runs with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, becoming the first since Don Schwall in 1961 to win his first 10 Fenway decisions in a season.The Twins scored two runs in the seventh and eighth innings to slice it to 8-7, but Brad Ziegler got the final three outs for his first save with Boston after being acquired from Arizona earlier this month.Ramirezs homer -- his fifth in five games -- went into the first row of Monster seats, with a fan making a nice standing, two-handed grab, to make it 3-2.The Twins tied it when Max Kepler tripled leading off the fourth before scoring on Vargas grounder.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: C Kurt Suzuki was out with stitches in his chin after getting hit in the face mask Saturday. Were trying to look at ways that we can potentially protect him if we needed to play him in an emergency, Molitor said.Red Sox: DH David Ortiz was rested. ... Manager John Farrell said CF Mookie Betts right knee was improved and we hope that by (Monday) night hes back in the lineup. Betts left Fridays game with soreness in the knee.BULLPEN HELPThe Red Sox recalled RHP Joe Kelly from Triple-A Pawtucket before the game after sending RHP Heath Hembree there following Saturdays loss.Kelly has only started since being acquired in 2014, but has pitched 52 2/3 career innings of relief with a 3.25 ERA.KEY OUTJunichi Tazawa entered with bases-loaded and no outs in the eighth. He allowed two inherited runners to score, but struck out Buxton on a splitter in the dirt to end the inning.UP NEXT:Twins: Theyre off Monday before beginning a six-game homestand Tuesday. 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And obviously, where we put ourselves, our tournaments at stake here.On Tuesday at the World Cup of Hockey (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), the two teams that love to hate each other will meet again with nothing less than survival on the line for the Americans.After losing to Team Europe 3-0 on Saturday, Team USA must defeat Canada on Tuesday to have a chance to advance beyond the preliminary round. Because Europe beat the Czechs 3-2 in OT on Monday, the U.S. would be eliminated with a loss to Canada.Nine members of this U.S. team were in Vancouver in 2010, when they lost to the Canadians in the gold-medal game, and 14 players were in Sochi when Canada shut out the Americans 1-0 in the semifinals. That loss, followed by an ugly 5-0 loss to Finland in the bronze-medal game, was a powerful motivating tool for the Americans coming into this tournament.That motivation was evident in the first pre-tournament game between these two teams, when Team USA center Ryan Kesler was ejected for hitting Canadian defenseman Shea Weber from behind, and officials missed another dangerous situation when American T.J. Oshie rammed Canadas Logan Couture?into the sideboards from behind.There is the promise of more testy, one-on-one battless that have been heating up over the years: Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby vs.dddddddddddd American scoring champ Patrick Kane,?former Vezina winner Carey Price against two-time Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Quick?and international rivals Jonathan Toews of Canada against USAs David Backes, among others.Lets not forget, of course, that the game will be held on Canadas home turf.I think were relishing the underdog role, being in Canada, U.S. defender Erik Johnson?said. Kind of going into the hornets nest [Tuesday] night and kind of being those underdogs.Certainly, the Canadians, who have been dominant at recent best-on-best events, winning Olympic gold in 2002, 2010 and 2014 and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, have less to prove. That doesnt make the game any less compelling for them.Its Canada and the U.S., Canadian defenseman Jay Bouwmeester?said. Its the biggest game with all the things that surround it and all that.What does Team USA head coach John Tortorella expect?Were coming, Tortorella said. Were going to come. Thats no secret. Its a way weve been built.Someone suggested it might be a bloodbath.Bloodbath? I dont want to call it that, Tortorella said. Were going to play the game the right way. Its not about yapping after the whistle. I think we need to have just a business look. I dont think there should be any talking. I think you just play between the whistles and play the right way, the way were supposed to play for us to get an opportunity to win.The best part? If the Americans do upset Canada, there could be a rematch in the final. ' ' '