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BOSTON -- After an ominous beginning, Kyle Gibson put a decisive end to Bostons two-game hitting outburst.Gibson allowed a pair of hits in the first inning, then none over the next seven as the Minnesota Twins edged Boston 2-1 Friday night.This team is a good team -- a really good team, Gibson said. Thats a tough lineup to navigate.Gibson navigated it better than anyone else has lately against the Red Sox, who had won three straight and nine of 10. Mookie Betts homered for Boston on the second pitch and Xander Bogaerts singled during a brief scare that Gibson got himself out of, then pitched seven more stellar innings.Kind of as a rule of thumb, a solo homer is not gonna beat you whether its the first guy or in the seventh inning, Gibson said. You just get it out of your mind and get back to attacking guys and making pitches.Brian Dozier hit a solo home run for the Twins in the second inning and Miguel Sano added an RBI single in the sixth. It was all the scoring Minnesota needed as Gibson (3-6) did the rest before Brandon Kintzler took over and survived a wild bottom half of the ninth.Kintzler got his seventh save, preserving the lead in a wild bottom half of the ninth. Michael Martinez and Dustin Pedroia started the inning with consecutive singles and Bogaerts walked to load the bases with nobody out and slugger David Ortiz coming up next.Ortiz hit a grounder to second, which Dozier threw home for the force out and catcher Juan Centeno doubled up Ortiz at first.You dont want really want Papi to come up in the situation, but hes still a groundball away from two outs, Kintzler said.Its not like I drew it up like that. But thats what it is. Its one of those moments where either hes going to beat me or Im gonna get him.Hanley Ramirez lined out to right to end the game and Bostons three-game winning streak.The Red Sox got a leadoff homer Betts for the second straight night. Dustin Pedroia struck out, but reached first safely when catcher Juan Centeno couldnt stop a wild pitch and Bogaerts followed with a single. That was the last hit for Boston until the Red Sox threatened in the ninth.Gibson was the story, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. He settled down, minimized the damage in the first, and then he just started making pitch after pitch, inning after inning.The Red Sox had 33 hits in their previous two games, including 17 Thursday night in a 13-2 rout of the Twins. Gibson quickly cooled off Bostons batters after the scare in the first.I dont know but he should keep on throwing it the rest of the season, Ortiz said when asked what Gibson threw that was so effective. If the game would have been that easy, it wouldnt be the way it is. They know how to get a hitter out. They know how to get that done. Its not always going to work in our way. Sometimes its going to work in their way, too.Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4) allowed two runs on six hits and struck out eight and walked one over 5 1/3 innings for Boston. Joe Mauer was the only batter Rodriguez walked, reaching with one out in the sixth before Heath Hembree took over for the Red Sox.TOUGH TWINSGibsons performance was exactly what the Twins needed after the humbling results in the series opener Thursday.Coming in here and facing this team, as hot as they are, and the way they are swinging the bats and the way we got pummeled last night, I thought it was a really impressive rebound by him to help us get back on track and give us a chance to win, manager Paul Molitor said.MISSING MOOKIEBetts did not take the field with the Red Sox in the top of the fifth. Martinez took over in right field and the Red Sox announced a few minutes later that Betts had left the game with soreness in his right knee.Betts, an All-Star Game starter, leads the Red Sox with 127 hits and is second on the club with 20 home runs and 63 RBI. He was considered day-to-day and manager John Farrell wasnt sure when he could return to the lineup.We wouldnt take any risks with Mookie, certainly, Farrell said.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: C Kurt Suzuki was not in the starting lineup for the Twins, getting some rest and avoiding the heat. The temperature at gametime was 92 degrees. Manager Paul Molitor said Suzuki should return Saturday.Red Sox: Betts left the game in the fifth inning with soreness in his right knee. RHP Junichi Tazawa (right shoulder impingement) returned to the roster after being activated from the 15-day DL.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Ricky Nolasco (4-8, 5.02) gets his team-high 20th start. 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The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1.ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins hasnt started the season playing close to the level he ended last year. That hasnt dented the coaching staffs confidence in him.In two games, Cousins has thrown for 693 yards, but he has just one touchdown and three interceptions, playing a crucial role in Washingtons 0-2 start. Sunday, he missed open targets and threw an interception in the end zone in the fourth quarter of Washingtons 27-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.We have total faith that Kirk will get it done, and he will get it done, Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. He has proven that he can be a successful quarterback in this league.And part of playing quarterback means becoming the source of headlines after tough starts. The Redskins defense has allowed 65 points in two games, but the heavy focus is on Cousins play.Hes a great competitor without a doubt, Gruden said. At quarterback, sometimes if you dont get victories, you feel like -- everybody feels like -- its the quarterbacks fault. Everybodys writing headlines on the quarterback. But there are a lot of issues that we have to correct. Hes part of it, Im part of it, the coordinators are part of it, then the rest of the players are part of it. It all fits in the equation.Asked Monday about a ProFootballTalk.com report of rumbles within the Redskins locker room over his early struggles this season, Cousins relayed that people respond with emotion, and that the teams frustration with an 0-2 start is understandable.All I know to do as a leader, as a football player having been in this position before, having faced adversity before, is you regroup, Cousins said during his weekly appearance on D.C. sports radio 106.7 The Fan. You dont put your tail between your legs. You dont get scared. You dont go cry in a corner. You feel like you got put up against a wall and you come out swinging.Cousins told the radio station that he missed the chance for some easy scoring throws in the loss to Dallas and acknowledged that he needs to play better.You take ownership, you step to the forefront and you lead and you challenge guys and you say what you need to do better, he said. I think together, we can do that. Thats what Im going to do. Thats what Ive done my whole life, my whole life as a football player.ddddddddddddThis no different. This is not new territory for me. Ive faced challenges before, adversity before on the football field. Were going to find a way to move forward and play better. Were going to do it together.Cousins is playing under the $19.95 million franchise tag after he and the Redskins failed to strike a long-term deal. His signature You like that?! shout became a symbol for his successful second half in 2015 when he helped the Redskins win the NFC East. For the season, he threw 29 touchdowns passes and 11 interceptions, but it was 23 touchdowns versus three interceptions in the final 10 games.That stretch fueled optimism for 2016, though the Redskins made it clear that they wanted to see more from him before paying him a certain amount of money.He puts a lot of pressure on himself, Gruden said. He wants to be great -- theres no question about it. Sometimes if he feels like he isnt playing to the standards that we all have set for him, he feels hes letting everybody down. Hes got to understand, man, its a tough position. Hes going to make some mistakes. Everybody does. You just have to bounce back and continue to play with the great confidence thats made him the quarterback he is. [But] we have to play better around him. We have to coach better.There are signs of frustration by the receivers: Pierre Garcon, for example, gestured in Cousins direction after the interception. Both Garcon and receiver DeSean Jackson always have shown their emotions, especially when frustrated, and both did so Sunday.They have to go out and play and do their job, Gruden said of the offensive players. Everything else will take care of itself. Kirks game will take care of itself. He can make all the throws without a doubt. Guys have to just continue to run hard for him, block hard for him, and good things will happen. We have a very skilled offensive group, we really do. We have all the makings to be a great offense, but right now we are not great. The guys will have faith that Kirk will get it turned around, our offense will get it turned around, as long as everybody does their job. ' ' '