Offense knuckles under vs. Wright

BOSTON — For as rough as this season has been for the Twins, they’ve been playing better baseball in recent weeks, as they entered Thursday’s game against the Red Sox having won 10 of their last 15 games.

But it wasn’t pretty in a 13-2 loss in the series opener at Fenway Park, as Tyler Duffey lasted a season-worst 2 1/3 innings, while Boston knuckleballer Steven Wright stymied the offense for eight strong innings. It marked Minnesota’s first loss by more than five runs since June 17, when it lost by six to the Yankees.

“It got ugly,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “We hadn’t had a game like that in a while. We’ve been competing every day, so you just have to turn the page.”

The Twins will be happy not to see Wright again this season, as the knuckleballer has been lights out against them in his two starts, allowing one earned run in 15 1/3 innings. He scattered four hits and struck out nine while walking one to get his 12th win. Wright threw 80 knuckleballs …

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