MINNEAPOLIS — Colson Montgomery hit 10 home runs in August .

He began September with another long ball. Montgomery hit a 395-foot solo home run to right field in the second inning on Monday against the Minnesota Twins. Fellow rookie Chase Meidroth added a two-run home run later in the inning.

“(Meidroth) came into the dugout and he was like, ‘Dude, homers are sick,’” Montgomery said. “I was like, ‘Yeah, they are pretty sick.’”

Despite the early pop, the Sox found themselves trailing by one run in the eighth. But they rallied with back-to-back RBI doubles from Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman to top the Twins 6-5 in front of 15,892 on Labor Day at Target Field.

“I feel like there have been countless games where it’s been decided by one run,” Montgomery said. “To get one of these, even

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