"David Ortiz spent the past few days appealing to Major League Baseball to receive credit for one RBI.

Last night, he ran as fast as he could to get another.

With the bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning, Ortiz hit a 45-foot tapper down the first base line. Minnesota Twins lefty reliever Phil Dumatrait was unable to field the ball, and Dustin Pedroia scored the tiebreaking run in the Red Sox' 4-3 victory at Target Field.

"When you hit a ground ball to the pitcher like that, he's got to chase and you've got to run and you've got a guy coming in," Ortiz said. "There's a lot of things going on. But I'm glad that it was enough."

In Monday night's series-opening victory, Ortiz notched four hits, including a 438-foot homer. Asked which hit — the squibber or the home run — was more satisfying, Ortiz said, "To win a game, I'll take both of them."

Before the game, Ortiz was informed that the RBI he had been fighting for was credited back to him.

Ortiz was irate last week when official scorer Chaz Scoggins initially gave him two RBI on a single, then took one away after ruling that Cleveland Indians left fielder Austin Kearns' bobble allowed the second run to score."