FORT MYERS, Fla. — Kyle Gibson settled down after serving up a leadoff homer to Mookie Betts, striking out seven in an encouraging pitching performance Wednesday night that helped the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox, 9-4.

Brian Dozier hit his second home run of the spring for the Twins. Eddie Rosario had a two-run homer and Byung Ho Park added a two-run double as Minnesota scored four times off Koji Uehara in the fifth inning.

Uehara was making his second appearance after his 2015 season ended Aug. 7. He broke his wrist when he was hit by a line drive.

“The cutter was a pitch I wanted to work on tonight, so I threw it a lot,” Uehara said. “I knew up front that I wasn’t going to throw any splits today, so I knew it might be like this.”

Gibson went 31/3 innings and allowed one run. Miguel Sano had two hits and an RBI for the Twins.

Clay Buchholz of Boston went four innings. He gave up three runs on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts. He allowed Dozier’s homer leading off the third.

“First time going out there and throwing all of my pitches,” Buchholz said. “I’m still feeling for the change-up, obviously. Other than that, I gave up two well-hit balls, a lot of ground-ball outs. The team is aggressive. They’ve been that way over the last couple of years. You know what you’re going to get when you go out there – early swings and contact. It’s not necessarily a bad thing if you can locate your stuff. The first inning, I had a little bit of trouble locating, but I felt like it got better through the next three.”

NOTES

WHITE SOX: Told to cut down his son’s time in the clubhouse, first baseman Adam LaRoche took a different path: He said he planned to retire and walk away from a $13 million salary.

INDIANS: Outfielder Michael Brantley will play in a minor league game Thursday, his first since injuring his shoulder last fall.

CHICAGO JOINED a growing list when aldermen approved a ban on chewing tobacco at professional and amateur sporting events.

ASTROS: Right-hander Lance McCullers won’t start the season in the rotation because of shoulder pain.

DODGERS: Major League Baseball said it won’t discipline outfielder Yasiel Puig for his involvement in an incident in a Miami area club last November.

• Left-hander Hyun-jin Ryu isn’t expected to appear in a spring game, and Manager Dave Roberts said it’s unrealistic to believe he’ll be able to pitch in May.

MARINERS: Leonys Martin and Luis Sardinas homered in a six-run third inning against San Francisco starter Jeff Samardzija, and the Mariners rallied for a 9-6 victory at Peoria, Arizona.

METS: Infielder Ruben Tejada was released because the team decided it had enough infielders.

YANKEES: Brett Gardner went 0 for 2 in his first spring training game of the year, Starlin Castro hit a two-run homer and made a nifty defensive play as New York beat Toronto 2-1 at Tampa, Florida.