BOSTON — Eduardo Rodriguez followed up his brilliant major league debut by allowing one run and two hits in seven innings, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader Wednesday.

Seven days after a 5-1 win at Texas in which he left after giving up three hits in 7 2-3 shutout innings, the hard-throwing left-hander allowed just a solo homer by Brian Dozier in the third and an infield single by Danny Santana in the sixth.

Eduardo Rodriguez could develop into the No. 1 pitcher for the Red Sox, Dave Dombrowski said last week. The Associated Press

Boston’s Dustin Pedroia, is congratulated by Hanley Ramirez after scoring on a double by designated hitter David Ortiz in the first inning Wednesday against the Minnesota Twins. The Associated Press

Rodriguez (2-0) struck out seven and walked two before Alexi Ogando gave up a two-run homer to Eduardo Escobar in the ninth.

The game was a makeup for Monday night’s rainout.

The Red Sox scored five runs in 4 1-3 innings against Phil Hughes (4-5). Mike Napoli added a solo homer, his ninth of the season, in the seventh against Michael Tonkin, making it 6-1.

Dustin Pedroia had four singles, Xander Bogaerts added three and David Ortiz had two doubles.

After going 1-6 on a road trip, Boston got its second outstanding pitching performance against Minnesota. Clay Buchholz allowed three hits in eight innings in a 1-0 series-opening win Tuesday night.

Rodriguez, obtained from Baltimore for reliever Andrew Miller at last year’s trade deadline, was dominant through five innings, facing two batters over the minimum. In that span, he struck out seven, walked one and allowed only Dozier’s 10th homer that tied the game 1-1 when it went just inside the left-field foul pole. He retired his last six batters after putting runners at first and second with no outs in the sixth.

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