FORT MYERS, Fla. — Mike Napoli hit his sixth home run of the spring for the Boston Red Sox, but Eduardo Escobar drove in three runs and Ricky Nolasco tossed three solid innings to help the Minnesota Twins earn a 5-2 victory Friday night.

Escobar hit a two-run double off Boston starter Brian Johnson in the third. In the fifth, Escobar connected for another long double to left field that banged off the top of the Green Monster, driving in Shane Robinson.

Napoli’s homer was a shot to right-center off reliever Brian Duensing.

Red Sox catcher Sandy Leon, acquired from Washington in a trade Monday, had an unnerving moment in the seventh. After throwing out a runner trying to steal second, Leon grimaced in pain while shaking his right arm. Following a brief visit from Manager John Farrell and a team trainer, Leon remained in the game.

• Boston closer Koji Uehara (strained left hamstring) and right-hander Joe Kelly (biceps) will start the season on the disabled list, Farrell said. But both could be activated as soon as April 11.

• Boston optioned right-handers Matt Barnes and Brandon Workman to Triple-A Pawtucket.

• Justin Masterson will oppose Kyle Gibson of Minnesota on Saturday in the final spring training game for both teams. Masterson has allowed nine runs, seven earned, with six walks and nine strikeouts in five starts.

TWINS: Pitcher Ervin Santana was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol.

In a statement released through the players’ union, Santana said he was surprised by the news but doesn’t plan to appeal. New to the Twins this year, he’ll miss the first half of the season.

INDIANS: Minor league pitcher Josh Tomlin will have surgery on his right shoulder next week to treat joint inflammation.

Tomlin, 30, will be sent to the minors this week and miss 3 to 4 months.

GIANTS: San Francisco extended the contracts of Manager Bruce Bochy and baseball operations leader Brian Sabean through the 2019 season.

BRAVES: Left-hander Wandy Rodriguez, 36, was released by Atlanta.

JAMIE MOYER, a former major league pitcher, was briefly stuck on the California Screamin’ attraction at Disneyland and tweeted a photo of himself waiting on the roller coaster.

A Disneyland spokeswoman said the ride was shut down for an hour and no guests were stuck on it for longer than 30 minutes.

MARLINS: Pitcher Jarred Cosart was fined by Major League Baseball for placing illegal bets, but the sport said it found no evidence he bet on baseball.

Cosart, 24, deleted his Twitter account last week after screen shots of comments he purportedly made appeared on the website of Miami New Times. Cosart denied betting on baseball.

ANGELS: The team was surprised and disappointed by an arbitrator’s decision not to discipline outfielder Josh Hamilton for his latest problems involving cocaine and alcohol.

General Manager Jerry Dipoto said he disagreed with the ruling by an arbitrator appointed under MLB’s joint drug program with the players’ association. Major League Baseball also disagreed.

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