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MINNEAPOLIS -- At least John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox had something to keep themselves entertained during a long rain delay on Sunday. Terrell McClain Jersey . Lackey allowed one hit over six innings before a three-hour delay, Dustin Pedroia and Will Middlebrooks homered and the Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 for their fifth straight victory. Fans at Target Field saw more than the Twins fifth straight loss. The longest delay ever at the ballpark lasted long enough for the 1993 movie "The Sandlot" to be shown in its entirety on the videoboard. Several cast and crew members were at the stadium to celebrate the films 20th anniversary. When asked what he did during the delay, Lackey laughed and said he did what everyone else left at the stadium did while it poured. "Watched The Sandlot. I hadnt seen that in a while," he said before getting back to talking about his performance. "I wanted to go at least another inning. I was definitely frustrated a little bit not to keep going. But winning the game is all that really matters." The game resumed about 80 minutes after the movie ended and many fans moved into the first eight rows behind the dugouts. Lackey (2-4) gave up one unearned run and struck out five before dark skies and heavy rain sent fans running for cover as he was warming up to start the seventh. Lackey ended his three-game losing streak. He didnt allow a runner until Trevor Plouffe led off the fifth with a double. Plouffe later scored on shortstop Pedro Ciriacos throwing error. "Crisp. He was powerful," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Overall just a solid performance for him." Earlier this month, Lackeys throwing error against the Twins resulted in four unearned runs and a frustrating loss in the midst of a stretch where the Red Sox went 2-9. After Andrew Miller pitched a 1-2-3 seventh, Koji Uehara loaded the bases in the eighth, but struck out Joe Mauer to end the threat. "We didnt really come up with key hits when we needed to or when we wanted to," Twins outfielder Chris Parmelee said. "Its tough to win a ballgame when you dont have any clutch hits." Junichi Tazawa pitched the ninth and capped a weekend where the Red Sox bullpen didnt allow a run. Mauers 15-game hitting streak was snapped. The All-Star catcher struck out three times and has now fanned in 16 straight games. "Its baseball, man," Plouffe said. "These games, they happen throughout the season and its something youve got to deal with." Pedroia drove in three runs, scored twice and extended his hitting streak to 11 games. His two-run homer in the ninth bounced off the wrist of a leaping Josh Willingham and over the left-field wall. "Lucky," Pedroia said. "But well take the break. Theyre usually robbing em." Middlebrooks two-out homer in the second off Pedro Hernandez (2-1) travelled 402 feet and flew over the flower pots on top of the scoreboard wall in right-centre field. Movie or no movie, Farrell chuckled when asked about his teams focus coming out of the long delay. "Thats built in," he said. "Even with a three-hour rain delay, theyre rarin to go. Keeping this group focused, Im not going to say is not an issue, but the game is clearly a priority to them." NOTES: Red Sox reliever Andrew Bailey threw 17 pitches in one inning of a rehab appearance at Triple-A Pawtucket on Saturday night. Farrell said Bailey -- on the DL since May 6 with a right bicep strain -- is on track to be activated on Monday. ... Franklin Morales, on the DL since March 31 wish a low back strain, started the game for Pawtucket and allowed five runs in four innings. Hes expected to make at least one more rehab start. ... Boston SS Stephen Drew missed his second straight game with a sore back. ... Patrick Renna and Chauncey Leopardi, aka "Ham" and "Squints" from "The Sandlot," visited Twins manager Ron Gardenhire in his office before the game. "The players wondered what we did wrong to get summoned to the managers office," Renna said. ... Jon Lester (6-0, 2.72 ERA) starts on Monday as the Red Sox begin a three-game series in Chicago against the White Sox. Dylan Axelrod (1-3, 4.27) is scheduled to start for Chicago. ... Kevin Correia (4-3, 3.35) starts for Minnesota as the Twins kick off a nine-game road trip against Atlanta on Monday. Julio Teheran (2-1, 4.57) starts for the Braves. Brian Poole Jersey . After Martin Skrtel put the Reds in front from close range at Stamford Bridge after only four minutes, Hazard hit back in the 17th with a superb strike. Etoo gave Jose Mourinhos team a decisive lead from Oscars back pass in the 34th. Matt Ryan Jersey . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. http://www.cheapfalconsjerseysonsale.com/ . 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Four years ago, one can only imagine what was going through the mind of Hoang Xuan Vinh as he arrived in London.It was the biggest sporting stage on the planet -- the Olympic Games -- and the Vietnamese shooter could not have been faulted for harbouring dreams of greatness.It had been chance that led him down this path in 1999 when Xuan Vinh, then 25, was a military officer who made a name for himself as an expert marksman.A year later, he won his first national gold medal and broke the national record in the process, and he became a Southeast Asian Games champion by 2001.From then on, Xuan Vinh continued to rise in the world of shooting but, in the end, it was not to be in his Olympic debut in London.He finished ninth in the qualifying round for the 10m air pistol, failing to make the cut by a solitary point, and also had to settle for fourth spot in the 50m pistol final after missing a podium place by 0.1 points.It would have been easy for Xuan Vinh to rue his luck or even be discouraged by coming so close but falling short at the prestigious Games.Instead, he continued to push on, overcoming any mental demons that may have festered inside him.By the end of 2012, he had climbed the summit in the continent after winning gold in the 10m air pistol at the 2012 Asian Air Gun Championships in Nanchang, China.Less than five months later, more success fell his way as he finished top in the same event at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup, seeing off Olympic bronze medalist Wang Zhhiwei of China in the final with the last shot. 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