Because the game today is actually televised (!!!!), I wanted to get the lineups and the reminder up a little earlier – so early, in fact, that even Kelly doesn’t have lineups posted yet! But our ever-striving LaVelle E. Neal over at the Strib does! So, here’s temporary lineups from him. I’ll add the nifty little link chart when MLB posts them later.
| Minnesota | @ | Boston |
| Span, CF | Ellsbury, LF | |
| Hudson, O, 2B | Pedroia, 2B | |
| Mauer, C | Martinez, V, C | |
| Morneau, 1B | Youkilis, 1B | |
| Cuddyer, RF | Ortiz, D, DH | |
| Thome, DH | Beltre, 3B | |
| Kubel, LF | Cameron, M, CF | |
| Hardy, SS | Hall, RF | |
| Harris, B, 3B | Scutaro, SS | |
| Pavano, P | Buchholz, C, P |
others scheduled to pitch for the Twins: Clay Condrey, Pat Neshek, Jose Mijares and Kyle Waldrop
others scheduled to pitch for Boston: Jonathan Papelbon, Hidkei Okajima and Ramon Ramirez
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Boston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 11 | 16 | 1 |