I’m deliberately choosing to put the past and all it’s aggravations behind me and am going into tonight’s game thinking purely about the opportunities that today alone presents. I have to admit that the matchup of Liriano vs Lester makes me all giggly. I LOVE a good pitchers duel and this has all the makings of the OK Corral!!
| Minnesota | @ | Boston |
| Span, CF | McDonald, Da, CF | |
| Hudson, O, 2B | Pedroia, 2B | |
| Mauer, C | Martinez, V, C | |
| Morneau, 1B | Youkilis, 1B | |
| Cuddyer, RF | Lowell, DH | |
| Kubel, DH | Beltre, 3B | |
| Young, D, LF | Drew, J, RF | |
| Harris, B, SS | Hall, LF | |
| Punto, 3B | Sanchez, An, SS | |
| Liriano, P | Lester, P |
A 2-5 road trip and dropping in to a tie for the division lead with the Tigers isn’t exactly what we had in mind for this week. Time to start fresh by putting some hurtin on the Brew crew this weekend.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 8 | 1 |