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Pitching mismatch favors Twins against Red Sox

May 5, 2007 - 2:14 PM Boston (19-9) at Minnesota (15-14) 7:10 pm EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Twins have the best pitcher in baseball going Saturday against the visiting Boston Red Sox.

Johan Santana takes the hill for the Twins, looking to buck an upsetting trend. The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner has dropped his Last two starts at the Metrodome. He has never lost three in a row at home.

Santana (3-2, 3.60 ERA) took a streak of 24 consecutive home starts without a loss (17-0) into an April 13 matchup against the Devil Rays before taking a loss. He is 42-14 with a 2.98 ERA in his career at home, but has losT his last two, allowing four earned runs in each.

Santana has been somewhat vulnerable against the Red Sox, owning a 3-4 career mark with a 3.55 ERA in 11 games - eight starts.

Boston will counter with its No. 5 starter Julian Tavarez (1-2, 7.58). The veteran sinkerballer picked up his first win of the season last Sunday against the New York Yankees, yielding three runs in five innings.

A strong performance would go a long way towards keeping the 33-year-old Tavarez in the rotation. Jon Lester is eligible to come off the disabled list, but a good outing by Tavarez could keep the promising youngster in the minors for a few more starts.

The Red Sox won Friday night's game, 2-0, behind seven strong innings from Tim Wakefield and one monster blast by David Ortiz.








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    BOSTON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
    MINNESOTA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 4 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, JOEL PINEIRO (7TH) AND JASON VARITEK
    MIN - JOHAN SANTANA, MATT GUERRIER (6TH), JESSE CRAIN
    (7TH), PAT NESHEK (8TH), JOE NATHAN (8TH) AND MIKE

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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED WILY MO PENA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D PEDROIA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    MINNESOTA 2 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.227, 0-FOR-2)

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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON BARTLETT SCORED JASON KUBEL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BARTLETT ON FIRST, J TYNER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0
    MINNESOTA 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: L CASTILLO (.293, 0-FOR-1)

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    AT MINNESOTA - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY JASON TYNER SCORED JUSTIN MORNEAU.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J TYNER ON FIRST, J KUBEL ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0
    MINNESOTA 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J BARTLETT (.262, 0 HR, 6 RBI)

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