[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 7:10 pm

Scheduled starters: Cole DeVries (2-2, 3.68) v. Clay Buchholz (9-3, 4.75)

The game will be on NESN and WEEI

Boston weather: 5 pm observation at KBOS: Wind out of the northeast at 10 mph, visibility 9 miles, few clouds at 5,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet, temperature 76F, DP 69F

Forecast: With the sea breeze it is cooler at Boston Logan than it is inland. It is in the upper 80s and low 90s 10 miles west. It will be warm and muggy at the game, with a light wind blowing in from left at the beginning of the game, and blowing out toward right center after sunset. I would be remiss if I did not say that there is a chance of thunderstorms tonight. There are some strong storms off to the northwest and it is possible that there will be some rain in Boston around game time. The storms are "training" over northwest MA as well as in SE VT and SW NH, where they've had about 3-4 inches of rain this afternoon. These storms are likely to weaken as they move southeast.

[RedSoxAnni]

Minnesota                               Boston                                
 ---------                               ------                                
 
 Pos  Player               HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player              HR  RBI  AVG.
 ---  ------               --  ---  ---- ---  ------              --  ---  ----
  CF  Span, Denard          3   34  .291  CF  Kalish, Ryan         0    5  .212 
  RF  Revere, Ben           0   21  .319  LF  Crawford, Carl       3    8  .254 
  1B  Mauer, Joe            6   50  .321  2B  Pedroia, Dustin      9   39  .264 
  DH  Morneau, Justin      13   49  .269  1B  Gonzalez, Adrian    10   63  .302 
   C  Doumit, Ryan         10   50  .285  RF  Ross, Cody          16   51  .265 
  LF  Mastroianni, Darin    2   10  .270  DH  Saltalamacchia, Jar 20   46  .233 
  SS  Dozier, Brian         5   30  .240  SS  Aviles, Mike        10   51  .255 
  2B  Casilla, Alexi        0   20  .223   C  Shoppach, Kelly      5   16  .264 
  3B  Carroll, Jamey        0   31  .243  3B  Punto, Nick          1    9  .210 
   P  De Vries, Cole (2-2, 3.98)           P  Buchholz, Clay (9-3, 4.75)

[BigSlick]

Pedro Ciriaco is the only bright spot in this dismal season.

[BigSlick]

Oh my God, this team really really sucks.

[RedSoxAnni]

Your Boston Red Sox, finding a new way to lose every day...

[The Ghost of Ned Martin]

Enjoying the show John Henry?

**** you, you soul-less Zombie, ************.

[RedSoxAnni]

Minnesota                          ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Span, Denard cf                      4  1  0   0   0   0    0  1  1  .288
 Revere, Ben rf                       5  1  3   0   0   0    0  0  0  .323
 Mauer, Joe 1b                        4  1  1   0   0   1    3  1  0  .320
 Morneau, Justin dh                   4  0  2   0   0   0    1  0  0  .272
 Doumit, Ryan c                       4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .285
 Mastroianni, Darin lf                3  0  1   1   0   0    0  0  1  .272
  Willingham, Josh ph-lf              1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .263
 Dozier, Brian ss                     4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  2  .240
 Casilla, Alexi 2b                    3  1  1   1   0   0    0  1  0  .225
 Carroll, Jamey 3b                    4  2  2   0   0   0    1  0  0  .246
  Totals                             36  6 12   2   0   1    5  3  4 
 
  Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Kalish, Ryan cf                      2  1  0   0   0   0    0  1  1  .206
  Ciriaco, Pedro ph                   1  1  1   0   0   1    1  0  0  .338
  Ellsbury, Jacoby cf                 0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .259
 Crawford, Carl lf                    4  0  1   1   0   0    1  0  1  .254
 Pedroia, Dustin 2b                   3  1  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .262
 Gonzalez, Adrian 1b                  4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .301
 Ross, Cody rf                        4  0  1   0   0   0    1  0  0  .264
 Saltalamacchia, Jarrod dh            3  0  1   0   0   0    0  1  1  .234
 Aviles, Mike ss                      4  1  1   0   0   1    1  0  0  .255
 Shoppach, Kelly c                    3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  3  .258
  Lavarnway, Ryan ph                  1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .111
 Punto, Nick 3b                       3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .204
  Middlebrooks, Will ph               1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .289
  Totals                             33  4  6   1   0   2    4  2  8 
 
  Minnesota         0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 4  --  6
  Boston            1 1 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  --  4
 
     E_K.Shoppach, C.Buchholz 2. LOB_Minnesota 7, Boston 5. 2B_D.Mastroianni, 
 A.Casilla, C.Crawford. HR_J.Mauer (7) off A.Aceves, M.Aviles (11) off C.De 
 Vries, P.Ciriaco (1) off G.Perkins. SF_J.Morneau. SB_B.Revere (26), D.Pedroia 
 (7). GIDP_R.Doumit, A.Casilla. DP_Boston 2 (D.Pedroia, M.Aviles and 
 A.Gonzalez), (A.Gonzalez and M.Aviles).
 
  Minnesota                   IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 De Vries, Cole                7      4  2  2  2  5   1 109-72  3.81
 Perkins, Glen                2-3     1  2  2  0  2   1   13-8  3.17
 Burnett, Alex (W 4-3)        1-3     1  0  0  0  1   0    8-5  2.81
 Burton, Jared (S 5)           1      0  0  0  0  0   0    9-6  2.25
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Buchholz, Clay                7      7  1  0  1  3   0 103-66  4.48
 Miller, Andrew                 0     1  1  1  2  0   0   15-7  3.25
 Aceves, Alfredo (L 2-7;B 6) 1 2-3    4  4  4  0  1   1  34-23  4.37
 Breslow, Craig               1-3     0  0  0  0  0   0    1-1  0.00
 
      A.Miller pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. 
 
 HBP_by G.Perkins (D.Pedroia). 
 WP_A.Burnett, A.Aceves.
 T_3:22. A_37,914

[BigSlick]

Well played Mauer.