Watch Twins vs Red Sox Live Online. The Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins came into a two-game series looking to continue their turnarounds and add to their winning streaks.Now they'll have to do it in one day.Trying to carry momentum from weekend sweeps, the teams play a rescheduled day-night doubleheader on Wednesday.
Tuesday's rain delayed the Red Sox's attempt to win their sixth straight game and the Twins' chance at four in a row.After winning two of its first eight games, Boston (7-6) has won five straight and was coming off a four-game sweep of Baltimore, capped by Monday's 12-1 rout. Boston, which had season highs in runs and hits (15) Monday, is averaging 7.6 runs and batting .318 during the winning streak after averaging 3.6 runs and hitting .237 in its first eight.David Ortiz entered Monday's game hitting .170 before getting a double and two-run triple.
"He'll be all right. He swung the bat well," said Dustin Pedroia, who was 4-for-6 with three RBIs. "It's a long year. Six hundred at-bats. The season isn't 50 at-bats."Pedroia was also slumping but seems to have found his stroke. He finished the series against the Orioles 9-for-18 with four RBIs after going 7-for-39 (.179) with one RBI in his first nine games. The reigning AL MVP is batting .390 (23-for-59) with six doubles in 16 career games versus the Twins.Minnesota started 4-7 before sweeping a three-game series from the Los Angeles Angels this weekend."If we had gotten swept, it would have been a morgue in here," third baseman Brendan Harris told the Twins' official Web site after Sunday's 3-1 win. "
Watch Twins vs Red Sox Live Online(Manager Ron Gardenhire) talked about not panicking. He just talked about coming in here and playing hard and we'll get it turned around. And we did."Minnesota (7-7) was swept in a three-game series at Fenway last season and last met Boston on July 9 in an 18-5 loss.Justin Morneau was 13-for-26 with a homer, double and five RBIs in seven games against the Red Sox in 2008, and is 5-for-12 with a double lifetime versus Tuesday's scheduled starter for the first game -- Tim Wakefield (1-1, 3.00 ERA).
Wakefield was outstanding his last time out, coming within five outs of his first no-hitter. The 42-year-old knuckleballer walked two while throwing a four-hitter in an 8-2 win Wednesday over Oakland, and the Sox haven't lost since.Wakefield wasn't sharp in his only start against the Twins last season, yielding seven runs and seven hits in 2 2-3 innings of a 9-8 road loss May 11.Minnesota counters with Scott Baker (0-1, 13.50), who is coming off a rough outing.
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