BOS Red Sox at MIN Twins (May 12, 2008)
2008-05-12 06:01:00
PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW
(BOSTON-MINNESOTA)
*Red Sox eye four-game split vs. Twins*
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Boston (24-16) at Minnesota (19-17) 7:05 pm EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) - The Boston Red Sox are hoping a night off
for Manny Ramirez will awaken his bat.
The Red Sox eye a four-game split with the Minnesota Twins when
the teams meet in the series finale on Monday.
A sore hamstring kept Ramirez out of the lineup in Sunday's 9-8
loss to Minnesota, although he did appear as a pinch hitter with
the tying run on base in the ninth inning. However, the
11-time All-Star's hard-hit grounder settled right into the
glove of shortstop Adam Everett, who threw on to first to end
the threat.
After slugging six homers through April 19, Ramirez appeared
well on his way to becoming the 24th player in major league
history to reach 500 career home runs. Since that day, he has
hit just one more home run over the next 19 games, leaving him
at 497.
Ramirez is likely to be in the lineup Monday as the Red Sox
attempt to figure out Livan Hernandez (5-1, 3.83 ERA), who will
try to continue his amazing run. In the American League after
spending 13 years in the National League, Hernandez has yielded
more than three runs in just two of his starts this season.
The righthander posted his first complete game of the season on
Wednesday, allowing nine hits in a 13-1 win over the Chicago
White Sox.
The Red Sox will counter with Clay Buchholz (2-2, 4.50), who
will be looking to overcome one of his worst starts of the
season. The righthander surrendered five runs and 10 hits in
just four frames during Wednesday's 10-9 loss to Detroit.
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