Perfect day here in Boston as the Twins prepare to play the Red Sox. Lefthander Scott Diamond, making his first start at historic Fenway Park, is on the mound tonight looking to improve to 3-2 on the season.
The Twins lost 6-5 in 11 innings last night as they blew two major scoring chances. They had a chance to send to Clay Buchholz to the showers in the first inning. When you get a chance to put you foot down on a pitcher's throat on the road, ya gotta go get him. Let's see if the Twins keep that in mind as they face Ryan Dempster, who beat them twice last season.
They need to sustain offense. They are batting .228 on this road trip, .224 with runners in scoring position.
Curious to see what the Twins' batting order looks like. Jamey Carroll is batting .429 against Dempster, so I would expect him to be in the starting lineup somewhere. Will check back later with lineups.
Many of you will be locked in on the Wild-Blackhawks game when it begins. If that's the case, make sure to follow me on twitter at @LaVelleNeal for Twins updates.
UPDATES
Josh Roenicke is available out of the bullpen tonight. Ryan Pressky will be the long man if needed. Gardy was coy about who was and wasn't available tonight. But you can figure it out that Swarzak is out, Burton is out and Casey is probably out.
As expected, Jamey Carroll is in the starting lineup and Brian Dozier is getting a day off.
