MLB Baseball Matchup of Sunday, August 05, 2012 Fenway Park

Match Up: Minnesota Twins VS Boston Red Sox

MINNESOTATWINS (30-36)

BOSTONRED SOX (42-29)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
MIN	30-36	$251	5-5	25-31	5-6	25-30	29-36-1
BOS	42-29	$576	14-10	28-19	30-19	12-10	36-31-4

Smart Chart

MIN	TEAM	BOS
4.08	RUNS	5.11
4.52	RUNS AGAINST	4.08
-0.44	DIFF	1.03
$251	MONEY	$576
4.24	TEAM ERA	3.84
8.24	OFF HITS	9.24
3.39	OFF WALKS	3.85
7.97	OFF Ks	8.35
9.92	DEF HIT	8.27
2.59	DEF WALKS	3.66
5.91	DEF Ks	8.72

INJURIES

MINNESOTA TWINS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Aaron Hicks	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Darin Mastroianni	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Wilkin Ramirez	OF	7-Day Disabled List
Josh Willingham	OF	Day-to-Day (knee)
Tim Wood	P	60-Day Disabled List

BOSTON RED SOX

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Clay Buchholz	P	Day-to-Day (neck)
Mike Carp	OF	Day-to-Day (hamstring)
Joel Hanrahan	P	60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Kalish	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Clayton Mortensen	P	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

MINNESOTA	BOSTON
Minnesota Star Tribune	Boston Globe

BETTING TRENDS

MINNESOTA TWINS

No trends to report

BOSTON RED SOX

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

NICK BLACKBURN (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
08/17/2012	SEA	L	3-5	P	5⅓	-100
08/11/2012	TB	L	2-4	U	6	-100
08/05/2012	BOS	L	4-6	U	5	-100

FRANKLIN MORALES (L) ERA: 3.60 W/L: 1-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/30/2013	PHI	W	9-2	O	5	100
08/23/2012	LAA	L	13-14	O	2⅔	-100
08/17/2012	NYY	L	4-6	O	5⅓	-100

Minnesota Twins's relievers have pitched 9 innings in the last 3 games.
Boston Red Sox's relievers have pitched 8 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/04/2012	Sat	MIN	6	BOS	4	MIN	-198	10	P	C De Vries	C Buchholz
08/03/2012	Fri	MIN	6	BOS	5	MIN	-177	10½	O	B Duensing	F Doubront
08/02/2012	Thu	MIN	5	BOS	0	MIN	-210	10	U	S Deduno	J Lester
04/25/2012	Wed	BOS	7	MIN	6	BOS	108	9	O	C Buchholz	L Hendriks
04/24/2012	Tue	BOS	11	MIN	2	BOS	143	8½	O	J Beckett	N Blackburn
04/23/2012	Mon	BOS	6	MIN	5	BOS	143	8½	O	J Lester	J Marquis
08/10/2011	Wed	BOS	2	MIN	5	MIN	175	8½	U	J Lester	N Blackburn
08/09/2011	Tue	BOS	4	MIN	3	BOS	123	8½	U	E Bedard	F Liriano
08/08/2011	Mon	BOS	8	MIN	6	BOS	-101	8½	O	T Wakefield	S Baker
05/09/2011	Mon	MIN	1	BOS	2	BOS	-245	8½	U	N Blackburn	J Beckett

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

TWINS

Twins have the worst hits allowed in the league, allowing 9.9 per game.

Twins are second best in walks allowed in the league at 2.6 per game.

Twins trail the league in K's with 5.9 per game.

RED SOX

Red Sox are the highest scoring team in the league at 5.1 runs per game.

Red Sox are third in the league in hits at 9.2 per game.

Red Sox are second in the league in free passes at 3.8 per game.

Red Sox are third worst in the league in times striking out with 8.4 per game.

Red Sox allow the third least hits in the league at 8.3 per game.

Red Sox give up the most free passes in the league allowing 3.7 per game.

Red Sox strike out the second most opponents in the league with 8.7 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/04/2012	Sat	6	at BOS	4	W	-198	10	C De Vries	7	C Buchholz
08/03/2012	Fri	6	at BOS	5	W	-177	10½	B Duensing	6	F Doubront
08/02/2012	Thu	5	at BOS	0	W	-210	10	S Deduno	6	J Lester
08/01/2012	Wed	2	CHW	3	L	110	8	S Diamond	7⅓	J Peavy
07/31/2012	Tue	3	CHW	4	L	136	9	N Blackburn	8	F Liriano

BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/04/2012	Sat	4	MIN	6	L	-198	10	C Buchholz	7	C De Vries
08/03/2012	Fri	5	MIN	6	L	-177	10½	F Doubront	5	B Duensing
08/02/2012	Thu	0	MIN	5	L	-210	10	J Lester	8	S Deduno
08/01/2012	Wed	5	DET	7	L	-104	10½	A Cook	4⅔	R Porcello
07/31/2012	Tue	4	DET	1	W	122	8	J Beckett	2⅔	J Verlander

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Minnesota's Overall Scoring vs Boston's Overall Defense	4.1	10	4.1	6
Minnesota's Away Scoring vs Boston's Home Defense	3.8	13	4.6	12
Minnesota's Road ERA vs Boston's Home ERA Allowed	4.5	13	5.2	2
Boston's Overall Scoring vs Minnesota's Overall Defense	5.1	1	4.5	9
Boston's Home Scoring vs Minnesota's Road Defense	5.2	2	4.6	11
Boston's Home ERA vs Minnesota's Road ERA Allowed	4.1	10	3.2	14

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

MINNESOTA TWINS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	30-36	16-17	14-19	5-6	25-30	29-36-1	5-5	25-31
vs Div	10-17	4-5	6-12	0-2	10-15	9-17-1	1-1	9-16
Last 10	4-6	3-3	1-3	1-0	3-6	3-7	2-1	2-5
vs AL	22-27	11-13	11-14	3-4	19-23	21-27-1	3-2	19-25
vs NL	8-9	5-4	3-5	2-2	6-7	8-9	2-3	6-6

BOSTON RED SOX

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	42-29	21-14	21-15	30-19	12-10	36-31-4	14-10	28-19
vs Div	18-13	5-4	13-9	7-7	11-6	13-17-1	6-5	12-8
Last 10	5-5	2-1	3-4	2-3	3-2	5-4-1	1-0	4-5
vs AL	40-27	20-13	20-14	28-17	12-10	34-29-4	14-9	26-18
vs NL	2-2	1-1	1-1	2-2	0-0	2-2	0-1	2-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

NICK BLACKBURN VS. BOSTON RED SOX

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/05/2012	6-4	BOS	5	9	4	4	0	4	L
04/24/2012	11-2	BOS	3	8	5	5	1	2	L
08/10/2011	5-2	MIN	6⅔	6	1	0	2	4	ND
05/09/2011	2-1	BOS	6⅓	7	1	1	3	5	ND
05/26/2009	5-2	MIN	7	8	2	1	2	7	W

FRANKLIN MORALES VS. MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/05/2012	6-4	BOS	6	3	1	1	3	4	W