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MLB Matchup
Red Sox vs Twins Game Time: 8:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Target Field Surface: Grass

Boston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/31/11	At	Cws	5-3	D/g	-113	-118	9.5-105	9.5-125	Miller,an	W	U
8/01/11		Cle	6-9	N/g	-160	-185	10.0-110	10.0-120	Lackey,jo	L	O
8/02/11		Cle	3-2	N/g	-240	-250	9.0-110	9.0+100	Beckett,jo	W	U
8/03/11		Cle	4-3	N/g	-177	-175	10.5-105	10.5+100	Wakefield,ti	W	U
8/04/11		Cle	3-7	N/g	-160	-158	9.0-110	9.0+100	Bedard,er	L	O
8/05/11		Nyy	2-3	N/g	-155	-150	9.5+100	9.0+100	Lester,jo	L	U
8/06/11		Nyy	10-4	D/g	+135	+140	9.0-115	9.5+100	Lackey,jo	W	O
8/07/11		Nyy	3-2	N/g	-155	-160	9.0-120	9.0-125	Beckett,jo	W	U
8/08/11	At	Min	8-6	N/t	+110	+100	9.0+100	9.0+100	Wakefield,ti	W	O
8/09/11	At	Min	4-3	N/t	+120	+123	8.5-110	9.0+100	Bedard,er	W	U
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/30/11	At	Oak	3-8	N/g	-135	-130	7.5-115	8.5-110	Blackburn,ni	L	O
7/31/11	At	Oak	3-7	D/g	-140	-141	8.0-115	8.5+100	Pavano,ca	L	O
8/02/11	At	Laa	1-5	N/g	-160	-160	7.5-110	7.5-115	Duensing,br	L	U
8/03/11	At	Laa	11-4	N/g	-110	-105	8.0-105	8.0-125	Baker,sc	W	O
8/04/11	At	Laa	1-7	N/g	-165	-166	7.0-110	7.0-130	Liriano,fr	L	O
8/05/11		Cws	3-5	N/t	+105	-107	8.5-110	8.5-115	Blackburn,ni	L	U
8/06/11		Cws	1-6	N/t	-113	-125	9.0-110	9.0-105	Pavano,ca	L	U
8/07/11		Cws	0-7	D/t	+105	+100	8.0-120	8.5-105	Duensing,br	L	U
8/08/11		Bos	6-8	N/t	+110	+100	9.0+100	9.0+100	Baker,sc	L	O
8/09/11		Bos	3-4	N/t	+120	+123	8.5-110	9.0+100	Liriano,fr	L	U

Head-To-Head

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Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
4/14/10	Bos	3-6	D/t	+110	+103	8.5-110	9.0+100	Lackey,jo	L	P
4/15/10	Bos	8-0	D/t	-130	-120	9.0+100	9.5-115	Liriano,fr	W
5/19/10	Min	3-2	N/g	-125	-120	9.5-110	9.5-105	Buchholz,cl	W	U
5/20/10	Min	6-2	N/g	-130	-140	9.0-110	8.5+105	Lester,jo	W	U
5/06/11	Min	2-9	N/g	-150	-155	9.5+100	9.0-115	Baker,sc	L	O
5/07/11	Min	4-0	D/g	-165	-168	9.0-105	9.0-120	Buchholz,cl	W	U
5/08/11	Min	9-5	D/g	-175	-190	9.0-105	9.5-120	Matsuzaka,da	W	O
5/09/11	Min	2-1	N/g	-200	-240	8.5-105	8.5-105	Okajima,hi	W	U
8/08/11	Bos	6-8	N/t	+110	+100	9.0+100	9.0+100	Aceves,al	L	O
8/09/11	Bos	3-4	N/t	+120	+123	8.5-110	9.0+100	Albers,ma	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		37-22	-52	35-21	+1071	72-43	+1019
Last	10	4-3	-53	3-0	+308	7-3	+255
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-30	-576	25-35	+56	51-65	-520
Last	10	0-5	-532	1-4	-300	1-9	-832
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Boston		26-9	46-34	62-37	10-6	54-36	15-7
Minnesota		20-24	31-41	23-30	28-35	14-17	33-44

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-21	+1020	23-30	-1015	56-51	+5
Last	10	3-4	-125	1-2	-125	4-6	-250
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		27-28	-315	27-30	-620	54-58	-935
Last	10	1-4	-325	4-1	+285	5-5	-40

Away Pitcher

BOSTON RED SOX -- LESTER,JON (L)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	12	8	1	78.2	56	25	24	25	72	2.75	3	0	5	1	6	1	2	0
Home	9	3	4	55.0	58	25	24	22	59	3.93	1	0	2	4	3	4	0	0
Total	21	11	5	133.2	114	50	48	47	131	3.23	4	0	7	5	9	5	2	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR LESTER,JON
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	58.0	22	20	3.10	42	26	41	3	1	4	6	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/30/11	at PHI	5-2	W	7.0	0	0	2	2	5	0	-142	-125	7.0-105	7.0-110
7/05/11	TOR	3-2		4.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	-230	-230	9.0-120	9.5+105
7/25/11	KC	1-3		5.1	1	1	7	2	6	0	-290	-300	9.5-110	9.5-120
7/30/11	at CWS	10-2	W	8.0	2	2	4	1	8	2	+137	+140	8.5-110	8.5-110
8/05/11	NYY	2-3	L	6.0	3	3	5	4	7	0	-155	-150	9.5+100	9.0+100

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/12/10	at MIN	2-5	L	5.0	4	4	9	3	5	0	+125	+115	9.0+100	9.0-110
5/20/10	MIN	6-2	W	9.0	2	1	6	0	9	0	-130	-140	9.0-110	8.5+105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/05/11	NYY	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/06/11	NYY	3.0	1	1	3.00	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
8/07/11	NYY	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	2	6	1	1	0	0	0
8/08/11	at MIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1
8/09/11	at MIN	4.0	1	1	2.25	3	1	4	0	1	0	1	1

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- BLACKBURN,NICK (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	12	5	5	67.2	88	46	40	23	34	5.32	3	0	2	5	4	4	1	1
Home	11	2	4	68.0	75	39	29	23	37	3.84	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	4
Total	23	7	9	135.2	163	85	69	46	71	4.58	4	1	3	8	4	4	3	5

2011 BULLPEN FOR BLACKBURN,NICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	68.2	44	40	5.24	79	35	51	7	3	4	6	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/15/11	KC	1-2		7.0	0	0	4	2	3	0	-135	-123	9.0+100	9.0-105
7/20/11	CLE	7-5		6.0	4	1	4	2	7	0	-115	-105	8.5-115	9.0-105
7/25/11	at TEX	6-20	L	2.2	9	6	11	0	0	2	-175	-180	10.0-115	10.0-120
7/30/11	at OAK	3-8	L	4.1	7	6	10	5	2	0	-135	-130	7.5-115	8.5-110
8/05/11	CWS	3-5	L	5.1	4	4	7	6	1	2	+105	-107	8.5-110	8.5-115

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/09/11	at BOS	1-2		6.1	1	1	7	3	5	0	-200	-240	8.5-105	8.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/05/11	CWS	3.2	1	1	2.45	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/06/11	CWS	1.0	4	4	36.00	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
8/07/11	CWS	2.2	2	2	6.75	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
8/08/11	BOS	3.0	3	2	6.00	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/09/11	BOS	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Aug 10 12:45 PM EST

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