Boston may be turning a corner, though. The Red Sox opened May with a three-game winning streak, and they’ve certainly played better since an 0-6 run to begin the year.

The Sox are slated to send Tim Wakefield, Clay Buchholz, and Daisuke Matsuzaka to the hill over the weekend. Matsuzaka (2-3, 4.33 ERA) was lit up in a relief appearance earlier this week and had his start moved from Friday to Sunday.

As far as the lineup is concerned, Boston is still waiting for massive free-agent investment Carl Crawford to come around. Crawford was supposed to be an elite leadoff man, but he’s been below or around the Mendoza Line all season. Fellow offseason acquisition Adrian Gonzalez hasn’t hit many homers, but he at least leads the club in RBI and is batting over .300.

The Twins (11-18) might also be gaining a little momentum after a horrific six-game losing streak. They’re coming off a two-game sweep of the division-rival White Sox.

Minny will likely go with Scott Baker (1-2, 3.16 ERA), Brian Duensing (2-1, 2.91 ERA), Carl Pavano (2-3, 5.84 ERA) and Francisco Liriano (2-4, 6.61 ERA). Liriano threw a no-hitter against Chicago in his last start, and there’s a chance Minnesota will bump him after he threw 123 pitches in that outing.

Offensively, the Twins are a black hole. They scored just four runs in their sweep of Chicago and are by far the lowest-scoring team in the American League.

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