Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/20

Francisco Liriano (L), Jon Lester (R) - AP Photos

After a strong outing in a win for Clay Buchholz last night, the Boston Red Sox will look to take the finale of a brief two-game set against the Minnesota Twins tonight at Fenway Park.

Tonight’s game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Twins television market, you can catch the game on FOXSports North. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Jon Lester will make his 100th career start (101 career appearances) for the Red Sox tonight. In eight previous starts this season, he is 3-2 with a 3.91 ERA. He was the first opposing starter at Target Field on 4/12 and took the loss after allowing four runs in five innings. He’s made five career appearances (four starts) against the Twins in his career and is 0-2 with a 5.96 ERA. He’s made two of those starts at Fenway Park where he has no record with a 4.82 ERA.

After battling through injuries, Francisco Liriano has returned to his 2006 form for Ron Gardenhire. He’s made seven starts in 2010 and is 4-2 with a 2.63 ERA. He’s faced the Red Sox once in 2010, picking up the win on April 15th after throwing seven shutout innings. Overall in his career, Liriano has made three starts against the Red Sox and is 1-2 with a 7.20 ERA. In one career start at the Fens, he is 0-1 with a 15.75 ERA (4 IP/7 ER).

Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.

24-16		21-20
1. Denard Span	CF	1. Darnell McDonald	CF
2. Orlando Hudson	2B	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Joe Mauer	C	3. Victor Martinez	C
4. Justin Morneau	1B	4. Kevin Youkilis	1B
5. Michael Cuddyer	RF	5. Mike Lowell	DH
6. Jason Kubel	DH	6. Adrian Beltre	3B
7. Delmon Young	LF	7. J.D. Drew	RF
8. Brendan Harris	SS	8. Bill Hall	LF
9. Nick Punto	3B	9. Angel Sanchez	SS
Francisco Liriano	SP	Jon Lester	SP