Game Preview: Sox @ Twins, GM2

Tavarez (1-2, 7.58 ) vs. Santana (3-2, 3.60) 7P EST

I don't have a whole lot of time to go over this one; I just got back from my son's LL game (we won, 16-0, and finished the season outscoring the opponents 34-0) and I am headed out to a wedding down on the beach.

Anyway, what else needs to be said about this game other than it will be a minor miracle if they pull this one off. Boston's worst starter squaring off against Minny's best, who also happens to be one of the best in the league, does not bode well for the boys from Beantown. It doesn't even matter that Santana is coming off a couple of poor starts and has lost two in a row at home, or that he hasn't fared well in his career against Boston (3-4, 3.55 ERA), or that Gascan Tavarez is coming off of his best start of the season, a win in Yankee Stadium on Sunday.

We all know that Cy-Tana is capable of tossing a no-hitter just as we know it's possible Tavarez might not be able to register one out.

All that matters is the way the Sox are playing right now, they feel like they can win every game they play in. And when you have that kind of feeling on a ballclub, anything is possible. In true Little League spirit, each player is picking up the other's slack and taking turns contributing to this hot streak (12-4) they are on. If it's not Manny or Papi knocking in the key run, it's Lowell or Cora. Drew has been slumping, now Coco is heating up. Willy Mo spells Cora and hits a monster grand slam and goes 4-4 the other night. And the pitching staff is doing the same thing.

So like I said, they way this team is (hate to say it cause of that obnoxious, overplayed ad) gellin', a win today isn't out of the question.

They just have to go out there, give it their best shot, and let the ball fall where it may.

At least that's what we tell 'em in Little League.

Go Sox!