The Red Sox and Twins will face off for the first of two 7-inning games this afternoon in Minnesota (2:10 p.m., NESN) behind Nathan Eovaldi as they look to win their eighth straight game.
Eovaldi looks for his third strong outing to begin the year with his offense facing what might be their toughest task yet in Kenta Maeda, who was second in the American League Cy Young Award voting last year and has started this season off similarly strong, and who will start for the Twins.
The Red Sox activated reliever Eduard Bazardo for the doubleheader rather than a position player, so we should see some overlap in the batting orders, about which people have opinions.