Rookie Richard Fitts will take the mound as the Red Sox open a three-game series. The Twins are four games ahead of the Sox in the wild-card race with nine games to play.

Jarren Duran went hitless in his previous game (0-for-3), but will take another crack at it when the Boston Red Sox square off versus David Festa and the Minnesota Twins on Friday at 7:10 PM ET on

For the Twins, Carlos Santana, who has a .238/.324/.424 triple slash this season, has clobbered 22 home runs while driving in 65 runs and scoring 60 times. He's walking at a 10.3% clip while fanning 17.3% of the time.