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Where: at the Metrodome, Minneapolis.

Records: Boston is 18-9 (first in the American League East); Minnesota is 15-13 (third in the AL Central, 3 1/2 games behind).

Tonight (8:10 p.m., NESN, WRKO 680): RHP Tim Wakefield (2-3, 2.59 ERA) vs. RHP Carlos Silva (2-1, 3.10).

Tomorrow (7:10 p.m., NESN, WRKO): RHP Julian Tavarez (1-2, 7.58) vs. LHP Johan Santana (3-2, 3.60).

Sunday (2:10 p.m., NESN, WRKO): RHP Curt Schilling (3-1, 3.15) vs. RHP Sidney Ponson (2-3, 6.67).

Head to head: This is the first of two series. The Twins don't come to Fenway until the last week of September.

Miscellany: Wakefield is 6-3 lifetime at the Metrodome. The Red Sox have scored just four total runs in Wakefield's three losses . . . Since Opening Day, Schilling is 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA over five starts . . . Twins catcher Joe Mauer is fifth in the AL with a .354 batting average . . . Santana's been shaky at home, going 1-2 with a 5.40 ERA in three starts.