The RedSox and Yankees last met under strange circumstances. 

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Normally the Red Sox might be in dire straits when SS Jed Lowrie landed on the 15-day disabled with a left wrist problem after SS Julio Lugo was already out with right knee surgery, but SS Nick Green has been a pleasant surprise since the first of spring  

Things seem a little strange in Boston this April. 

--DH David Ortiz hasn't hit a home run in the first 15 games of the season, which marks the longest homer-less drought to begin a Sox season for the burly slugger. 

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Normally the Red Sox might be in dire straits when SS Jed Lowrie landed on the 15-day disabled with a left wrist problem after SS Julio Lugo was already out with right knee surgery, but SS Nick Green has been a pleasant surprise since the first of spring  

Old Man Tim Wakefield just keeps rolling along, and his butterfly pitch has come right along with him. 

--Manager Terry Francona turned 50 years old Wednesday amid the day/night doubleheader against the Twins, and he really didn't seem to want to have it any other way. 

Brad Penny left the National League and found happiness and clutch hitting. 

BOSTON (AP) -- Brad Penny pitched six solid innings after Tim Wakefield won a rain-shortened complete game, and theBostonRedSox finished a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 7-3 victory Wednesday night. 

The rain finally ended and Boston's winning streak continued.