Red Sox-Twins (July 31, 2005)

Tick, tock. The non-waiver trade deadline is hours away and still no major deals as of right now. Manny to the Mets? Fahgeddaboutit. Burnett to the White Sox? Highly unlikely. Soriano to the Twins? Not yet. As the minutes drift away there is still baseball to be played. The Sox beat the Twins for the second straight night with David Wells pitching another great game. Howard Bryant was on the mark in the Boston Herald -- he is the staff ace right now. The series finale on Sunday will pit Jon Papelbon for Boston in his major league debut against Minnesota's Brad Radke (6-10, 3.88). NESN and WEEI have the game, starting at 2:05 p.m.