Game 50: Twins at Red Sox lineups and notes

After a day off, the Red Sox return to Fenway Park for a six-game homestand, beginning Friday night when they open a three-game series with the Twins.

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The Sox are coming off a 4-2 road trip at Atlanta and Kansas City. They are on a three-game winning streak after completing a sweep of the Royals with Wednesday’s 4-3 win.

The Twins have won three of their last four, including taking two of three from the Astros. They rank fifth in MLB with 21 quality starts of six or more innings and three or fewer earned runs. They’re seventh in starter ERA at 3.67.

It will be a battle of lefthanders for Friday’s opener. The Red sox will go with Payton Tolle, while Minnesota will counter with Connor Prielipp.

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Here is a preview.

TWINS (23-27): TBA

Pitching: LHP Connor Prielipp (1-2, 2.88 ERA)

RED SOX (22-27): TBA

Pitching: LHP Payton Tolle (2-2, 2.05 ERA)

Time: 7:10 p.m.

TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

Twins vs. Tolle: Tristan Gray 0-1

Red Sox vs. Prielipp: Has not faced any Boston batters

Stat of the day: Jarren Duran has gone 7 for 19 with six extra-base hits and six RBIs in his last five games.

Notes: Tolle is coming off a 3-2 win over the Braves last Saturday in which he went eight innings. … Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras has a five game-hitting streak, going 9 for 20 in that span. … Minnesota will be without catcher Ryan Jeffers, who was placed on the injured list Tuesday with a left hamate bone fracture and is expected to miss 6 to 8 weeks. He was batting .295 with 26 RBIs. … “One of the things that we were very thoughtful about this offseason was getting another major league catcher in terms of Victor [Caratini] and being able to fill that,” Twins manager Derek Shelton said. “The offensive production, we’re just going to have to fill it with multiple people because Ryan has been so good.” … Prielipp, 25, is making his sixth start. He struck out eight in six innings of work in his most recent start, but came out on the short end of a 2-1 loss to the Brewers.

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