Dustin Pedroia Hoping to Continue Hitting Streak Against Ubaldo Jimenez, Indians

Editor's note: The temperature gauge is a Bill James-created statistic that measures how hot or cold hitters are. We will spotlight Red Sox and opposing team temperatures on game days.

Dustin Pedroia has been swinging a hot bat as of late, and that shows no sign of cooling off any time soon.

The Red Sox second baseman entered Friday night's game against Cleveland riding an 11-game hitting streak and quickly extended that to 12 with an infield single in the first.

Pedey and the Sox will have to face Cleveland starter Ubaldo Jimenez, while Clay Buchholz will take the mound and try to contain Asdrubal Cabrera and the Indians offense.

Here are the Red Sox and Indians temperatures for May 11.

Indians
Asdrubal Cabrera, 87
Shin-Soo Choo, 77
Jack Hannahan, 77
Casey Kotchman, 76
Jason Kipnis, 76
Michael Brantley, 75
Aaron Cunningham, 71
Carlos Santana, 65
Johnny Damon, 61
Shelley Duncan, 57
Travis Hafner, 56
Lou Marson, 55
Jason Donald, 54