Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 6/10

Clay Buchholz (L), Jo-Jo Reyes (R)

After sweeping the team from the Bronx for a second time this season, the Boston Red Sox head north of the border to take on the Toronto Blue Jays in the first of a three-game set tonight at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. and you can watch the game on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Blue Jays television market, you can catch the game on SNET. If you don’t live in either market, you are in luck as the game will be broadcast on the MLB Network. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.

Clay Buchholz looks for a win after taking four straight no decisions in his 13th start of 2011. In his previous 12 starts, Buchholz is 4-3 with a 3.82 ERA. He’s made one start against the Jays in 2011 picking up a no decision after allowing three earned runs in five innings of work back on April 15th. He’s made 11 career appearances (10 starts) against the Jays and is 6-3 with 2.73 ERA. Six of those career starts have come at Rogers Centre where he is 4-2 with a 1.69 ERA.

After not getting a win in 28 previous games, Jo-Jo Reyes goes in search of his third straight win tonight for former Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell. In his previous 12 starts in 2011, Reyes is 2-4 with a 4.16 ERA. His lone career start against the Red Sox came back on April 16th at Fenway Park. In that start, he suffered the loss after allowing four earned runs in three innings of work.

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Here are tonight’s lineups:

36-26		32-31
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Mike McCoy	SS
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Corey Patterson	LF
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Jose Bautista	RF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Adam Lind	DH
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Juan Rivera	1B
6. Jed Lowrie	SS	6. J. P. Arencibia	C
7. Carl Crawford	LF	7. Aaron Hill	2B
8. Mike Cameron	RF	8. Rajai Davis	CF
9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	9. Jayson Nix	3B
Clay Buchholz	SP	Jo-Jo Reyes	SP

And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:

Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays batter/pitcher matchups

With Salty back from illness, the Red Sox have optioned catcher Luis Exposito back to Triple-A Pawtucket. He’s been replaced on the 25-man roster by reliever Michael Bowden.

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Anthony Rizzo’s debut ‘awesome’ for Red Sox’ farm director [Clubhouse Insider]

Yanks need to improve to keep up with Sox [CSNNE.com]

Notes: Pedroia (knee) right back in the lineup [CSNNE.com]

Stark: ‘Free Agent Meter’ is running [ESPN Boston]

Sox look to extend win steak tonight in Toronto [ESPN Boston]

Ortiz mixes up message, media [ESPN Boston]

Podcast: Schilling on Ortiz, Gonzalez and more [ESPN Boston]

Pedroia, Salty ready to go; Dice has surgery [ESPN Boston]

A big fan cheering Rizzo from afar [Extra Bases]

Pregame notes from Rogers Centre [Extra Bases]