After a rousing comeback win by the Toronto Blue Jays last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a split of the four-game series in the finale at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada tonight.
Today’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. and will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Blue Jays television market, you can catch the game on Rogers SportsNet. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.
Andrew Miller hopes for a better outing tonight than his last one in his 13th start (15th appearance) of the season. In 14 appearances (12 starts), Miller is 6-2 with a 5.27 ERA. His only career appearance against the Blue Jays came out of the bullpen in 2006 as a member of the Detroit Tigers. In that outing, he allowed one run in while recording an out. He’s never pitched at Rogers Centre.
Ricky Romero makes his 29th start of the season for the Jays. In his previous 28 starts, Romero is 13-10 with a 2.97 ERA. He’s made two starts against the Red Sox this season and is 0-2 with an 11.42 ERA (11 ER/8.2 IP). He’s struggled against the Red Sox in 11 career starts as he is 2-6 with an 8.08 ERA.
Click on the read more button below to see today’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day if you’re on the home page.
Here are this evening’s lineups:
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 71-72 |
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| 1. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 1. Yunel Escobar | SS |
| 2. Marco Scutaro | SS | 2. Eric Thames | LF |
| 3. Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 3. Jose Bautista | RF |
| 4. David Ortiz | DH | 4. Edwin Encarnacion | DH |
| 5. Kevin Youkilis | 1B | 5. Kelly Johnson | 2B |
| 6. Jed Lowrie | 3B | 6. Brett Lawrie | 3B |
| 7. Jason Varitek | C | 7. David Cooper | 1B |
| 8. Josh Reddick | RF | 8. J.P. Arencibia | C |
| 9. Darnell McDonald |
C | 9. Mike McCoy | CF |
| Andrew Miller |
SP | Ricky Romero |
SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against today’s starting pitchers:
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Tito: Good day for Crawford and Gonzalez to get off [Clubhouse Insider]
1-2-3 Inning: Dan Wheeler [CSN New England]
Nation STATion: First place? Wild Card? No matter! [CSN New England]
Wakefield to start again on Tuesday [CSN New England]
Josh Beckett’s Health Could Dictate How Far Red Sox Go in Playoffs [Don Orsillo – NESN.com]
A few wacky Wakefield facts [Extra Bases]
Tim Wakefield to remain in rotation; start next Tuesday [Extra Bases]
Why Jonathan Papelbon wasn’t warming up in the eighth [Full Count]
John Kruk on M&M: ‘I’m still going to stick with the Red Sox’ in the playoffs [Full Count]
End-of-season minor-league highlights: Double-A Portland [Projo Sox Blog]
Miller hoping to improve on recent outing in finale [RedSox.com]
Red Sox Hoping to Patch Up Pitching Concerns, Hold Off ‘Those Guys’ in Tampa Bay As Season Winds Down [Tom Caron – NESN.com]
2011 Boston Red Sox Top 15 Prospects Post Season Report Card [TopProspectAlert.com]
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