Late Morning Red Sox Delight – 3/21

It was a good day for Tim Wakefield and the Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-0 at City of Palms Park.

Wakefield looked great as he went five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and walking two while striking out three. Manny Delcarmen walked one in his inning while Brian Shouse allowed a hit with a strikeout. Fernando Cabrera threw a perfect inning and Joe Nelson gave up a hit and a walk before striking out the side.

Kevin Youkilis and Marco Scutaro both hit home runs for the Red Sox with Youk’s of the two-run variety and Scutaro’s was a solo shot. Red Sox minor leaguer Peter Hissey came up for the game and had two hits and two RBIs while Daniel Nava had a hit and an RBI. Dustin Pedroia also had two hits.

This afternoon, the Red Sox will be busy as they will send a split-squad to Dunedin to take on the Toronto Blue Jays. The players who don’t make the trip will stay behind to take on old friend Brad Mills and Houston Astros.

Both games will start at 1:05 p.m. and the game against the Blue Jays will be available on MLB GameDay audio. You can also catch it on the MLB At Bat app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

The game against the Astros will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you can’t watch the game on television, it will be broadcast on WEEI 850 AM. It is also available on MLB.com if you have the MLB.tv or Gameday Audio package. You can also catch it on the MLB At Bat app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Felix Doubront, who was sent down yesterday, will come up and make the start against the Blue Jays. He’ll be looking to continue his seven inning scoreless streak during spring training. Shaun Marcum will start for the Blue Jays.

Jon Lester will make the start against the Astros and he’ll be followed by Jonathan Papelbon, Hideki Okajima, Ramon Ramirez and Daniel Bard. Bud Norris will start for the Astros and he’ll be followed by Chris Sampson and Brian Moehler.

The Red Sox yesterday optioned left-handed pitcher Felix Doubront and catcher Mark Wagner to Triple-A Pawtucket and re-assigned infielder Gil Velazquez to minor league camp. John Lackey is scheduled to pitch for Single-A Salem in a minor league game vs. the Minnesota Twins Single-A affiliate on Monday at the Red Sox Player Development Complex beginning at 1 p.m.

Continue reading for the lineups and links.

Here are the lineups for both games today:


1. Bill Hall	LF	1. Jose Bautista	3B
2. Josh Reddick	CF	2. Aaron Hill	2B
3. J.D. Drew	DH	3. Adam Lind	DH
4. Adrian Beltre	3B	4. Vernon Wells	CF
5. Tug Hulett	2B	5. Lyle Overbay	1B
6. Jose Iglesias	SS	6. Jeremy Reed	RF
7. Aaron Bates	1B	7. Travis Snider	LF
8. Mark Wagner	C	8. Alex Gonzalez	SS
9. Che-Hsuan Lin	RF	9. Jose Molina	C
Felix Doubront	SP	Shaun Marcum	SP


1. Jason Bourgeois	CF	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	LF
2. Kazuo Matsui	2B	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Geoff Blum	1B	3. Kevin Youkilis	1B
4. Jason Michaels	LF	4. David Ortiz	DH
5. Chris Johnson	3B	5. Jason Varitek	C
6. Cory Sullivan	RF	6. Mike Lowell	3B
7. German Duran	SS	7. Mike Cameron	CF
8. Humberto Quintero	DH	8. Jeremy Hermida	RF
9. Jason Castro	C	9. Marco Scutaro	SS
Bud Norris	SP	Jon Lester	SP