After being embarrassed last night 20-2, the Boston Red Sox look to keep their dignity tonight in the second game of a three-game set with the Oakland A’s at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, CA.
First pitch is scheduled for 10:05 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Athletics television market, you can catch the game on Comcast California. And if you don’t live in either market you’re in luck as well as the MLB Network will have coverage of the game (outside of Red Sox and A’s television markets). If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to it on the Red Sox radio network.
Felix Doubront steps on the hill for the 24th time in 2012. In his previous 23 starts, Doubront is 10-6 with a 4.79 ERA. His lone career start against the A’s came earlier this season when he took the loss after allowing five runs in four innings of work back on May 1st at the Fens.
Rookie A.J. Griffin makes his ninth start of 2012 tonight. In his previous eight starts, Griffin is 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA. He picked up a no decision in his only career start against the Red Sox earlier this season when he allowed two runs in six innings of work.
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Here are today’s lineups:
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 74-57 |
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| 1. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 1. Coco Crisp | CF |
| 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 2. Jonny Gomes | DH |
| 3. Scott Podsednik | LF | 3. Josh Reddick | RF |
| 4. Cody Ross | RF | 4. Yoenis Cespedes | LF |
| 5. James Loney | 1B | 5. Chris Carter | 1B |
| 6. Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 6. Brandon Inge | 3B |
| 7. Mike Aviles | SS | 7. Derek Norris | C |
| 8. Ryan Lavarnway | DH | 8. Brandon Hicks | SS |
| 9. Pedro Ciriaco | 3B | 9. Adam Rosales | 2B |
| Felix Doubront | SP | A.J. Griffin | SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against today’s starting pitchers:
NOTES: With rosters expanding to 40 today, Rich Hill has been activated from the disabled list.
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Lefty reliever Rich Hill added to Red Sox’ roster as first Sept. call-up [clubhouse insider]
Dead man(ager) walking? As Red Sox keep losing, Bobby V’s behavior gets stranger [clubhouse insider]
Red Sox notes: Valentine’s behavior turns more bizarre [csn new england]
Salty approaching Fisk’s record [csn new england]
Doubront will try to stop Sox skid in Oakland [espn boston]
Valentine vague on Iglesias’ playing time [espn boston]
Anyone got any ideas for the rotation? [espn boston]
Optimistic Bobby V shuffles lineup again [espn boston]
Bobby won’t count Papi out; Hill activated [espn boston]
Bobby Valentine: ‘Were going to win a lot of games this last month’ [extra bases]
Dustin Pedroia, Josh Reddick the Hot Hitters as A’s, Red Sox Prepare for Rematch [nesn.com]
Andrew Bailey Surprised by Athletics’ Success After Team Cleaned House Over Offseason [nesn.com]
Red Sox Again Need to Emulate Oakland A’s as ‘Moneyball’ Moves to Version 2.0 [nesn.com]
Reddick’s Oakland breakthrough might not have been possible in Boston [projo sox blog]
Red Sox should stay on West Coast [projo sox blog]
Melancon still trying to put his finger on why he’s struggled [projo sox blog]
Another day, another new lineup: Podsednik hitting third [projo sox blog]
Doubront tasked with cooling off red-hot A’s [redsox.com]
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