Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 7/25

Daisuke Matszuaka (L), Doug Fister (R)

This afternoon, the Boston Red Sox will look to avoid a split in the finale of a four-game set against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

This afternoon’s game will start at 4:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game can be seen in the Mariners television market on Fox Sports Northwest. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Daisuke Matsuzaka looks to string another good start together for Terry Francona and the Red Sox. In his 13 starts in 2010, he is 7-3 with a 4.29 ERA. He has made six career starts against the Mariners and is 2-1 with a 3.99 ERA. Matuzaka has had good success at Safeco Field in four starts as he is 2-0 with a 2.39 ERA.

Doug Fister will make his 16th start of the season for the Mariners. In his previous 15 starts, he is 3-6 with a 3.56 ERA. He’s never faced the Red Sox in his 26 career MLB appearances.

Lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, and links after the jump.

55-43		38-60
1. Marco Scutaro	SS	1. Ichiro Suzuki	RF
2. J.D. Drew	RF	2. Chone Figgins	2B
3. David Ortiz	DH	3. Franklin Gutierrez	CF
4. Kevin Youkilis	1B	4. Jose Lopez	3B
5. Adrian Beltre	3B	5. Justin Smoak	DH
6. Jeremy Hermida	LF	6. Casey Kotchman	1B
7. Mike Cameron	CF	7. Michael Saunders	LF
8. Bill Hall	2B	8. Rob Johnson	C
9. Dusty Brown	C	9. Jack Wilson	SS
Daisuke Matsuzaka	SP	Doug Fister	SP