Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 8/6

Clay Buchholz (L), Javier Vazquez (R)

The Boston Red Sox kickoff a ten-game road trip tonight with a visit to the Big Apple to take on the New York Yankees in a four-game set at Yankee Stadium.

This evening’s game will start at 7:05 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game can be seen in the Yankees television market on MY9. If you don’t live in either market you are in luck as the game will also be shown on the MLB Network. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Proud new papa Clay Buchholz will make his 19th start of the season for Terry Francona and the Red Sox. His wife Lindsay Clubine gave birth to their first child, a daughter Colbi Dawn, on August 4th. In his previous 18 starts, Buchholz is 11-5 with a 2.68 ERA. He’s made one start against the Yankees in 2010 taking the loss back on May 8th when he allowed six runs over five innings. Overall in his career, he is 0-2 with a 6.53 ERA against the Yankees in four starts. Buchholz has made two starts at Yankee Stadium and is 0-1 with a 8.38 ERA (9 ER/9.2 IP)

Javier Vazquez makes his 21st appearance (20th start) in 2010 for Joe Girardi’s Yankees. In his previous 20 appearances (19 starts), he is 9-7 with a 4.61 ERA. He’s made one appearance out of the bullpen against the Red Sox in 2010, picking up the win on May 17th when he retired the only batter he faced. The Yankees walked off with an 11-9 win the next inning. Vazquez had made 12 appearances (10 starts) against the Red Sox in his career and is 3-7 with a 4.21 ERA.

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

62-47		67-40
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Derek Jeter	SS
2. Marco Scutaro	SS	2. Nick Swisher	RF
3. David Ortiz	DH	3. Mark Teixeira	1B
4. Victor Martinez	C	4. Alex Rodriguez	3B
5. Adrian Beltre	3B	5. Robinson Cano	2B
6. J.D. Drew	RF	6. Lance Berkman	DH
7. Mike Lowell	1B	7. Curtis Granderson	CF
8. Ryan Kalish	LF	8. Francisco Cervelli	C
9. Jed Lowrie	2B	9. Brett Gardner	LF
Clay Buchholz	SP	Javier Vazquez	SP

And here is how hitters have fared against this afternoon’s starting pitchers:

Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees batter/pitcher matchups

Hideki Okajima was placed on the disabled list with a calf strain. Felix Doubront has been recalled from the Pawtucket Red Sox to take Okajima’s place on the 25-man roster.

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Doubront called up; Okajima headed to DL [Clubhouse Insider]

Pregame notes: Delgado works out for Red Sox & more [Clubhouse Insider]

Youkilis surgery ‘100 percent successful’ [Clubhouse Insider]

Sox place Okajima on DL, recall Doubront [CSN New England]

Sox Notes: Okajima the latest Sox player to hit disabled list [CSN New England]

Sox kick off big series in Bronx [ESPN Boston]

Boston Red Sox place Hideki Okajima on DL with left calf strain, recall Felix Doubront [ESPN Boston]

Carlos Delgado works out for the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, according to a source [ESPN Boston]

Audio: Francona on New York radio [ESPN Boston]

Girardi: Despite injuries, Sox ‘dangerous’ [ESPN Boston]

Okajima to the DL; Doubront recalled [Extra Bases]