Red Sox News From The Fort – 3/6

Pitcher Alfredo Aceves(notes) #91 of the Boston Red Sox pitches against the Baltimore Orioles during a Grapefruit League Spring Training Game at Ed Smith Stadium on March 5, 2011 in Sarasota, Florida.

The Boston Red Sox played a split-squad doubleheader on Saturday against the Florida Marlins at home and against the Baltimore Orioles in Sarasota, FL. And it was a bad day on Saturday if you were named Daisuke Matsuzaka and a good day if you were named Alfredo Aceves.

Matsuzaka was rocked by the Marlins for seven runs (five earned) on six hits and two walks in three innings of work in an 11-2 loss. Dice-K spent his three innings refining his offspeed stuff and left a lot of pitches up in the zone. Tim Wakefield went 2 2/3 innings allowing two runs on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Jonathan Papelbon worked an inning and had a strikeout. Daniel Bard was roughed for two runs on two hits and two walks in 2/3 of an inning. Bobby Jenks made his second appearance of the spring and struck out two in his inning of work.

Darnell McDonald went 2-for-3 with an RBI while Yamaico Navarro was 2-for-2 with an RBI. Dustin Pedroia also had his first hit of the spring but did contribute to Matsuzaka’s woes with a throwing error in the first.

Up in Sarasota, the Red Sox and Orioles played to a 4-4 tie in 10 innings.

Aceves got the start and allowed an unearned run on two hits in three innings of work. Scott Atchison was charged with two runs on three hits and two walks in an inning of work. Dennys Reyes made his spring debut for the Red Sox and struck out one in an inning of work.

Carl Crawford picked up his first two hits of the spring in a 2-for-3 afternoon. Oscar Tejeda continued his strong play going 3-for-5 with three RBIs, including another triple. Jose Iglesias also had a good afternoon as he was 3-for-4 with an RBI.

The Red Sox head across the state today to take on the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie. Michael Bowden will start for the Red Sox in place of Jon Lester who is battling the flu. The game is scheduled to start at 1:10 p.m. and will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. It will also be broadcast on SNY in the Mets television market.

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Here are the lineups for today’s game against the New York Mets:


1. Marco Scutaro	SS	1. Jose Reyes	SS
2. Ryan Kalish	CF	2. Angel Pagan	CF
3. Jed Lowrie	2B	3. David Wright	3B
4. Daniel Nava	DH	4. Carlos Beltran	DH
5. Josh Reddick	RF	5. Jason Bay	LF
6. Lars Anderson	1B	6. Ike Davis	1B
7. Will Middlebrooks	3B	7. Scott Hairston	RF
8. Juan Carlos Linares	LF	8. Daniel Murphy	2B
9. Luis Exposito	C	9. Mike Nickeas	C
Michael Bowden	SP	Jonathon Niese	SP