The Boston Red Sox will make the 9.7 mile trip across Ft. Myers to Hammond Stadium tonight as they look to clinch their fourth straight Mayor’s Cup against the Minnesota Twins. They currently lead the Twins 3-1 with three games left.
The game will begin at 7:05 p.m. and will be broadcast on WEEI 850 AM. NESN picked up the game last minute yesterday but will be showing it on a tape-delay basis beginning at 10:30 p.m. 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.
Clay Buchholz, who last faced major leaguers on March 14, will make the start for the Red Sox. He’ll be followed by RHP Jonathan Papelbon, LHP Hideki Okajima, RHP Daniel Bard and RHP Manny Delcarmen.
Former Red Sox farmhand and Southington, CT native Carl Pavano gets the ball for the Twins. He’ll be followed by RHP Matt Guerrier, RHP Pat Neshek and RHP Jesse Crain.
The Red Sox made some roster moves today as they optioned Michael Bowden, Aaron Bates and Ramon A. Ramirez (not the one who pitched for the Red Sox last year) to Triple-A Pawtucket. They also reassigned Jorge Sosa to minor league camp. The Red Sox now have 40 players on their spring training roster, with eight of those being non-roster invitees.
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| 1. Marco Scutaro | SS | 1. Denard Span | CF |
| 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 2. Orlando Hudson | 2B |
| 3. J.D. Drew | RF | 3. Joe Mauer | C |
| 4. Kevin Youkilis | 1B | 4. Justin Morneau | 1B |
| 5. David Ortiz | DH | 5. Michael Cuddyer | RF |
| 6. Adrian Beltre | 3B | 6. Jason Kubel | DH |
| 7. Jason Varitek | C | 7. Delmon Young | LF |
| 8. Jeremy Hazelbacker | LF | 8. J.J. Hardy | SS |
| 9. Che-Hsuan Lin | CF | 9. Nick Punto | 3B |
| Clay Buchholz | SP | Carl Pavano | SP |
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