Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 4/6

A.J. Burnett (L), Jon Lester (R) - Getty Images

After taking Game 1 of a three-game set on Sunday night, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees get set to do battle tonight at Fenway Park.

Tonight’s game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game will be broadcast on YES in the Yankees television market and will be shown on the MLB Network to the rest of the country. If you can catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Jon Lester makes his first start of the 2010 season tonight for Terry Francona and the Red Sox. He has made eight career starts against the Yankees and is 3-1 with a 3.88 ERA. He made four starts against them in 2009 going 1-1 with a 4.43 ERA.

A.J. Burnett will toe the slab for Joe Girardi and the Yankees. In 12 career starts against the Red Sox, Burnett is 5-2 with a 4.23 ERA. In four starts in 2009 against them, he was 0-2 with an 8.85 ERA, including 0-2 in three starts with a 14.21 ERA at Fenway Park. In six career starts against the Red Sox at the Fens, he is 3-2 with a 5.35 ERA.

This post will also serve as an open thread for people who want to use it. In the past I’ve gone over to visit Texy at Center Field during the games. I have talked to her and she said she isn’t doing them anymore. So ya’ll are welcome to use my site each and every game. You can always use the posts with the lineups in it.

Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.

0-1		1-0
1. Derek Jeter	SS	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	LF
2. Nick Johnson	DH	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Mark Teixeira	1B	3. Victor Martinez	C
4. Alex Rodriguez	3B	4. Kevin Youkilis	1B
5. Robinson Cano	2B	5. David Ortiz	DH
6. Jorge Posada	C	6. Adrian Beltre	3B
7. Nick Swisher	RF	7. J.D. Drew	RF
8. Marcus Thames	LF	8. Mike Cameron	CF
9. Curtis Granderson	CF	9. Marco Scutaro	SS
A.J. Burnett	SP	Jon Lester	SP