Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 7/25

The Boston Red Sox snapped a five-game losing streak last night with a 3-1 win behind some stellar pitching from Brad Penny. A win tonight against the Baltimore Orioles could put them 1.5 games behind the Yankees who lost this afternoon.

The game tonight will start at 7:10 PM EDT and will be televised in the Red Sox television market on NESN. If you live in the Orioles television market, you can catch the game on MASN. And if the television isn’t your cup of tea, you can catch the game on one of the many affiliates of the Red Sox Radio Network.

Jon Lester looks to push the winning streak to 11 games at Fenway Park against the Orioles tonight. He is 8-7 with a 3.87 in 19 starts this season. Lester has dominated the Orioles this season and in his career. He is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/14.0 IP) this season and is 8-0 with a 2.18 ERA in 10 lifetime starts. Lester is 5-0 with a 2.70 ERA against the Orioles in 5 starts at Fenway Park.

Jeremy Guthrie looks to end that 10-game losing streak to the Red Sox at Fenway Park for manager Dave Trembley tonight. He is 7-8 with a 5.12 ERA in 19 starts this season. Guthrie is 1-2 with a 4.01 ERA in 9 games (8 starts) in his career against the Red Sox. He is 0-1 with a 5.09 ERA in four games at Fenway Park.

Nerves nibbling at LaRoche with first start looming [Projo Sox Blog]

Bailey still nearly two weeks from return [Projo Sox Blog]

Rice, Rickey to Become Part of Hall’s Storied History [NESN.com]

Waiving Kotsay a Necessary Evil for Red Sox [Heidi Watney – NESN.com]

Look for Boston Red Sox to pull off deal for offense [Chicago Tribune]

The Rice retrospective [Boston Herald]

Rice a hero in a big way for a young boy [ESPN.com]

Youkilis gets day off for LaRoche debut [One If By Land]

Saturday Foolishness [Center Field]

And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers: