After hitting six home runs last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a repeat performance tonight at Fenway Park against the Baltimore Orioles.
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.
After a brilliant first start, Paul Byrd got rocked in his second start. He hopes to turn it around against the Orioles. In those two starts, he is 1-1 with a 7.56 ERA. He’s made seven career starts against the O’s and is 2-4 with a 4.30 ERA.
Jason Berken will toe the rubber tonight for Dave Trembley and the Orioles. In 19 starts this season, he is 4-11 with a 6.07 ERA. His two career appearances against the Red Sox have come this season. In those two starts, he is 0-2 with a 14.21 ERA (6.1 IP, 10 ER).
Byrd looks to bounce back against O’s [RedSox.com]
Wakefield to get a cortisone shot tomorrow [Extra Bases]
Another cortisone shot set for Wakefield [Projo Sox Blog]
Byrd needs to perform well against Orioles [Batter-up with Bruno]
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1. Brian Roberts | 2B | 1. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF |
2. Felix Pie | CF | 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
3. Nolan Reimold | LF | 3. J.D. Drew | RF |
4. Nick Markakis | RF | 4. Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
5. Melvin Mora | 3B | 5. David Ortiz | DH |
6. Matt Wieters | C | 6. Jason Bay | LF |
7. Luke Scott | DH | 7. Mike Lowell | 3B |
8. Ty Wigginton | 1B | 8. Jason Varitek | C |
9. Cesar Izturis | SS | 9. Alex Gonzalez | SS |
Jason Berken | SP | Clay Buchholz | SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers: