After going 3-3 on the past road trip, the Boston Red Sox return home to the friendly confines of Fenway Park to host the Tampa Bay Rays in a four-game set.
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 Sun Sports in the Rays television market. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.
Josh Beckett makes the start for the Red Sox tonight. In two previous starts this season, he is 1-0 with a 6.17 ERA. In five starts against the Rays in 2009, Beckett was 2-1 with a 5.02 ERA. He’s made 15 career starts against the Rays and is 7-4 with a 3.68 ERA.
Wade Davis makes his second career start against the Red Sox for Joe Maddon. In his second career MLB start, the Red Sox got to him for eight runs in just 2 2/3 innings as he took the loss. Ironically enough, that start was also against Beckett.
Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.
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| 1. Jason Bartlett | SS | 1. Marco Scutaro | SS |
| 2. Carl Crawford | LF | 2. J.D. Drew | RF |
| 3. Ben Zobrist | RF | 3. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
| 4. Evan Longoria | 3B | 4. Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
| 5. Carlos Peña | 1B | 5. David Ortiz | DH |
| 6. B.J. Upton | CF | 6. Adrian Beltre | 3B |
| 7. Pat Burrell | DH | 7. Jeremy Hermida | LF |
| 8. Reid Brignac | 2B | 8. Jason Varitek | C |
| 9. Dioner Navarro | C | 9. Bill Hall | CF |
| Wade Davis | SP | Josh Beckett | SP |
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4-5Here’s the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers in their careers:
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Cameron passes kidney stone; no DL for Ellsbury (yet) [Clubhouse Insider]
Red Sox notes: Cameron could play Saturday [CSN New England]
Notes: Cameron passes kidney stone; one more rehab start for Dice-K [ESPN Boston]
Ortiz has been bad, but he’s not the worst [Extra Bases]
Pre-game updates from Fenway [Extra Bases]
Outfielder Reddick awaits call to arms [Full Count]
Daisuke: ‘I’m ready to answer that call’ [Full Count]
Red Sox Prospect Josh Reddick Cooling Off in Pawtucket [NESN.com]
J.D. Drew’s Strikeout Rate Becoming Worrisome [NESN.com]
Encouraging news on Cameron and Ellsbury [Projo Sox Blog]
Matsuzaka will make one more PawSox start [Projo Sox Blog]
Drew moved up in attempt to break slump [Projo Sox Blog]
Varitek works with Beckett again [Projo Sox Blog]
Francona commiserating with Mills [RedSox.com]
Painting the Sox, by numbers [Tony Massarotti – Boston Globe]
