Early Evening Red Sox Delight – 5/21

After taking the first two games of the series, the Boston Red Sox will look to sweep the Toronto Blue Jays tonight to move to within .5 games for first place in the AL East.

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 Blue Jays television market, you can catch the game on TSN2. 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 will look to put a 2-game losing streak behind him as he takes the mound tonight. On the season, Lester is 2-4 with a 6.51 ERA in 8 starts. He is 1-2 with a 3.94 ERA in 5 career starts against the Blue Jays.

Cito Gaston calls upon another rookie tonight in Robert Ray. He will be making just his 4th big league start and is 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA.

Lester on a mission to return to form [RedSox.com]

Big Papi [Ask 14]

Globe 10.0: Worried about Sox starting pitching? [Extra Bases]

Globe 10.0: Is Big Papi back? [Extra Bases]

For Papelbon, less strain and more gain [Extra Bases]

A Look at Jon Lester’s Early Struggles [Full Count]

Dice K’s shoulder is strong [Full Count]

Smoltz Hits Augusta [Full Count]

Great Fenway photo [Projo Sox Blog]

Smoltz getting closer [Projo Sox Blog]

Transcript to today’s chat with Pawsox skipper Ron Johnson [Projo Sox Blog]

Kotsay to begin rehab with PawSox on Friday [Projo Sox Blog]

Big Inning Quickie [Nuggetpalooza]

Yaz: I’ve been where Papi has been [Tony Massarotti Blog]

Boston goes for the major sweepage tonight [Batter-up with Bruno]

Here are the starting lineups for tonight’s game.

And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers. No one on the Red Sox has faced Ray.