It may be a dark and rainy day here in New England but the Boston Red Sox are in sunny Florida still and will host the Pittsburgh Pirates at City of Palms Park this afternoon.

The game will begin at 1:05 p.m. and will be broadcast in the Red Sox television market on NESN. The game will also be available on WEEI 850 AM where available. It is also available on MLB.com if you have the MLB.tv or Gameday Audio package. You can also catch it on the MLB At Bat app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

After having his start in Jupiter rained out on Friday afternoon, Clay Buchholz will make the start for the Red Sox. He’ll be followed by RHP Jonathan Papelbon, RHP Manny Delcarmen, RHP Boof Bonser, LHP Brian Shouse and RHP Michael Bowden.

Paul Maholm is scheduled to start for the Pirates and he’ll be followed by RHP D.J. Carrasco, LHP Javier Lopez, RHP Chris Jakubauskas, RHP Jeremy Powell and LHP Jack Taschner.

Pittsburgh Pirates

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1. Delwyn Young 2B 1. Jacoby Ellsbury CF
2. Andy LaRoche 3B 2. Dustin Pedroia 2B
3. Garrett Jones DH 3. Victor Martinez C
4. Jeff Clement 1B 4. Kevin Youkilis 1B
5. Lastings Milledge LF 5. David Ortiz DH
6. Brandon Moss RF 6. J.D. Drew RF
7. Jose Tabata CF 7. Adrian Beltre 3B
8. Jason Jaramillo C 8. Mike Cameron CF
9. Argenis Diaz SS 9. Marco Scutaro SS
Paul Maholm SP Clay Buchholz SP

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