After having the last two days off, one due to a rainout, the Boston Red Sox will get back on the diamond tonight when they kickoff a four-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Blue Jays television market, you can catch the game on SNET. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.
Clay Buchholz will make his third start of the season and first since signing his contract extension. In his first two starts, he is 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA. He dominated the Blue Jays in 2010 as he was 3-0 with a 0.41 ERA in three starts. He’s had good success against them in his 10 career appearances (nine starts) as he is 6-3 with a 2.50 ERA.
Brett Cecil will make the start for the Toronto Blue Jays in John Farrell’s managerial debut at Fenway Park. In two starts this season, Cecil is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA. He made three starts against the Red Sox in 2010 and was 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA. In five career starts against the Red Sox, Cecil is 2-3 with a 6.51 ERA. Three of those five starts have come at Fenway Park where he is 2-1 with a 7.79 ERA.
Click on the read more button below to see tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day if you’re on the home page.
Here are tonight’s lineups:
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| 1. Yunel Escobar | SS | 1. Carl Crawford | LF |
| 2. Corey Patterson | CF | 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
| 3. Jose Bautista | RF | 3. Adrian Gonzalez | 1B |
| 4. Adam Lind | 1B | 4. Kevin Youkilis | 3B |
| 5. Aaron Hill | 2B | 5. David Ortiz | DH |
| 6. J. P. Arencibia | C | 6. J.D. Drew | RF |
| 7. Travis Snider | RF | 7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C |
| 8. Juan Rivera | DH | 8. Marco Scutaro | SS |
| 9. Jayson Nix | 3B | 9. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF |
| Brett Cecil | SP | Clay Buchholz | SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:
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Jon Lester Doesn’t Know Clay Buchholz All That Well [SOX & Dawgs]
A look at how the deal got done between Red Sox, Adrian Gonzalez [Clubhouse Insider]
Theo: Gonzalez ‘demonstrates a lot of leadership’ for Red Sox [Clubhouse Insider]
Series preview: Red Sox vs. Blue Jays [CSNNE.com]
Gonzalez ‘grateful’ and ‘excited’ to sign with Sox [CSNNE.com]
Pregame notes: No rest for the lefties [CSNNE.com]
Tracking the other side of A-Gon deal [ESPN Boston]
Gonzalez’s Monster potential … and why we’ve yet to see it [ESPN Boston]
Schilling: Why Dice-K is getting hit hard [ESPN Boston]
Theo: Big contracts don’t signal change [ESPN Boston]
Page 2 has some fun with Manny [ESPN Boston]
Long-term deals in place for Red Sox [Extra Bases]
Gonzalez: ‘Really excited about being able to play here’ [Extra Bases]
Eloquent words from Francona on Robinson [Extra Bases]
Gonzalez’ deal in context: Where slugger’s contract ranks in MLB history [Full Count]
Why Adrian Gonzalez’ agent nearly ‘aged a hundred years’ [Full Count]
Adrian Gonzalez praised as a Red Sox leader [Full Count]
Do You Still Believe the Red Sox Can Win the World Series? [NESN.com]
Coco Crisp Debuts New Afro Hairstyle With Oakland Athletics [NESN.com]
Adrian Gonzalez: ‘We’re Going to Make the Playoffs’ [NESN.com]
Watch Adrian Gonzalez’s News Conference in Its Entirety [NESN.com]
Appreciation for Adrian Gonzalez Has Only Grown for Theo Epstein, Red Sox [NESN.com]
Nuggetpalooza: Friday Baseball Nuggets [Nuggetpalooza]
With lefties looming, Francona waiting to juggle lineup [Projo Sox Blog]
Gonzalez still confident in Red Sox turnaround [Projo Sox Blog]
Epstein, Red Sox confident in betting on Gonzalez [Projo Sox Blog]
Farrell excited to face old team [Projo Sox Blog]
NESN Presents: The Adventures of Ellsbury ‘n’ Elf, Episode 64-B, “Because Nothing Heals Like Beer” [Surviving Grady]
Solutions limited for Epstein, Francona [Tony Massarotti – Boston Globe]
Photo credits: AP Photo, Getty Images
