After a day off on Monday, the Boston Red Sox look to continue their winning ways against the Baltimore Orioles in the first of a three-game set at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on NESN Plus in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Orioles television market, the game will be broadcast on MASN. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.
Clay Buchholz looks to keep the string of quality starts by Red Sox starting pitchers going in his fifth start of 2011. In his previous four starts, he is 1-2 with a 5.31 ERA. He made two starts against the Orioles in 2010 and didn’t allow a run in 15 innings of work while going 1-0. He’s enjoyed good success against the Orioles in nine games (eight starts) as he is 5-2 with a 2.98 ERA. In five games (four starts) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, he is 3-1 with a 4.81 ERA including his no-hitter back in 2007.
Rookie Zach Britton makes his fifth career start for manager Buck Showalter. In his four starts so far in 2011, he is 3-1 with a 4.16 ERA. Two of those starts have come at Oriole Park at Camden Yards where he is 2-0 with a 1.98 ERA (3 ER/13.2 IP). Obviously, he’s never faced the Red Sox in his career.
Click on the read more button below to see today’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. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 1. Brian Roberts | 2B |
| 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 2. Nick Markakis | RF |
| 3. Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | 3. Derek Lee | 1B |
| 4. Kevin Youkilis | 3B | 4. Vladimir Guerrero | DH |
| 5. David Ortiz | DH | 5. Luke Scott | LF |
| 6. Jed Lowrie | SS | 6. Adam Jones | CF |
| 7. J.D. Drew | RF | 7. Mark Reynolds | 3B |
| 8. Carl Crawford | LF | 8. Matt Wieters | C |
| 9. Jason Varitek | C | 9. Robert Andino | SS |
| Clay Buchholz | SP | Zach Britton | SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:
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Not a good time for Orioles to face surging Sox [Baltimore Sun]
Francona: ‘No knock’ on Salty [ESPN Boston]
Buchholz on hill; Sox go for six in row [ESPN Boston]
Pregame notes from Camden Yards [Extra Bases]
Zero for Three: Sox amidst home run drought in third spot [Full Count]
Red Sox Pre-Game Notes: Why Jason Varitek is getting more playing time [Full Count]
Is Red Sox’ Run of Success at Camden Yards in Jeopardy This Season? [NESN.com]
Jason Varitek Won’t Play for Any Team Other Than Red Sox, Says Fiancee Catherine Panagiotopoulos [NESN.com]
Stretching, Staying Active Keeps Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s Bones and Joints Healthy [NESN.com]
“The Book” On O’s Starter Zach Britton [Nuggetpalooza]
The Orioles and the Red Sox [Oriole Post]
Red Sox quietly playing terrific team defense [Projo Sox Blog]
Terry Francona leaves lefties in lineup against Baltimore’s Britton [Projo Sox Blog]
Jason Varitek seeing more and more playing time [Projo Sox Blog]
Red Sox a test for quickly maturing Britton [RedSox.com]
Find Youk at new position on this year’s ballot [RedSox.com]
Varitek getting more starts than average backup [RedSox.com]
Players of the Week, April 18-24: Dan Butler and Eammon Portice [SoxProspects.com]
Photo credits: Reuters Pictures, AP Photo
