Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/15

Jon Lester (L), Freddy Garcia (R)

The Boston Red Sox look for the sweep and more importantly the elusive .500 mark in tonight’s finale of a three-game set against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. and you can watch the game on ESPN. You can also catch the game online at ESPN3.com. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.

Jon Lester looks to rebound after a tough start his last time out. He’s made eight starts in 2011 and is 4-1 with a 2.96 ERA. He has not faced the Yankees in 2011 and was 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA in four starts last year. Lester has enjoyed good success against the Yankees as he is 6-1 with a 3.28 ERA in 12 starts. Seven of those starts have come in the Bronx where he is 4-1 with a 1.99 ERA.

Freddy Garcia looks to get the Yankees back in the win column in his sixth start (seventh appearance). In six games (five starts), Garcia is 2-2 with a 2.61 ERA. He’s made an appearance against the Red Sox out of the bullpen this season allowing a run in one inning of work back on 4/10. In 17 career appearances (16 starts) against the Red Sox, Garcia is 8-2 with a 4.44 ERA. He’s never faced the Red Sox in New York.

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Here are tonight’s lineups:

19-20		20-17
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Derek Jeter	SS
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Curtis Granderson	CF
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Mark Teixeira	1B
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Alex Rodriguez	3B
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Robinson Cano	2B
6. J.D. Drew	RF	6. Nick Swisher	RF
7. Jed Lowrie	SS	7. Andruw Jones	DH
8. Carl Crawford	LF	8. Russell Martin	C
9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	9. Brett Gardner	LF
Jon Lester	SP	Freddy Garcia	SP