Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/17

Felix Doubront (L), Matt Moore (R)

After falling 2-1 last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a split of their two-game set tonight with the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL.

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 Rays television market, you can catch the game on Sun Sports. And if you don’t live in either market you are in luck as MLB Network will also have coverage of the game. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to it on the Red Sox radio network.

Felix Doubront looks for his fourth win of 2012 in his eighth start of the season. In his previous seven starts, Doubront is 3-1 with a 4.46 ERA. He picked up a no decision against the Rays on April 15th when he allowed four runs in five innings of work. He’s made five appearances (two starts) against the Rays in his career and is 0-1 with a 4.61 ERA. Four of those appearances (one start) have come at the Trop where he is 0-1 with a 3.12 ERA.

Matt Moore looks to put his struggles aside in his eight start of 2012. In his previous seven starts, Moore is 1-3 with a 5.31 ERA. He was matched up with Doubront on April 15th and took the loss after allowing six runs in 6.1 innings of work. Moore has made two appearances (one start) against the Red Sox in his career and is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA (7 ER/9.1 IP).

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Here are today’s lineups:

17-20		24-14
1. Mike Aviles	SS	1. Ben Zobrist	RF
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. B.J. Upton	CF
3. David Ortiz	DH	3. Luke Scott	DH
4. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	4. Jeff Keppinger	2B
5. Will Middlebrooks	3B	5. Carlos Pena	1B
6. Cody Ross	RF	6. Sean Rodriguez	3B
7. Daniel Nava	LF	7. Elliot Johnson	SS
8. Marlon Byrd	CF	8. Chris Gimenez	C
9. Kelly Shoppach	C	9. Rich Thompson	LF
Felix Doubront	SP	Matt Moore	SP