After a rainout on Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers will play a day/night doubleheader at Comerica Park in the Motor City today.
The first game is scheduled to begin at 1:05 p.m and can be seen on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Tigers television market, you can watch the game on Fox Sports Detroit. And if you don’t live in either market, you’re in luck as well as the game will be televised on TBS. 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 for his fourth straight quality start in his 11th start of 2011. In his previous 10 starts, he is 4-3 with a 3.30 ERA. This is his second start of the season against the Tigers as he threw seven scoreless innings in receiving a no decision back on 5/18. He’s made five career starts against the Tigers and is 1-1 with a 2.23 ERA. Three of those starts have come in the Motor City where he is 1-0 with a 5.23 ERA.
Andrew Oliver gets the ball for Jim Leyland after being called up from Triple-A Toledo. In nine starts with the Mud Hens, he was 4-3 with a 3.31 ERA. This is his first appearance in the big leagues this year after making five starts last season. In those five starts in 2010, he was 0-4 with a 7.36 ERA. This will be his first career appearance and start against the Red Sox.
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 today’s lineups:
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| 1. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 1. Austin Jackson | CF |
| 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 2. Andy Dirks | LF |
| 3. Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | 3. Brennan Boesch | DH |
| 4. Kevin Youkilis | DH | 4. Miguel Cabrera | 1B |
| 5. Jed Lowrie | SS | 5. Victor Martinez | C |
| 6. Carl Crawford | LF | 6. Jhonny Peralta | SS |
| 7. Drew Sutton |
3B | 7. Don Kelly | RF |
| 8. Mike Cameron |
RF | 8. Ryan Raburn | 2B |
| 9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 9. Brandon Inge | 3B |
| Clay Buchholz | SP | Andrew Oliver | SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against this afternoon’s starting pitchers:
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Zero-sum game [Boston Herald]
Pregame notes: Matsuzaka ‘feeling better daily’ [Clubhouse Insider]
Franklin Morales to DL with forearm strain; Michael Bowden called up [Clubhouse Insider]
Updated: Bard’s friend found unharmed [CSNNE.com]
Pregame notes: Sox ready for doubleheader [CSNNE.com]
Bard’s friend is found, unharmed [ESPN Boston]
Youkilis DHing first game [ESPN Boston]
Sox place Morales on DL [ESPN Boston]
Bard’s friend has been found [Extra Bases]
Pre-game notes from Detroit [Extra Bases]
April showers bring May offense [Extra Bases]
Franklin Morales to disabled list; Michael Bowden recalled by Red Sox [Extra Bases]
Sunday Night’s Non-Televised Red Sox Game Conjures Memories of Previous Sporting Events Unseen [NESN.com]
Morales to DL, Bowden recalled [Projo Sox Blog]
Starters may get a break over next 36 hours [Projo Sox Blog]
Buchholz to kick off Sunday’s twin bill vs. Tigers [RedSox.com]
Photo credits: AP Photo, Getty Images
