After going 5-2 on a seven-game road trip, the Boston Red Sox return home for a six-game, seven-day homestand that begins tonight as they’ll entertain the Chicago White Sox in a three-game set at Fenway Park.
Tonight’s game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be televised on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the White Sox television market, you can watch the game on CSN Chicago. And if you don’t live in either market, you’re in luck as the game will be televised on the MLB Network (not in Red Sox or White Sox television markets). 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 goes in search of a MLB-leading eighth win in his 12th start of 2011. In his previous 11 starts, Lester is 7-1 with a 3.36 ERA. He made one start against the White Sox in 2010 taking the loss after allowing eight earned runs in four innings of work. Lester has made five career starts against the south side squad from Chicago and is 2-2 with a 4.99 ERA. One of those starts has come at the Fens where he has no record with a 4.05 ERA (3 ER/6.2 IP).
Jake Peavy makes his fourth start of 2011 since returning from the disabled list. In his previous three starts, Peavy is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA. Peavy has made just one career start against the Red Sox and that came as a member of the San Diego Padres. In that outing back in 2007, he took the loss after allowing three runs on nine hits in five innings of work. This will be his first career start at Fenway Park.
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Here are tonight’s lineups:
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| 1. Juan Pierre | CF | 1. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF |
| 2. Alexei Ramirez | SS | 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
| 3. Carlos Quentin | DH | 3. Adrian Gonzalez | 1B |
| 4. Paul Konerko | 1B | 4. Kevin Youkilis | 3B |
| 5. A.J. Pierzynski | C | 5. David Ortiz | DH |
| 6. Alexis Rios | CF | 6. Carl Crawford | LF |
| 7. Brent Lillibridge | RF | 7. Drew Sutton | SS |
| 8. Gordon Beckham | 2B | 8. J.D. Drew | RF |
| 9. Brent Morel | 3B | 9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C |
| Jake Peavy | SP | Jon Lester | SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against this evening’s starting pitchers:
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Lowrie sits one out with sore shoulder, other notes [Clubhouse Insider]
MLB Power Rankings — BoSox surge [CSNBayArea.com]
Sox notes: Lowrie out; Jenks to be activated Tuesday [CSNNE.com]
Lowrie held out Monday with sore shoulder [ESPN Boston]
Pregame notes: White Sox vs. Red Sox [Extra Bases]
Q&A Adrian Gonzalez [FanGraphs]
A look at just how good these Red Sox might be [Full Count]
Jacoby Ellsbury Nearly Equaling Stolen Base Pace From Record 2009 Season [NESN.com]
Padres getting all they could have hoped from Anthony Rizzo [Projo Sox Blog]
A Series Matter: Red Sox-White Sox and Some Dirty Laundry [Projo Sox Blog]
Doubront impressive in PawSox return [Projo Sox Blog]
Warm weather greets hot Sox at Fenway [Projo Sox Blog]
Ozzie Guillen still prefers media to Twitter [Projo Sox Blog]
Sutton spells Lowrie; Jenks to be activated Tuesday [Projo Sox Blog]
Lester looks to keep rolling against other Sox [RedSox.com]
No Need To Worry About Justin Verlander’s 132-Pitch Outing [SB Nation – Detroit]
The Book: Pawtucket 5.29.11 [SoxProspects.com]
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