After an awful start from Daisuke Matsuzaka last night, the Boston Red Sox look to return to their winning ways in the second game of a four-game set at Fenway Park tonight.
Tonight’s game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Royals television market, you can catch the game on FOX Sports Kansas City. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.
Tim Wakefield could be making his final start before the return of Josh Beckett to the rotation. Wake threw eight shutout innings his last time out to pick up his first win of 2010. In ten appearances (six starts) Wake is 1-2 with a 4.44 ERA. He’s made one start against the Royals in 2010 and picked up a no decision after allowing two runs in seven innings back on April 9th. In 27 career games (20 starts), Wake is 11-6 with a 3.84 ERA and one save.
Kyle Davies makes his tenth start of 2010 for the Royals and is 3-3 with a 4.53 ERA. Davies also got a no decision in the game on April 9th after allowing three runs in six innings. In two career starts, Davies is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA. His lone win came against the Red Sox in MLB debut back in 2005.
Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.
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| 1. Scott Podsednik | LF | 1. Marco Scutaro | SS |
| 2. Mike Aviles | 2B | 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
| 3. David DeJesus | RF | 3. David Ortiz | DH |
| 4. Billy Butler | 1B | 4. Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
| 5. Jose Guillen | DH | 5. Victor Martinez | C |
| 6. Alberto Callapso | 3B | 6. J.D. Drew | RF |
| 7. Mitch Maier | CF | 7. Adrian Beltre | 3B |
| 8. Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 8. Jeremy Hermida | LF |
| 9. Jason Kendall | C | 9. Mike Cameron | CF |
| Kyle Davies | SP | Tim Wakefield | SP |
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27-22Here’s the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers in their careers:
In case you hadn’t heard, Jacoby Ellsbury was placed back on the disabled list with the same injury that got him there in the first place.
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Ellsbury: “I guess the way it looks now, I came back too soon” [Clubhouse Insider]
Soccer game at Fenway still possible [CSN New England]
Pedroia’s dropoff coincides with injury [ESPN Boston]
Daisuke: Postmortem by the numbers [ESPN Boston]
More on the Matsuzaka mystery [Extra Bases]
Ellsbury back on DL [Extra Bases]
Ortiz pays respects to Lima [Extra Bases]
Boxscore breakdown: ‘Wild Thing’ [Full Count]
The (Almost) Perfect Stolm [Full Count]
Delcarmen answers the questions [Full Count]
Forget April panic: Sky’s the limit for Sox [Full Count]
Ellsbury: We knew I wasn’t 100 percent [Full Count]
Red Sox notes: Ellsbury sent to DL [Full Count]
Farrell on D&H: No knowledge of Daisuke injury [Full Count]
Clay Buchholz Strings Together Three Quality Starts, Earns Amica Pitcher of the Week [NESN.com]
Martinez back in lineup to catch Wakefield [Projo Sox Blog]
Ellsbury placed back on DL, Atchison recalled [Projo Sox Blog]
Chest injury puts Ellsbury back on DL [RedSox.com]
