Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 6/3/14

After seeing their seven-game winning streak come to an end, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on track tonight in the middle game of a three-game set with the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. The game will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Indians television market, you can catch the game on SportsTime Ohio. If you don’t live in either market you’re in luck as the MLB Network will have coverage of the game as well. And if you can’t catch the game on television, you can always listen on the 2014 Red Sox Radio Network.

Jake Peavy makes his 12th start of the 2014 season. In his previous 11 starts, Peavy is 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA. He won his only start of 2013 against the Indians as a member of the Chicago White Sox when he allowed one run in seven innings of work. He’s made 11 career starts against the Erie Warriors and is 5-3 with a 3.93 ERA. Six of those starts have come at the home of Flo where he is 3-1 with a 3.51 ERA.

Rookie T.J. House makes his third career start (fourth appearance) for skipper Terry Francona. In his previous three appearances (two starts), House is 0-1 with a 4.05 ERA. Tonight marks his first career start against the visiting nine.

27-30		28-30
1. Brock Holt	1B	1. Michael Bourn	CF
2. Xander Bogaerts	3B	2. Asdrubal Cabrera	SS
3. Dustin Pedroia	2B	3. Michael Brantley	LF
4. David Ortiz	DH	4. Jason Kipnis	2B
5. Jonny Gomes	LF	5. Lonnie Chisenhall	1B
6. A.J. Pierzynski	C	6. Ryan Raburn	DH
7. Alex Hassan	RF	7. David Murphy	RF
8. Jackie Bradley, Jr	CF	8. Yan Gomes	C
9. Jonathan Herrera	SS	9. Mike Aviles	3B
Jake Peavy	SP	T.J. House	SP

NOTES:

Pitcher Brandon Workman of the Boston Red Sox has received a six-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing a pitch in the head area of Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays, following a warning, in the top of the sixth inning of the Friday, May 30^th game at Fenway Park. Joe Garagiola, Jr., Senior Vice President of Standards & Operations for Major League Baseball, made the announcement.

Unless appealed, Workman’s suspension is scheduled to begin tonight, when the Red Sox are to continue their series at Cleveland. If appealed, Workman’s suspension will be held in abeyance until the process is complete.

Here is how the hitters have fared against the starting pitchers during the regular season over their careers.