Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 7/31

Max Scherzer (L), Daisuke Matsuzaka (R)

After their comeback bid fell short last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on the winning side of things against the Detroit Tigers in game two of a three-game set at Fenway Park.

This afternoon’s game will start at 4:10 p.m. and will be shown on FOX to 37% of the country. To find out what game you’re getting, check out the MLB on Fox breakdown for 7/31. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Daisuke Matsuzaka has been pitching well as of late for the Red Sox and looks to continue that trend in his 15th start of the season. In his previous 14 starts, he is 7-3 with a 4.09 ERA. He hasn’t faced the Tigers in 2010 and is 4-1 with a 2.64 ERA in five career starts against them.

Max Scherzer makes his 20th start of 2010 for Jim Leyland and the Tigers. In his previous 19 starts, he is 7-8 with a 4.45 ERA. He’s faced the Red Sox once in 2010 and in his career back on May 14th. In that game at Comerica Park, he took the loss after allowing six runs in six innings and was subsequently demoted to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens for two weeks.

Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.

52-50		58-45
1. Austin Jackson	CF	1. Marco Scutaro	SS
2. Will Rhymes	2B	2. J.D. Drew	RF
3. Brennan Boesch	RF	3. Kevin Youkilis	1B
4. Miguel Cabrera	1B	4. David Ortiz	DH
5. Jhonny Peralta	3B	5. Victor Martinez	C
6. Don Kelly	LF	6. Adrian Beltre	3B
7. Jeff Frazier	DH	7. Bill Hall	2B
8. Gerald Laird	C	8. Ryan Kalish	LF
9. Ramon Santiago	SS	9. Darnell McDonald	CF
Max Scherzer	SP	Daisuke Matsuzaka	SP