Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 8/5

Josh Tomlin (L), Daisuke Matsuzaka (R)

After learning they’ll be without the services of their first baseman Kevin Youkilis for the rest of the season, the Boston Red Sox will look to salvage a split of their four-game set with the Cleveland Indians tonight at Fenway Park.

This evening’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 Indians television market, you can catch the game on STO. And if you don’t live in either market, you’re in luck as tonight’s game will be broadcast on the MLB Network. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

After taking a no decision his last time toeing the rubber, Daisuke Matsuzaka will look to get back in the win column in his 16th start of the season. In his previous 15 outings, Dice-K is 7-3 with a 4.22 ERA. One of his wins this season is against the Indians, coming back on June 7th when he threw eight shutout innings in the 4-1 win by the Red Sox. Overall in his career, he’s made four starts against the Indians and is 3-1 with a 2.70 ERA.

Josh Tomlin will just his third major league start and his first against the Red Sox. In his two previous outings, he is 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA.

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

Here are tonight’s starting lineups:

46-62		61-47
1. Trevor Crowe	CF	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF
2. Jason Donald	SS	2. Marco Scutaro	SS
3. Shin-Soo Choo	RF	3. David Ortiz	DH
4. Matt LaPorta	1B	4. Victor Martinez	C
5. Jordan Brown	LF	5. J.D. Drew	RF
6. Jayson Nix	DH	6. Adrian Beltre	3B
7. Luis Valbuena	2B	7. Mike Lowell	1B
8. Andy Marte	3B	8. Ryan Kalish	LF
9. Lou Marson	C	9. Bill Hall	2B
Josh Tomlin	SP	Daisuke Matsuzaka	SP