After taking game one earlier this afternoon, the Boston Red Sox look to sweep the day and take the series in the rubber game of a three-game set against the Oakland Athletics at Historic Fenway Park.
Today’s first pitch is scheduled for 6:50 p.m. and will be broadcast in the Red Sox television market on NESN. If you live in the A’s broadcast area, you can catch the game on CSN California. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.
Erik Bedard gets the ball in the second game in his 21st start of the season and fifth in a Red Sox uniform. In four starts with the local nine, Bedard is 0-2 with a 4.09 ERA. In his 20 starts on the season between Seattle and here, he is 4-9 with a 3.57 ERA. He has not faced the A’s this season and has not faced them since the 2009 season. He’s made 10 career starts against the A’s and is 4-3 with a 2.89 ERA. In his last four starts against them, he is 4-0 with a 0.63 ERA (2 ER/28.2 IP).
The A’s called up Graham Godfrey from Triple-A Sacramento to make the start in the second game. He made three starts earlier in the season for the A’s and was 1-1 with a 4.24 ERA. He has not faced the Red Sox in his brief career.
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Here are this evening’s game 2 lineups:
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 81-51 |
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| 1. Jemile Weeks | 2B | 1. Jacoby Ellsbury | CF |
| 2. Coco Crisp | CF | 2. Marco Scutaro | SS |
| 3. Hideki Matsui |
DH | 3. Adrian Gonzalez | 1B |
| 4. Josh Willingham | LF | 4. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
| 5. Brandon Allen | 1B | 5. David Ortiz | DH |
| 6. Scott Sizemore | 3B | 6. Jed Lowrie | 3B |
| 7. David DeJesus | RF | 7. Carl Crawford |
LF |
| 8. Cliff Pennington | SS | 8. Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C |
| 9. Anthony Recker | C | 9. Josh Reddick | RF |
| Graham Godfrey | SP | Erik Bedard | SP |
And here is how the hitters have fared against today’s starting pitchers:
Notes: Scott Atchison has been optioned back to Pawtucket. Michael Bowden has been called up to replace him on the 25-man roster.
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Are We Saying Goodbye to the Muddy Chicken? [SOX & Dawgs]
Notes: Atchison optioned back, Bowden called up [CSN New England]
Sox shrug off rain, Athletics, 9-3 [CSN New England]
Where weather, baseball geeks collide [ESPN Boston]
Rapid reaction: Red Sox 1, Irene 0 [ESPN Boston]
MLB rules barred umps from calling Game 1 [Extra Bases]
Curt Schilling on Sports Saturday: Theo Epstein to Cubs ‘wouldn’t surprise me’ [Full Count]
Red Sox notes: Terry Francona suggests ‘I think the way the divisions are set up is not fair’ [Full Count]
Closing Time: Red Sox blow away A’s in rain-lengthened contest [Full Count]
Terry Francona Favors Playoff Expansion But Wants Balanced Divisions [NESN.com]
Clay Buchholz to Meet With Medical Staff, Could Start Throwing Soon [NESN.com]
Francona wants to win the East [Projo Sox Blog]
Rain-soaked win for Lester [Projo Sox Blog]
Umpires explain decision to finish Game 1 of doubleheader [Projo Sox Blog]
Atchison demoted; Bowden joins Sox’s bullpen [RedSox.com]
Francona keeping tabs on Hurricane Irene [RedSox.com]
Lackey, Beckett, Lester to face Yanks next week [RedSox.com]
Storm chasers: Lester, ‘Tek power Red Sox [RedSox.com]
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