Final Red Sox Home Travesty – 9/26

Alex Cobb (L), Jon Lester (R)

After falling 5-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox will play their final home game of the 2012 season. Tonight, they’ll look to avoid being swept in the finale of a two-game set with the Tampa Bay Rays at historic Fenway Park.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Rays television market, you can catch the game on Sun Sports. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to it on the Red Sox radio network.

Jon Lester gets the honors for the final home game as he makes his 32nd start of 2012. In his previous 31 starts, Lester is 9-13 with a 4.96 ERA. His lone start against the Rays this season came way back on May 25 when he took the loss after allowing seven runs in four innings of work. Lester has made 21 career starts against the Rays and is 10-7 with a 4.29 ERA. 14 of those starts have come at the Fens where he is 6-6 with a 4.66 ERA.

Alex Cobb makes his 22nd start of 2012 as he looks to keep the Rays close in the AL Wild Card race. In his previous 21 starts, Cobb is 9-9 with a 4.27 ERA. Both of Cobb’s career starts against the Red Sox have come this season in which is he is 1-1 with a 3.27 ERA. In his lone Fenway start, he was matched up with Lester on May 25th and got the win after allowing two runs (one earned) in five innings of work.

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Here are today’s lineups:

84-70		69-86
1. Desmond Jennings	RF	1. Pedro Ciriaco	3B
2. B.J. Upton	CF	2. Scott Podsednik	CF
3. Ben Zobrist	SS	3. Dustin Pedroia	2B
4. Evan Longoria	3B	4. Cody Ross	RF
5. Jeff Keppinger	DH	5. James Loney	1B
6. Carlos Pena	1B	6. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C
7. Ben Francisco	LF	7. Ryan Lavarnway	DH
8. Ryan Roberts	2B	8. Daniel Nava	LF
9. Jose Lobaton	C	9. Jose Iglesias	SS
Alex Cobb	SP	Jon Lester	SP