The Boston Red Sox mastery of the Baltimore Orioles continued on Saturday night as a they roughed up the O’s bullpen and then held in a 7-6 win. Today, the Red Sox look for a clean sweep of the O’s at Fenway Park.
First pitch for this afternoon’s game will be at 1:35 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game will be broadcast on MASN in the Orioles television market. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.
Tim Wakefield makes what is to be believed his final start as a starter for now. The rumors he’ll be heading to the bullpen to make room for Daisuke Matsuzaka in the rotation. Wake is making his fourth start of the year and is 0-1 with a 6.38 ERA. He didn’t face the O’s during the 2009 season. He’s made 46 appearances (33 starts) against the Orioles in his career and he is 15-13 with a 4.10 ERA and four saves.
David Hernandez is also making his fourth start of the year and is 0-3 with a 4.67 ERA. He’s made four starts against the Red Sox and is 1-2 with a 5.40 ERA, with all of them coming in 2009 at Fenway Park.
Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.
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1. Nolan Reimold | LF | 1. Marco Scutaro | SS |
2. Adam Jones | CF | 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
3. Nick Markakis | RF | 3. Victor Martinez | C |
4. Miguel Tejada | 3B | 4. Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
5. Luke Scott | DH | 5. David Ortiz | DH |
6. Ty Wigginton | 2B | 6. J.D. Drew | RF |
7. Rhyne Hughes | 1B | 7. Adrian Beltre | 3B |
8. Craig Tatum | C | 8. Jeremy Hermida | LF |
9. Cesar Izturis | SS | 9. Jonathan Van Every | CF |
David Hernandez | SP | Tim Wakefield | SP |
Here’s the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers in their careers:
The Red Sox made a trade yesterday with the Pittsburgh Pirates to bring back Jonathan Van Every for a player-to-be-named-later.
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