Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/1

Daisuke Matsuzaka (L), Brad Bergesen (R) - AP Photos

Despite a quality start from John Lackey, the Boston Red Sox bullpen couldn’t make it hold up last night. Tonight, the Red Sox look to pick up a win against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in the second game of a three-game set.

Tonight’s game will start at 7:05 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game can be seen in the Orioles television market on MASN. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Daisuke Matsuzaka returns to the rotation after missing the month of April with a stiff neck suffered during spring training. Matsuzaka made three rehab starts with the Pawtucket Red Sox and was 2-0 with a 1.62 ERA. He made one start against the O’s in 2009, picking up the win after allowing three runs in 5 1/3 innings. Dice-K has made six career starts against the Orioles and is 3-1 with a 4.78 ERA. He’s made four career starts at Camden Yards and is 2-1 with a 6.30 ERA.

Brad Bergesen makes the start for the Orioles after being called up from Triple-A Norfolk. Bergesen was sent there on April 19th after making three starts for the Orioles in which he was 0-2 with a 12.19 ERA. He’s made two career starts against the Red Sox and is 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA.

Lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, and links after the jump.

11-12		5-18
1. Marco Scutaro	SS	1. Adam Jones	CF
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Nick Markakis	RF
3. Victor Martinez	C	3. Matt Wieters	C
4. Kevin Youkilis	1B	4. Miguel Tejada	3B
5. J.D. Drew	RF	5. Luke Scott	DH
6. David Ortiz	DH	6. Ty Wigginton	2B
7. Adrian Beltre	3B	7. Rhyne Hughes	1B
8. Darnell McDonald	LF	8. Nolan Reminold	LF
9. Jonathan Van Every	CF	9. Cesar Izturis	SS
Daisuke Matsuzaka	SP	Brad Bergesen	SP