Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 7/5

Daisuke Matsuzaka (L), Matt Garza (R)

The Boston Red Sox will kickoff their final road trip before the All-Star break tonight when they’ll take on the Tampa Bay Rays in the first of three games at Tropicana Field.

Tonight’s game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game will be shown on Sun Sports in the Rays television market. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Daisuke Matsuzaka will look to be more consistent in his 11th start of 2010. In his previous ten starts, Dice-K is 5-3 with a 4.50 ERA. His one and only start against the Rays this season was in his last start where he gave up three runs in six innings to take the loss. He’s made ten career starts against the Rays in his career and is 2-5 with a 4.10 ERA. He’s made five career starts at the Trop and is 1-2 with a 3.41 ERA.

Matt Garza makes his 17th start of the season for Joe Maddon and the Rays. In his previous 16 starts, he is 9-5 with a 4.08 ERA. Garza faced off against Dice-K in his last start and picked up the win after allowing three runs in 7+ innings. He’s made three starts against the Red Sox total this season and is 2-1 with a 4.05 ERA. He’s made 16 starts against the Red Sox in his career and is 8-3 with a 3.43 ERA.

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

49-33		48-33
1. Marco Scutaro	SS	1. Ben Zobrist	CF
2. Eric Patterson	LF	2. Carl Crawford	LF
3. David Ortiz	DH	3. Evan Longoria	3B
4. Kevin Youkilis	1B	4. Willy Aybar	DH
5. Adrian Beltre	3B	5. Matt Joyce	RF
6. J.D. Drew	RF	6. Sean Rodriguez	2B
7. Bill Hall	2B	7. Carlos Peña	1B
8. Mike Cameron	CF	8. Jason Bartlett	SS
9. Kevin Cash	C	9. John Jason	C
Daisuke Matsuzaka	SP	Matt Garza	SP