After finishing up an 8-1 road trip, the Boston Red Sox return home to the friendly confines of Fenway Park to begin interleague play. Tonight, they’ll face the Milwaukee Brewers in the first of a three-game set to kickoff a six-game homestand.

Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. and you can watch the game on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Brewers television market, you can catch the game on Fox Sports North. If you don’t live in either market you’re in luck as well as the MLB Network will be televising the game. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.

John Lackey has pitched better since returning from the disabled list. He’ll make his 10th start of 2011 and is 4-5 with a 7.41 ERA in his previous nine starts. He’s never faced the Brewers in his career. He’s made two career starts in interleague play as a member of the Red Sox and is 2-0 with a 3.46 ERA. Overall in his career, he’s made 29 appearances (28 starts) in interleague play and is 14-5 with a 2.96 ERA.

Shaun Marcum makes his 15th start of the season for skipper Ron Roenicke. In his previous 14 starts, Marcum is 7-2 with a 2.68 ERA. He made three starts against the Red Sox in 2010 as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays and was 1-2 with a 4.19 ERA. He’s made 16 appearances (11 starts) in his career against the Red Sox and is 5-5 with a 4.38 ERA. Eight of those appearances (six starts) have come at the Fens where he is 3-2 with a 3.52 ERA.

Click on the read more button below to see tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the overnight and morning if you’re on the home page.

Here are tonight’s lineups:

39-31		41-27
1. Rickie Weeks	2B	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF
2. Nyjer Morgan	CF	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Ryan Braun	LF	3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B
4. Prince Fielder	DH	4. Kevin Youkilis	3B
5. Casey McGehee	3B	5. David Ortiz	DH
6. Corey Hart	RF	6. Carl Crawford	LF
7. Mark Kotsay	1B	7. Marco Scutaro	SS
8. Jonathan Lucroy	C	8. J.D. Drew	RF
9. Craig Counsell	SS	9. Jason Varitek	C
Shaun Marcum	SP	John Lackey	SP

And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:

The Red Sox will be without closer Jonathan Papelbon for the next two days as he will begin to serve his suspension. After appealing, his three-game suspension was reduced to two games.

Drew Sutton has been recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. He’ll take the place of Jed Lowrie who has been placed on the 15-day DL with shoulder issues.

Check back and/or refresh often as more links will be added if/when they become available before game time.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

Daniel Bard: Patience paid off for good friend Andrew Miller [Clubhouse Insider]

Lowrie to DL, Sutton up, Buchholz pushed back few days, Miller on Monday [Clubhouse Insider]

David Ortiz & Ray Allen juggle two demanding jobs [CSNNE.com]

Ready to realign? [CSNNE.com]

Early notes: Francona a bandwagon Bruins fan [CSNNE.com]

Boston Red Sox put SS Jed Lowrie on DL with sore shoulder [ESPN Boston]

Boston Red Sox’s Jonathan Papelbon’s suspension reduced, begins Friday [ESPN Boston]

Buchholz may be pushed back a few days [ESPN Boston]

Francona’s a Bruins fan [ESPN Boston]

Let the Jose Reyes talk commence [Extra Bases]

Result of appeal: Papelbon’s supension reduced to two games [Extra Bases]

Injury updates on Lowrie, Buchholz [Extra Bases]

Peter Gammons on M&M: Andrew Miller ‘either going to be a really good reliever or a fascinating starter’ [Full Count]

Red Sox catch Bruins fever [Full Count]

Daisuke Matsuzaka headed down to Fort Myers for rehab [Full Count]

Report: Yankees ‘tampered’ with Sox left-hander [HardBall Talk]

Red Sox Begin 15-Game Streak Against NL, Look to Build on MLB-Best Interleague Record [NESN.com]

Don Orsillo-Jerry Remy Costume Contest to Highlight Second Red Sox TweetUp on June 29 [NESN.com]

Jed Lowrie Placed on 15-Day Disabled List With Shoulder Strain, Drew Sutton Recalled From Pawtucket [NESN.com]

Jonathan Papelbon’s Suspension Reduced to Two Games, Will Start Serving Ban on Friday [NESN.com]

Andrew Miller to Start Monday Against San Diego, Clay Buchholz Remains in Limbo [NESN.com]

Video: Terry Francona Wears Bruins Jersey to News Conference, Talks About Special Time for Boston Sports [NESN.com]

Friday Red Sox Nuggetpalooza! [Nuggetpalooza]

A Series Matter: Red Sox-Brewers and Rivalries that Never Were [Projo Sox Blog]

Papelbon suspension reduced to 2 games; Buchholz feeling better [Projo Sox Blog]

Lowrie to DL; Sutton recalled [Projo Sox Blog]

Red Sox welcome Brewers for Interleague set [RedSox.com]

Papelbon begins serving two-game suspension [RedSox.com]

Q&A with Brandon Workman [SoxProspects.com]

Photo credits: AP Photo, Getty Images

“Sunday MLB on TBS” continues on Father’s Day, June 19 with an interleague match-up when Prince Fielder and the Milwaukee Brewers travel to historic Fenway Park to take on Adrian Gonzalez and the Boston Red Sox at 1:30 p.m. (ET). Yovani Gallardo is scheduled to start for the Brewers against the Red Sox’ veteran knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.  Play-by-play announcer Ernie Johnson will be joined by analysts Ron Darling and John Smoltz in the broadcast booth.

“Sunday MLB on TBS” includes match-ups on TBS every Sunday afternoon throughout the regular season.  The network also will exclusively televise the MLB All-Star Selection Show on Sunday, July 3.  Additionally, beginning in October TBS will once again provide exclusive coverage of the four Division Series and the National League Championship Series (NLCS).

TBS has served as the exclusive home of Major League Baseball’s Division Series (DS) and one League Championship Series (LCS) since 2007, has broadcasted MLB games for more than 30 years and was home of the Atlanta Braves from 1977-2007.

SUNDAY MLB ON TBS SCHEDULE:

Sun., June 19
1:30 p.m. (ET)	Milwaukee Brewers @ Boston Red Sox
Announcers: Ernie Johnson (play-by-play), Ron Darling (analyst) and John Smoltz (analyst)

SUNDAY MLB ON TBS UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 

Sun., June 26
2 p.m. (ET)	Colorado Rockies @ New York Yankees
Announcers: Ernie Johnson (play-by-play) and John Smoltz (analyst)
Sun., July 3
12 p.m. (ET)	2011 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show Presented by Taco Bell
Matt Winer (host), Dennis Eckersley (analyst), Cal Ripken (analyst) and David Wells (analyst)
1 p.m. (ET)	New York Yankees @ New York Mets
Announcers: Ernie Johnson (play-by-play) and John Smoltz (analyst)

On Baseball Tonight last night, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling said that Clay Buchholz had no-hit stuff against the Tampa Bay Rays. Unfortunately for Buchholz, his back acted up early and affected his performance once again.

Luckily though for Buchholz, the offense staked him to an early lead and the Red Sox bullpen helped him out as they picked up a 4-2 win to close out the road trip at 8-1. And remember folks, that nine-game road trip the Red Sox just partook in was against AL East teams.

The lead for the Red Sox in the AL East is 1.5 games over the New York Yankees and now 5.5 games over the Rays.

Now I’m not sure I agree with Schilling’s assessment but then again I am no baseball expert. From what I saw, he was able to make use of all his pitches. But you could tell his back was bothering him from about the second inning on. And the reason you could tell is the fact that he slowed down.

Normally Buchholz works at a pretty quick pace on the mound. But when his back stiffens up, he slows to a crawl and tries to work through. And what happens then is he tries to overcompensate. And that right there is not something you want to see because that can lead to further trouble possibly in your elbow or shoulder. That would be something that Buchholz and the Red Sox would like to avoid.

Whether or not Buchholz goes on the DL remains to be seen. But it might be wise for him to go on it just to get his back ready for the grind of the rest of the season.

The bullpen hasn’t had to be used as much in tight situations due to the offensive explosion over the course of the road trip. They outscored their opponents 90-42. But they came through when needed last night.

Alfredo Aceves took over for Buchholz, who went five innings and departed after 81 pitches. Aceves pitched well in 1 2/3 innings allowing a home run to Casey Kotchman that cut the lead to 3-2. Daniel Bard took over for Aceves and went 1 1/3 innings of perfect relief only needing 15 pitches.

Jonathan Papelbon did make it interesting though in the 9th. He allowed the first two batters to reach base on a double and an infield single. But he settled down by striking out the final two batters he faced to notch his 13th save of 2011.

Offensively, the Red Sox did their damage against David Price in the first two innings when he struggled. Of course Price’s struggles didn’t help Buchholz out health wise.

In the first inning, Dustin Pedroia reached on a one out walk. He quickly went to third base on an Adrian Gonzalez double. Price then hit Kevin Youkilis in the shoulder to load up the bases. It remains to be seen whether or not Price hit Youk on purpose but Youk did have some words for him going down to first base. Price’s struggled continued as he walked David Ortiz to force in the first run of the game.

The Red Sox got two more runs in the second that started when Jarrod Saltalamacchia doubled with one out. Darnell McDonald, who started the game for Jacoby Ellsbury, singled in Salty and ended up on second on the throw home. He wouldn’t be there long as Pedroia doubled to push the Red Sox lead to 3-0.

Gonzalez would give the Red Sox an insurance run in the 9th when he did his own version of the Laser Show putting one into the right field seats.

Interleague play now starts up for the Red Sox and after these next six games against the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres things will get interesting. In having two of the hottest hitters in the game right now in Big Papi and Gonzo, Terry Francona will have some interesting decisions to make. It’s not like last year where both Youk and Mike Lowell could both play first and third getting both of their bats in the lineup or having Big Papi play first.

If you take Gonzo out of the lineup, you lose something. If you take Big Papi out of the lineup, you lose something as well. But let’s cross that bridge when we get to it. For now, it’s a three-game set with the NL Central-leading Brewers to worry about.

We’ll be back later with tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day. But for now, enjoy the overnight links by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

Few bumps in road for Sox [Boston Globe]

Messages are loud, clear [Boston Globe]

Switch to night game gives champs their day [Boston Globe]

Lavarnway swings into action with Pawtucket [Boston Globe]

Red Sox tour de force [Boston Herald]

Jed Lowrie faces a DL stint [Boston Herald]

While Bruins cop Cup, Beckett brilliant in win [Boston Herald]

Darnell McDonald back in swing [Boston Herald]

Jonathan Papelbon’s appeal of suspension may be heard today [Clubhouse Insider]

Sox finish road trip strong in Tampa [CSNNE.com]

Notes: Buchholz (back), Lowrie (shoulder) exit early [CSNNE.com]

Lowrie’s shoulder woes persist; DL looms [ESPN Boston]

Rapid reaction: Red Sox 4, Rays 2 [ESPN Boston]

Price hits Youkilis, Rays pay price [ESPN Boston]

Buchholz hopes to avoid DL stint [ESPN Boston]

Sox face annual interleague dilemma [ESPN Boston]

Andrew Miller on pitching in majors: ‘I like my chances’ [Full Count]

Closing Time: Red Sox beat Rays to finish off road trip in style [Full Count]

How Cole helped make Spinners pitcher McCarthy’s future on the diamond [Full Count]

Loss of AL East, Division Format Could Sap Interest Surrounding Red Sox [NESN.com]

Clay Buchholz Leaves Start in Tampa Bay With Lower Back Tightness, Hopes to Avoid Disabled List [NESN.com]

Video: Clay Buchholz Continues to Battle Back Stiffness, Still Earns Win Over Rays [NESN.com]

Red Sox Showcase Dominance in All Areas on Remarkable Road Trip [NESN.com]

Buchholz, Sox have just enough [Providence Journal]

Buchhholz hopes he can avoid DL stint [Providence Journal]

Minor-league demotion forces players to refocus [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal:  Ellsbury finally sits one out [Providence Journal]

Welcome back, Sox fans! What you might have missed while watching the Bruins [Providence Journal]

Five things we learned about the Red Sox after a dominating road trip [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]

For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSNNE,  ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal, RedSox.com and WEEI websites.

And if you must check out the enemy news, head over the to St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Tribune websites.

Photo credit: Getty Images

Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below.

Thank you for stopping by and making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Kemba’s Draft Situation [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Jim Calhoun Appears In Bridgeport [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Lamb getting ready for USA Basketball experience [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

Kemba Walker: Best Buy Outtakes [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn’s Calhoun remains coy on future [CT Post]

Jim Calhoun Still Undecided On UConn Future [Hartford Courant]

UConn Football links

Pasqualoni: Going Through Car Wash At ESPN Monday [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

CBS Sports Recruiting Analyst Tom Lemming Talks UConn [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Maryland Transfer Heading To UConn: LB Ryan Donohue [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Ex-UConn QB Tyler Lorenzen Among Fringe Players Feeling Effect Of Lockout [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. Baseball America Announces All-Americans [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball. Springer, Barnes & Vance Named NCBWA All-Americans [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball. Perfect Game USA Announces All-Americans [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Soccer. Women’s Soccer To Face NCAA Champs Notre Dame on ESPNU [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Volleyball. 2011 UConn Volleyball Schedule Released [UConnHuskies.com]

With the Boston Bruins holding their Stanley Cup Championship parade (get your Bruins championship gear here) on Saturday morning in Boston, the Boston Red Sox have moved their game from 1:10 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. to accommodate the fans.

Here’s the release from the Red Sox:

BOSTON, MA-The Boston Red Sox today announced that the start time of Saturday’s game, June 18 vs. the Milwaukee Brewers at Fenway Park, has been moved from 1:10 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.

A time change was made at the request of Mayor Menino and City of Boston officials in an effort to minimize congestion caused by large crowds anticipated for two major events in the City of Boston. The later start will allow fans to enjoy both the Red Sox-Brewers game and the Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Championship Parade, which begins at 11 a.m. that morning, with a route from TD Garden to Copley Square, and is scheduled to conclude at approximately 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. In addition, an evening start time was selected in order to afford fans the opportunity to enjoy the Stanley Cup parade in person or on television, while also providing better access to Fenway Park for the Red Sox game and ensuring fans can watch the Sox’ match-up against the Brewers on NESN. (Due to MLB’s agreement with a national broadcast partner, teams are restricted from televising games during the Saturday afternoon national broadcast exclusive window.)

The Red Sox plan to pay special tribute to the Stanley Cup Champions before Sunday’s game against Milwaukee.

All Fenway Park gates will open at 5:40 p.m. on Saturday with a limited opening on Yawkey Way at Gates A and D at 5:10 p.m., and NESN’s pre-game coverage will begin at 6:00 p.m. Additionally, the Red Sox-Brewers contest will air on WEEI 850 AM with the pre-game show starting at 6:00 p.m. Fans can also hear the game broadcast by Spanish Baseball Productions on WWZN 1510 AM.

After splitting the first two games, the Boston Red Sox look to take the rubber game of a three-game set with the Tampa Bay Rays tonight at Tropicana Field.

Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. and you can watch the game 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 don’t live in either market you’re in luck as well as the MLB Network will be televising the game. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.

Clay Buchholz, who ended his four-game no decision streak with a win his last time out, takes toes the slab for the 14th time this season. In his previous 13 starts, Buchholz is 5-3 with a 3.59 ERA. He has not faced the Rays in 2011 and was 1-1 with a 0.98 ERA (2 ER/18.1 IP) in three starts against them last year. He’s made seven career starts against the Rays and is 3-2 with a 1.81 ERA. Four of those starts have come at the Trop where he is 2-1 with a 2.30 ERA.

David Price makes his 15th start of 2011 for skipper Joe Maddon. In his previous 14 starts, Price is 7-5 with a 3.51 ERA. He picked up a win in his only start against the Red Sox back on April 12th when he allowed two runs in 7.2 innings. He’s made six career starts against the Red Sox and is 4-2 with a 3.18 ERA.

Click on the read more button below to see tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the overnight and morning if you’re on the home page.

Here are tonight’s lineups:

40-27		36-32
1. Darnell McDonald	CF	1. Johnny Damon	DH
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Ben Zobrist	2B
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Matt Joyce	RF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Evan Longoria	3B
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Casey Kotchman	1B
6. Jed Lowrie	SS	6. B.J. Upton	CF
7. Carl Crawford	LF	7. John Jaso	C
8.Mike Cameron	RF	8. Sam Fuld	LF
9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	9. Reid Brignac	SS
Clay Buchholz	SP	David Price	SP

And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:

Check back and/or refresh often as more links will be added if/when they become available before game time.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

Connecticut Likes The Yankees Better than the Red Sox [SOX & Dawgs]

Saturday’s Red Sox vs Brewers Game Moved To 7:10 p.m. [SOX & Dawgs]

Pregame notes: Ellsbury ‘tremendous,’ resolution coming for Papelbon [Clubhouse Insider]

New and improved Beckett in 2011 [CSNNE.com]

Nation STATion: Josh Beckett’s greatest game ever? [CSNNE.com]

While you were away: Catching up B’s fans [ESPN Boston]

Video: Decade of excellence in Boston [ESPN Boston]

Time for Papelbon to take his punishment? [Extra Bases]

Extra Bases blog: Pregame notes from Tropicana Field [Extra Bases]

Minor Details Ep. 12: Breaking down the Red Sox draft with Jim Callis [Full Count]

Which Bruins Player Should Throw Out the First Pitch at Fenway Park? [NESN.com]

Heidi Watney Takes You With Her As She Goes Skydiving in Florida (Video) [NESN.com]

Jerry Remy Talks About What Bruins’ Stanley Cup Win Means to Him, Boston Sports Fans [NESN.com]

To Francona, Damon a Hall of Famer [Projo Sox Blog]

Durable Ellsbury sits one out [Projo Sox Blog]

Buchholz aiming to give Sox series win [RedSox.com]

Big Papi enjoying a big renaissance [RedSox.com]

Photo credits: AP Photo, AP Photo

The Boston Red Sox may have taken eight of nine games so far this season from the New York Yankees but to the fans of the teams in the state of Connecticut that doesn’t seem to matter.

In the yearly Quinnipiac Poll that measures the favorite teams of the residents of the state of Connecticut, the Yankees hold a 43% to 38% advantage over the Red Sox. The New York Mets are a distant third at 7%. Last year, the Yankees held just a 1% lead over the Red Sox at 39% to 38%.

Oddly enough, the Red Sox are favored higher among women in CT as 42% prefer them to the 39% that like the Yankees. For men though it’s a different story as the Yankees hold a 47% to 35% advantage.

As you might expect, the Yankees hold the highest advantage in Fairfield County which is obviously closer to New York. The Yankees also hold a 46% to 33% advantage in the lower middle of the state in Middlesex and New Haven counties.

The Red Sox dominate the north central, east, northeast and southeast parts of the state. In Hartford County, the Red Sox hold a 48% to 36% advantage. These numbers right here are something that MLB on FOX and FOX 61 need to take a look at when determining what game to take for Saturday Night Baseball when the Red Sox and Yankees are both playing and not against each other.

In Tolland, Windham and New London counties, the Red Sox hold an overwhelming 67% to 27% advantage. There are no poll numbers from Litchfield County but being purely speculative here, I’d have to say the Yankees would hold the advantage there as well.

Fans of both the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins were presented with a dilemma on Wednesday night. After all, the Bruins were playing for the Stanley Cup while the Red Sox had Josh Beckett on the hill.

Well about an hour and half before the Bruins won the Stanley Cup, Beckett pitched perhaps his finest game of the 2011 season in a one-hit 3-0 shutout of the Tampa Bay Rays. The shutout win for Beckett and the Red Sox avenged Tuesday night’s shutout by the Rays.

Offense was at a premium in this game as Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson matched Beckett for 6 1/3 innings. The only hit Hellickson had allowed up until that point was a single by Dustin Pedroia in the 1st inning. Beckett’s only hit allowed came in the 3rd inning when Reid Brignac beat out an infield single.

Pedroia changed things though in the 7th as he tripled with one out. Rather than face Adrian Gonzalez, the Rays decided to intentionally walk him to set up the double play, something the Red Sox had been hitting into with a high frequency so far in this short series. But the move backfired on Joe Maddon and Hellickson as Kevin Youkilis took an 0-1 fastball and planted in the left field seats to provide the only runs of the night for the Red Sox.

Beckett’s stuff was electric last night. He had excellent command and location on all of his pitches. His fastball and changeup set up his cutter and vice versa. He needed just 97 pitches to get through the game.

He faced one batter over the minimum on the night while striking out six. He didn’t walk a batter. Before last night, the fewest hits Beckett had given up in a start was three. The last time Beckett had a complete game was on September 12, 2009 and that came against the Rays as well.

Obviously the big difference in 2011 compared to 2010 is the fact that Beckett is healthy. He spent a good amount of time on the disabled list in 2010 and when he came back he never seemed right. That definitely isn’t the case in 2011.

The nine shutout innings last night lowered his league-leading ERA to 1.86 while raising his record to 6-2. Could a starting nod in the 2011 MLB All-Star Game be in his future? Only time tell will tell that.

The Red Sox will finish up their road trip tonight in the finale at the Trop. A win would be nice as the Red Sox get set to start up interleague play again for the next two weeks.

We’ll be back later with tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day. But for now, enjoy the overnight links by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

Beckett fires a 1-hitter [Boston Globe]

Gonzalez comments go deep [Boston Globe]

Miller will stay, join rotation next week [Boston Globe]

Josh Beckett cool as ice [Boston Herald]

Miller on tap at Fenway [Boston Herald]

These Stanford guys stick together [Boston Herald]

On Bruins’ night, Beckett dominates; Youk salutes Shawn Thornton [Clubhouse Insider]

Beckett shines in 3-0 win over Rays [CSNNE.com]

Youkilis breaks Tropicana slump at opertune time [CSNNE.com]

Rapid reaction: Red Sox 3, Rays 0 [ESPN Boston]

Video: Verlander or Beckett? [ESPN Boston]

Which title has meant most to you? [ESPN Boston]

Beckett at his best as Red Sox win again [Extra Bases]

Minor Details Ep. 12: Breaking down the Red Sox draft with Jim Callis [Full Count]

Jacoby Ellsbury Excelling in Center Field, Stirs Memories of Johnny Damon [NESN.com]

Red Sox win, 3-0, behind Beckett’s one-hit masterpiece [Providence Journal]

Andrew Miller seems set to make leap to Boston [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Jenks’ stay on DL may be extended [Providence Journal]

Little Papi basks in Big Papi’s shadow [RedSox.com]

For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSNNE,  ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal, RedSox.com and WEEI websites.

And if you must check out the enemy news, head over the to St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Tribune websites.

Photo credits: Getty Images, AP Photo

Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below.

Thank you for stopping by and making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Coombs-McDaniel accepted into drug program [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

Kemba Walker and Jimmer Fredette Compete [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel transfers to Hofstra [CBSSports.com]

UConn building toward future [Dick Vitale – ESPN.com]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Reimer helps U.S. Under-16 team into semifinals [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Random Thoughts About The UConn Women And WNBA [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

UConn Football links

UConn recruiting picks up [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

UConn Vs. Buffalo Football Kickoff Time, TV Coverage [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn Football: Evaluating The Left Tackles [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. Matt Barnes and George Springer Named Second Team All-Americans by Baseball America [College Baseball Daily]

Baseball. Matt Barnes and George Springer Named First Team All-Americans by NCBWA [College Baseball Daily]

W. Ice Hockey. Eight Huskies Earn Hockey East All-Academic Team Honors [UConnHuskies.com]

After seeing the Tampa Bay Rays end their nine-game winning streak last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back into the win column in game two of a three-game set at Tropicana Field.

Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. and you can watch the game on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Rays television market, you can catch the game on Sun Sports. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.

Josh Beckett makes his 14th start of 2011 for Terry Francona. In his previous 13 starts, Beckett is 5-2 with a 2.06 ERA.  He has not faced the Rays in 2011 and had no record and a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/7 IP) in one start against them in 2010. He’s made 16 career starts against the Rays and is 7-4 with a 3.43 ERA. Six of those starts have come at the Trop where he is 1-3 with a 3.96 ERA.

Rookie Jeremy Hellickson makes his 13th start of the season for the Rays. In his previous 12 starts, Hellickson is 7-4 with a 3.03 ERA. He’s made one start against the Red Sox this season picking up the win after allowing two runs in 5.1 innings back on April 11th. In his career against the Red Sox, he’s made two appearances (one start) and is 1-0 with a 6.43 ERA. He’s never faced the Red Sox at the Trop.

Click on the read more button below to see tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the overnight and morning if you’re on the home page.

Here are tonight’s lineups:

39-27		36-31
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Johnny Damon	DH
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Ben Zobrist	2B
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Matt Joyce	RF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Evan Longoria	3B
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Casey Kotchman	1B
6. Carl Crawford	LF	6. B.J. Upton	CF
7. Jed Lowrie	SS	7. John Jaso	C
8. J.D. Drew	RF	8. Justin Ruggiano	LF
9. Jason Varitek	C	9. Reid Brignac	SS
Josh Beckett	SP	Jeremy Hellickson	SP

And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:

Check back and/or refresh often as more links will be added if/when they become available before game time.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

Source: Andrew Miller to start next week for Red Sox [Clubhouse Insider]

Source: Miller to be promoted; will pitch Monday [CSNNE.com]

Unhappy return coming for Wakefield [CSNNE.com]

David Ortiz Slugging Earlier, More Often This Season Thanks to Balanced Lineup, Confidence [Don Orsillo – NESN.com]

Julien appreciates Francona reaching out [ESPN Boston]

Source: Miller to start Monday against Padres [ESPN Boston]

Analyzing the approach of Adrian Gonzalez [Extra Bases]

Johnny Damon, Hall of Famer? [Extra Bases]

Andrew Miller stays with Red Sox; promotion is pending [Extra Bases]

Jerry Remy on D&C: Stanley Cup Game 7 a reminder of 1978 Red Sox-Yankees playoff [Full Count]

Red Sox prospect health updates: Kalish, Navarro, Middlebrooks, Tazawa [Full Count]

Transcript of Terry Francona on The Big Show: Andrew Miller ‘in our plans, that’s for sure’ [Full Count]

Rajon Rondo, Carl Crawford Among Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics Supporting Bruins on Twitter [NESN.com]

Terry Francona Hops Aboard Bruins Bandwagon, Lends Support to Claude Julien [NESN.com]

Andrew Miller to Remain With Red Sox, Reportedly Will Join Rotation Next Week [NESN.com]

Jerry Remy on Robert Luongo: ‘Hopefully, He Stinks [in Game 7]’ [NESN.com]

Tale of two players — and two payrolls [Projo Sox Blog]

Making sense of the Andrew Miller situation [Projo Sox Blog]

Francona not looking forward to losing DH in interleague games [Projo Sox Blog]

Bobby Jenks still coming along slowly [Projo Sox Blog]

Red Sox still waiting for Papelbon’s appeal [Projo Sox Blog]

Francona OK with proposed realignment [Projo Sox Blog]

Beckett looks to start new winning streak for Boston [RedSox.com]

Summer brings deserved focus on Red Sox [RedSox.com]

Photo credits: AP Photo, AP Photo