Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 9/7

Tim Wakefield (L), Brandon Morrow (R)

After thumping the Toronto Blue Jays last night, the Boston Red Sox look to do it again in the third game of a four-game set tonight at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Today’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. and will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Blue Jays television market, you can catch the game on Rogers SportsNet. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.

Tim Wakefield is hoping that lucky number 7 is his number as he makes his seventh try for career win No. 200 in his 20th start (30th appearance) of 2011 for the Red Sox. In his previous 29 appearances (19 starts), Wake is 6-6 with a 4.95 ERA. He is 0-3 with 4.97 in those six starts of trying to get to 200. He’s made three appearances (one start) against the Jays this season and is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA (4 ER/9.1 IP). He’s made 57 career appearances (43 starts) against Toronto and is 18-14 with a 3.87 ERA. 27 of those appearances (19 starts) have come in Toronto where he is 6-5 with a 4.55 ERA.

Brandon Morrow looks to prevent Wake from getting his 200th win in his 26th start of 2011. In his previous 25 starts, Morrow is 9-10 with a 4.78 ERA. He’s made two starts against the Red Sox this season and is 1-1 with a 12.54 ERA (13 ER/9.1 IP). He’s made 13 career appearances (five starts) against the visiting nine from Boston and is 1-2 with an 8.70 ERA.

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Here are this evening’s lineups:

85-56		70-72
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Yunel Escobar	SS
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Eric Thames	LF
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Jose Bautista	DH
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Edwin Encarnacion	1B
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Kelly Johnson	2B
6. Carl Crawford	LF	6. Brett Lawrie	3B
7. Marco Scutaro	SS	7. Adam Loewen	RF
8. Josh Reddick	RF	8. J.P. Arencibia	C
9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	9. Mike McCoy	CF
Tim Wakefield	SP	Brandon Morrow	SP

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

Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays batter/pitcher matchups

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Wakefield makes another bid for history tonight [Clubhouse Insider]

Beckett back north of border [Clubhouse Insider]

Sox want health over playoff positioning [CSN New England]

Beckett will rejoin Red Sox on Wednesday [ESPN Boston]

Another successful session for Buchholz [ESPN Boston]

Francona: Drew not progressing [ESPN Boston]

Nicktoons MLB video game debuts next week [Extra Bases]

Kalish waiting on neck surgery [Extra Bases]

How to use Buchholz? Here’s an idea [Extra Bases]

Josh Beckett rejoins Red Sox [Extra Bases]

Pre-game notes from Toronto [Extra Bases]

Jerry Remy on D&C: David Ortiz ‘nowhere near being finished’ [Full Count]

Curt Schilling on M&M: Red Sox’ season riding on Josh Beckett’s health [Full Count]

Red Sox Music Director TJ Connelly Gives Inside Look at Sounds of Fenway, Including How Players Select Entrance Songs [NESN.com]

End-of-season minor-league highlights: Single-A Salem [Projo Sox Blog]

Baseball’s different here [Projo Sox Blog]

Sox not discouraged by seasons of Britton, Pimentel [Projo Sox Blog]

Brentz delivers breakout campaign [Projo Sox Blog]

Beckett returns to Boston clubhouse [Projo Sox Blog]

Injury updates: Buchholz, Drew, Jackson [Projo Sox Blog]

Wakefield still seeking elusive 200th victory [RedSox.com]

Drew not making progress, but Buchholz is [RedSox.com]

Shortstop a daily evaluation for Francona [RedSox.com]

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Patriots Claim Edds From Fish; Release Warren

In The Red Zone

The New England Patriots claimed LB A.J. Edds (rhymes with “weeds”) off of waivers from their Week 1 opponent the Miami Dolphins.

Miami drafted Edds, who played at Iowa in 2010 in the 4th round; he was placed on the season ending IR when he suffered an ACL injury in training camp.

Miami waived him on Monday.

Edds is expected to contribute right away especially in third down situations.

As of now there has been no corresponding roster move.

UPDATE 9/7: The corresponding roster move has been announced as the Patriots have released defensive tackle Gerard Warren. If he’s not signed or picked up by another team, he could possibly return to the Pats after week one.

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2011 BlogPoll Top 25 – Week 2

Here’s the BlogPoll Top 25 for week 2 in college football. If you’re curious to see how I voted, you can check that out as well. Also be sure to check out the analysis on the BlogPoll Top 25 as well.

Results for Week 2

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	LSU Tigers (41)	23.63	2.42	5
2	Oklahoma Sooners (27)	23.14	1.57	—
3	Alabama Crimson Tide (21)	22.68	3.12	-2
4	Boise St. Broncos (4)	22.16	1.86	—
5	Stanford Cardinal (2)	19.47	3.32	2
6	Florida St. Seminoles	18.80	2.92	-1
7	Wisconsin Badgers	18.41	3.13	1
8	Texas A&M Aggies	16.11	3.70	2
9	Nebraska Cornhuskers	15.39	4.54	—
10	Virginia Tech Hokies	14.65	4.33	1
11	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	13.82	4.99	2
12	South Carolina Gamecocks	12.77	4.21	—
13	Arkansas Razorbacks	12.27	4.76	1
14	Oregon Ducks	12.26	6.03	-11
15	Ohio St. Buckeyes	9.86	4.27	4
16	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	9.37	4.21	4
17	Michigan St. Spartans	6.72	4.78	-1
18	Baylor Bears	6.45	6.48	53
19	Florida Gators	6.26	4.22	4
20	West Virginia Mountaineers	6.12	3.67	1
21	South Florida Bulls	5.26	5.93	15
22	Missouri Tigers	4.03	3.97	—
23	Penn St. Nittany Lions	2.60	3.77	4
24	Houston Cougars	2.21	3.95	7
25	Texas Longhorns	2.13	3.12	1
Others Receiving Votes: Arizona St. Sun Devils \| BYU Cougars \| TCU Horned Frogs \| Northwestern Wildcats \| USC Trojans \| Georgia Bulldogs \| Michigan Wolverines \| Auburn Tigers \| Maryland Terrapins \| Iowa Hawkeyes \| Clemson Tigers \| Hawaii Warriors \| Syracuse Orange \| Central Florida Knights \| Utah Utes \| Pittsburgh Panthers \| Northern Illinois Huskies \| California Golden Bears \| Cincinnati Bearcats \| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets \| Notre Dame Fighting Irish \| Utah State Aggies \| Rutgers Scarlet Knights \| North Carolina Tar Heels \| Arizona Wildcats \| Ohio Bobcats \| Air Force Falcons \| Washington St. Cougars \| Texas Tech Red Raiders \| Virginia Cavaliers \| Southern Miss. Golden Eagles \| Miami Hurricanes \| Arkansas St. Red Wolves \| Oregon St. Beavers \| Toledo Rockets \| Temple Owls \| Nevada Wolf Pack \| Tennessee Volunteers \| Connecticut Huskies \| Purdue Boilermakers \| N.C. State Wolfpack \| Fla. International Golden Panthers \| UAB Blazers \| Vanderbilt Commodores \| SMU Mustangs \| Eastern Michigan Eagles
Updated: Sep 7, 2011 10:07 AM EDT

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011

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Bloguin Heisman Trophy Poll – Week 1

Bloguin Heisman Trophy Each week a group of Bloguin college football bloggers get together and put our votes in for the top Heisman Trophy candidates. Then after the votes are tabulated by Kevin over at College Football Zealots, the poll is released on Wednesday.

Here are the results for the first week of the 2011 college football season. Be sure to head over College Football Zealots for a full look at the results for the week for more insight on the poll.

Robert Griffin III (QB-Baylor) – 32 Points, 31.07%, 8 1st Place Votes
Kellen Moore (QB-Boise St) – 18 Points, 17.48%, 3 1st Place Votes
Andrew Luck (QB-Stanford) – 14 Points, 13.59%, 3 1st Place Votes
Russell Wilson (QB-Wisconsin) – 9 Points, 8.74%, 1 1st Place Vote
Landry Jones (QB-Oklahoma) – 9 Points, 8.74%, 1 1st Place Vote
Robert Woods (WR-USC) – 7 Points, 6.80%, 0 1st Place Votes

Also Receiving Votes – Dominique Whaley (RB- Oklahoma) 3 pts, Brandon Weedon (QB- Oklahoma State) 3 pts, Ryan Broyles (WR- Oklahoma)- 1.5 pts, Tyrann Mathieu (CB- LSU) 1 pt, Marcus Lattimore (RB- South Carolina) 1 pt, Danny O’Brien (QB- Maryland) 1 pt, Case Keenum (QB- Houston) 1 pt, Brandon Herron (LB- Michigan) 1 pt, Kendall Wright (WR- Baylor) 1 pt, Justin Blackmon (WR- Oklahoma State) 0.5 pt.

In case you were wondering, this is how I voted in this week’s poll:

Andrew Luck – Stanford QB – Luck starts the season on top in my poll. He could be playing every Sunday if he wanted to but he decided to come back. He didn’t disappoint in his first game a blowout win over San Jose. He finished the night with 171 passing yards and two touchdown passes. Even though it’s only week one, the Heisman is probably his to lose.
Kellen Moore – Boise State QB – Back for another year is the slinging lefty from Boise State. He got off to a slow start against the Georgia Bulldogs but it didn’t take him long to turn it on. He helped his squad to the win by passing for 261 yards and three touchdowns. The only bad part of his night was an interception.
Landry Jones – Oklahoma QB – I had Landry Jones on my radar after watching him in the Fiesta Bowl against my UConn Huskies. The junior quarterback had a great game against Tulsa throwing for 375 yards and one touchdown. He could easily be No. 2 here in my rankings but Moore got the edge because of his experience. I’m guessing he makes a race of it with Luck though as the season goes on.

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Red Sox News & Notes – 9/7

David Ortiz(notes) #34 and Adrian Gonzalez(notes) #28 of the Boston Red Sox celebrate run against the Toronto Blue Jays during MLB action at the Rogers Centre September 6, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Around 7:15 last night with the Boston Red Sox already enjoying a nice lead over the Toronto Blue Jays, the winds in the New England picked up. And that was because a collective sigh of relief was let out by Red Sox fans after the team issued this statement about the injured ankle of one Josh Beckett:

“Josh was evaluated today at the Massachusetts General Hospital by the Red Sox medical staff, including team foot and ankle specialist, Dr. George Theodore. Josh experienced pain in his ankle while pitching last night. His examination was consistent with an ankle sprain. An MRI was performed that confirmed no other injury to his ankle tendons, or his Achilles tendon. We will re-evaluate his symptoms and availability later this week.”

So the good news is that there’s nothing serious. Skipper Terry Francona said before the game that Beckett will miss his next start, which would have been against the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend.

The bad news about this is how much do we really trust the Red Sox medical staff. We’ve heard time and time again with certain players that there’s been nothing wrong only to see them out for a longer period of time. Let’s certainly hope this isn’t the case this time around. After all, the Red Sox are in the middle of a pennant chase right now and they need all their horses.

After the offense was virtually non-existent on Monday against the Jays, the team pounded out 20 hits last night in their 14-0 win. Before Jon Lester had even taken the mound, they had a 4-0 lead.

Almost everyone who started the game for the Red Sox was a hitter last night. The only member of the starting nine without a hit was Dustin Pedroia who was 0-for-5 with a strikeout.

Hitting 5th and 6th in the lineup last night, David Ortiz and Marco Scutaro led the way with four hits a piece. Scutaro also led the way with four RBIs with Big Papi added two RBIs. Adrian Gonzalez chipped in with three hits and two RBIs. Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis and Darnell McDonald all added two hits to the cause.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia‘s only hit of the night was good for a two-run homer while Josh Reddick‘s only hit of the night after taking over for Ellsbury was a solo home run.

Of the 20 hits by the Red Sox last night, nine of them went for doubles and 11 were for extra bases. They also reached base five times via the walk and were 9-for-25 (.360) with runners in scoring position.

We shouldn’t forget what Lester did either. He went seven shutout innings, allowing three hits and just one walk while striking out eleven Blue Jays. The only Blue Jays player who didn’t strikeout that started the game was Eric Thames.

Despite the big win though, the Red Sox remain 2.5 games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East after the Yanks beat the Orioles in a game that finished at about 2:15 a.m. The lead in the AL Wild Card is back up to eight games over the Tampa Bay Rays after they were shutout last night by C.J. Wilson.

Hopefully the Red Sox saved some of those hits and runs for Tim Wakefield who goes for career win No. 200 yet again tonight.

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

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Makeup game [Boston Globe]

Sixth sense moved Scutaro [Boston Globe]

Buchholz makes slow progress [Boston Globe]

No damage to ankle tendons of Beckett [Boston Globe]

Red Sox get better of Jays [Boston Herald]

Clay Buchholz wants to pitch in [Boston Herald]

Josh Beckett’s ankle sprain a relief [Boston Herald]

Marco Scutaro ‘s sixth sense [Boston Herald]

A’s already have nothing to show for Jackson [Clubhouse Insider]

Sox blast Jays with 20 hits in 14-0 win [CSN New England]

Beckett’s injury nothing more than ankle sprain [CSN New England]

Notes: Dependable Lester dominant again [CSN New England]

Sox can breathe easy — for a day [ESPN Boston]

Sox bats made history in rout [ESPN Boston]

Closing Time: Red Sox bats unload while Jon Lester dominates in win over Blue Jays [Full Count]

Jon Lester hitting his stride at just the right time [Full Count]

Rangers Provide Tough Postseason Matchup for Red Sox, But Don’t Count Angels Out of AL West Playoff Race [NESN.com]

Red Sox Lineup Takes Out Frustrations on Toronto Pitching As Perfect Night Rights Ship [NESN.com]

Video: Red Sox Make Life Easy for Terry Francona With Huge Win Over Blue Jays in ‘Perfect Night’ at Toronto [NESN.com]

Hit parade for Lester [Providence Journal]

Ellsbury proving he’s few and far between [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Buchholz feels fine after latest outing [Providence Journal]

Marco Scutaro intent on making the future a little less uncertain [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]

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

And if you must check out the enemy papers, head over to the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun and the Globe and Mail websites.

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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 9/7

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

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 if you’re on the home page.

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

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UConn Football links

Still a three-headed QB, but for how long? [Chip Malafronte – New Haven Register]

Notes, Quotes And Updates Heading Into Vanderbilt [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

DC also answered a plethora of questions in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Vanderbilt week [Joe Perez – Norwich Bulletin]

Tuesday presser [John Silver – Journal Inquirer]

UConn football team getting ready for Vandy [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

Healthier Shoemate expects to start against Vanderbilt [CT Post]

UConn Begins Preparations For Vanderbilt [Hartford Courant]

Scott McCummings Steps Up Among UConn QBs [Hartford Courant]

Walk-on Mark Hinkley gets positive reviews from Pasqualoni [New Haven Register]

UConn’s 3 QBs forces them to use 3 playbooks [Norwich Bulletin]

Shoemate is still waiting for his chance [The Day]

UConn Football Notebook — The beginning of the end for Jennings [The Hour]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

VIDEO: Coach K Says Jim Calhoun “Is Going To Coach A While” [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Know Your Enemy: Notre Dame’s Mike Brey on 2011-2012 Schedule [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Tina Charles Is WNBA Player Of The Week [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Women’s Hoops Serves Up Free Spaghetti Dinner at Coventry High School [UConnHuskies.com]

Other UConn related links

M. Soccer. Former UConn Soccer Player Bobby Rhine Dies Suddenly At 35 [Hartford Courant]

M. Soccer. UConn Mourns The Loss of Former All-American Bobby Rhine `98 [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Soccer. FC Dallas mourns the loss of Bobby Rhine [FCDallas.com]

W. Cross Country. Lauren Sara Named Female BIG EAST Athlete of the Week [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Volleyball. Huskies Fall To Sacred Heart In Four Sets [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Track. Phylicia George Places Seventh at World Track & Field Championships [UConnHuskies.com]

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Destination Red Sox Nation – 9/7

Destination Red Sox Nation

Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story and box score links as well as links to team rosters, team stats and league standings can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

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End-of-season minor-league highlights: Single-A Greenville [Projo Sox Blog]

End-of-season minor-league highlights: Single-A Salem [Projo Sox Blog]

Dodgers Call-Up Former Sea Dog Federowicz [LADodgers.com]

Pawtucket Red Sox

The PawSox were off last night. They begin their best-of-5 series with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs tonight in Pennsylvania.

PawSox open pursuit of Governor’s Cup [Providence Journal]

Okajima’s future is up in the air [Providence Journal]

Pawtucket Red Sox 2011 Roster

Pawtucket Red Sox stats

International League 2011 Final Standings

Pawtucket Red Sox website

Portland Sea Dogs:

The season is over for the Portland Sea Dogs.

Portland Sea Dogs 2011 Roster

Portland Sea Dogs 2011 final stats

Eastern League 2011 Final Standings

Portland Sea Dogs website

Salem Red Sox:

The season is over for the Salem Red Sox.

Salem Red Sox 2011 Roster

Salem Red Sox 2011 final stats

Carolina League 2011 final standings

Salem Red Sox official blog

Salem Red Sox website

Greenville Drive:

The season is over for the Greenville Drive.

Greenville Drive’s Christian Vazquez South Atlantic League Player of the Week [GoUpstate.com]

Greenville Drive 2011 Roster

Greenvillle Drive 2011 final stats

South Atlantic League 2011 Final Standings

Greenville Drive website

Lowell Spinners:

The season is over for the Lowell Spinners.

Lowell Spinners 2011 Roster

Lowell Spinners 2011 final stats

NY-Penn League 2011 Final Standings

Lowell Spinners Blog

Spinners website

gulf coast red sox Gulf Coast League Red Sox

The season is over for the GCL Red Sox.

GCL Red Sox 2011 Roster

GCL Red Sox 2011 final stats

Gulf Coast League 2011 Final Standings

Gulf Coast Red Sox website

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Carolina Panthers Claim Darius Butler Off Waivers

After making the initial 53-man roster for the New England Patriots, former UConn Husky cornerback Darius Butler found himself out of the NFL when he was cut on Tuesday afternoon. Luckily for him, it wasn’t for too long.

New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, left, holds onto a pass while being covered by teammate Darius Butler, right, during NFL football training camp in Foxborough, Mass. , Sunday, July 31, 2011. Marc Bertrand of 98.5 The Sports Hub tweeted earlier that Butler had been claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers. And a recent tweet from Butler has confirmed this.

@DariusButler28: #PanthersNation I’m on my way!

Butler was a second round pick out of UConn in the 2009 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He’s relatively inexpensive being due $582,500 this year and $770,000 in 2012.

They’ll be a familiar face for him there as well as former UConn LB Lawrence Wilson was signed to the Panthers practice squad on Monday.

Hopefully this change of scenario will get Butler back on track with his career.

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Butler Out, Another Gronkowski In

Darius Butler

The New England Patriots made a pair of roster moves today. First they signed a second Gronkowski, when they inked TE Dan Gronkowski, the brother of Rob, who was let go by Denver this past weekend.

The Detroit Lions, originally drafted Gronkowski, in 2009 in the 7^th round out of Maryland, before being traded prior to last season to the Denver Broncos. In 2009 with Detroit he spent most of the season on the practice squad before being elevated to the 53-man roster only to be waived and re-signed to the practice squad. The Lions then signed him to future reserve contract after the season and last year in training camp traded him to Denver for Tom Brady’s “friend” CB Alphonso Smith.

Known as more of a blocking tight end he has 9 career catches for 69 yards and no TD’s.

The Gronkowski’s have a third brother Chris who plays in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts as a running back.

In order to make room for Gronkowski on the roster the Patriots released CB Darius Butler. New England drafted Butler, who played his college ball at UConn, in 2009 in the 2^nd round, 41^st overall.

Butler in his time at UConn he started 43 of 45 games, recording 180 tackles, and 10 INT’s, two of which were returned for TD’s. He was All-Big East 1^st Team in 2008.

He became the first player in Big East history to produce a touchdown on a kickoff return, interception, reception and rushing attempt.

With New England he had 58 tackles and three INT’s and 14 pass deflections in two seasons.

Butler said, “It was best for both parties. I’m not surprised by it. Things weren’t working out with me and the team.” He went on to add that “I’m ready for a fresh start, a fresh place, a fresh everything. I thank Mr. Kraft and Coach Belichick for giving me (the) opportunity.”

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Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 9/6

Jon Lester (L), Luis Perez (R)

After falling yesterday in extra innings, the Boston Red Sox look to get back to the business of winning baseball games in the second game of a four-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre tonight.

Jon Lester makes his 27th start of 2011 for his skipper Terry Francona. In his previous 26 starts, Lester is 14-6 with a 3.05 ERA. He’s made four starts against the Jays this season and is 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA. He’s made 17 career starts against them and is 9-4 with a 3.27 ERA. 10 of those starts have come at Rogers Centre where he is 5-3 with a 3.69 ERA.

Luis Perez makes his fourth start (33rd appearance) of the season for the Jays. In his previous 32 appearances (three starts), Perez is 3-2 with a 3.77 ERA. All six of Perez’s career appearances against the Red Sox have come out of the bullpen. In those six outings, he has no record with a 7.56 ERA (7 ER/8.1 IP).

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Here are this afternoon’s lineups:

84-56		70-71
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Yunel Escobar	SS
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Eric Thames	LF
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Jose Bautista	RF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Adam Lind	1B
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Edwin Encarnacion	DH
6. Marco Scutaro	SS	6. Kelly Johnson	2B
7. Carl Crawford	LF	7. Brett Lawrie	3B
8. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	8. J.P. Arencibia	C
9. Darnell McDonald	RF	9. Mike McCoy	CF
Jon Lester	SP	Luis Perez	SP