Tonight’s game has been postponed. The two teams will play a split doubleheader tomorrow. The first game will be at 1:05 p.m. with the second one starting at 7:05 p.m.

The AL East-leading Boston Red Sox look to keep the momentum going in game three of a four-game set with Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in the Motor City.

Tonight’s game is scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m. and will be televised in 17% of the country on FOX.  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 looks for his fourth straight quality start in his 11th start of 2011. In his previous 10 starts, he is 4-3 with a 3.30 ERA. This is his second start of the season against the Tigers as he threw seven scoreless innings in receiving a no decision back on 5/18. He’s made five career starts against the Tigers and is 1-1 with a 2.23 ERA. Three of those starts have come in the Motor City where he is 1-0 with a 5.23 ERA.

Andrew Oliver gets the ball for Jim Leyland after being called up from Triple-A Toledo. In nine starts with the Mud Hens, he was 4-3 with a 3.31 ERA. This is his first appearance in the big leagues this year after making five starts last season. In those five starts in 2010, he was 0-4 with a 7.36 ERA. This will be his first career appearance and start against the Red Sox.

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Here are tonight’s lineups:

29-22		26-24
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Austin Jackson	CF
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Andy Dirks	LF
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Brennan Boesch	LF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Miguel Cabrera	1B
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Victor Martinez	DH
6. Jed Lowrie	SS	6. Jhonny Peralta	SS
7. Carl Crawford	LF	7. Alex Avila	C
8. Mike Cameron	RF	8. Ryan Raburn	2B
9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	9. Brandon Inge	3B
Clay Buchholz	SP	Andrew Oliver	SP

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Daniel Bard’s close friend missing in DC area [Clubhouse Insider]

Bard asks for help finding missing friend [CSNNE.com]

Pregame notes: Rough start forgotten, Sox in first [CSNNE.com]

Sox face Tigers, look for fifth straight win, 7 ET [ESPN Boston]

Bard appeals for help in finding missing friend [ESPN Boston]

Sox go worst to first in record time [ESPN Boston]

Kalish close to Pawtucket return [ESPN Boston]

Wakefield gives the Red Sox a boost [Extra Bases]

A renaissance in Detroit? [Extra Bases]

Bard concerned for missing friend [Extra Bases]

From South Portland to the Tigers [Extra Bases]

Red Sox, Yankees Always On Lookout For Lefty Relief [Hartford Courant]

Red Sox Use Braves Field For Fall Classic While Football Takes Over at Fenway In 1915 [NESN.com]

Red Sox Serving Notice to All of Baseball With Dominating Rise to First Place in American League East [NESN.com]

Ben Cherington Gives Inside Look at Work He Does as Red Sox Assistant General Manager [NESN.com]

Search Continues for Missing North Carolina Man, a Friend of Daniel Bard [NESN.com]

Alfredo Aceves’ Gem Against Tigers Earns Him Amica Pitcher of the Week Honors [NESN.com]

30 Clubs/30 Nuggets [Nuggetpalooza]

Bard searching for missing friend [Projo Sox Blog]

Ryan Kalish “getting close to Pawtucket” [Projo Sox Blog]

Red Sox prepping for first encounter with Oliver [Projo Sox Blog]

Boston looking to avoid complacency [Projo Sox Blog]

Wakefield, Aceves step up in rotation [Projo Sox Blog]

Buchholz goes for continued mastery of Tigers [RedSox.com]

Friend missing, Bard reaches out for help [RedSox.com]

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When you went to bed last night, the Boston Red Sox had beaten the Detroit Tigers 6-3 and just a bit later, the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 to advance to the Stanley Cup. What was lost in all of that is the fact that with the win, the Red Sox were a ½ game ahead of the Yankees for first place in the AL East, pending the outcome of the Yanks game against the Seattle Mariners.

So when you woke up this morning, you may or may have not noticed that the Red Sox stood all alone in first place for the first time since July of 2009 thanks to the Mariners comeback win over the Yankees. And considering the Red Sox started the season 2-10, I certainly didn’t think it would happen so quickly. I knew it would happen eventually but just not in May.

But thanks to wins in 12 of their last 14 games, the Red Sox have climbed from the basement to first place. They are 18-7 in the month of May and scoring runs like they were falling out of the sky. The Red Sox have been putting up big innings early in the game forcing the opposing teams to get to their bullpens earlier than they may have wanted.

On Wednesday against the Indians, it was a seven-run first inning. On Thursday against the Tigers, it was a five-run second inning. And on Friday night against the Tigers, it was five-run third inning.

Jacoby Ellsbury got the third started with a solo home run off of Rick Porcello to knot the game at 2. Dustin Pedroia then walked and Adrian Gonzalez moved him over to second. They both came around to score on a Kevin Youkilis double. After David Ortiz flew out, the white-hot Carl Crawford brought in Youk with a 2-run homer to make it 6-2.

And that’s all they would need as Tim Wakefield put together another great start after settling down after allowing single runs in the first and second innings. When his knuckleball is on, it’s on and there’s really no stopping him.

After allowing three hits in the first two innings, he scattered two hits and two walks over the next five innings. He was never in any trouble either.

In picking up the win, Wake now has 195 career wins and 181 of those have come in a Red Sox uniform. Those 181 wins with the Red Sox puts him 11 wins behind Cy Young and Roger Clemens for the most all-time in Red Sox history.

With the uncertainty of Daisuke Matsuzaka returning to the rotation this season, Wake has certainly stated his case. In his two starts since Dice-K went on the DL, Wake is 2-0 and has allowed just three runs in on nine hits and two walks in 13.2 innings. And his “competition”, Alfredo Aceves, is doing great too.

In the four starts since Dice-K and John Lackey went on the DL, the Red Sox are 3-1 in the game started by Wake and Aceves. And if the Matt Albers meltdown doesn’t happen, they could have been 4-0 with both guys being 2-0.

It will be interesting to see what Terry Francona decides to do. But if you want to read into things, Aceves could head back to the pen or even Triple-A because Lackey is penciled in to return to the Red Sox rotation when Aceves is scheduled to pitch in early June.

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Best leading man? Jacoby Ellsbury makes his case [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Wakefield spot-on again [Boston Globe]

Plate collisions don’t leave them rattled [Boston Globe]

Spinning it positively [Boston Globe]

Wake comes of age [Boston Herald]

Plate collisions an unavoidable danger [Boston Herald]

Jacoby Ellsbury’s tools all on display [Boston Herald]

Loving the six hole [Boston Herald]

For Tim Wakefield, it all started while pitching for Jim Leyland [Clubhouse Insider]

Sox beat Tigers, 6-3, take A.L. East lead [CSNNE.com]

Wakefield delievers when called upon [CSNNE.com]

Notes: Ellsbury downplays success [CSNNE.com]

Matt Albers, web gem? Believe it [ESPN Boston]

Rapid reaction: Red Sox 6, Tigers 3 [ESPN Boston]

Sox happy with Jenks’ outing [ESPN Boston]

Yes, Tim Wakefield has still got it [ESPN Boston]

Sixth sense: Crawford may have found a new lineup home [Full Count]

Closing Time: Red Sox keep rolling over Tigers [Full Count]

Dennis Eckerlsey Says Teams Take Major Risk by Putting Franchise Players at Catcher [NESN.com]

Red Sox Getting Contributions From Up and Down Lineup in Recent Offensive Outburst [NESN.com]

Jacoby Ellsbury, Carl Crawford Starting to Thrive in Respective Spots in Red Sox Batting Order [NESN.com]

Which Red Sox Single-Season Offensive Record Will Never Be Broken? [NESN.com]

Red Sox Clinch Another Pennant in 1916, Odd Fellows Host Religious Service at Fenway Park [NESN.com]

Offense backs another solid outing by Wakefield [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Lackey to rehab in Pawtucket on Tuesday [Providence Journal]

Drew on the mend, hopes for Saturday return [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.

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UConn Women’s Basketball links

3-Point Line Moved Back As Rules Changes Are Approved [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

UConn Football links

Adelson joins Big East blog [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Realistic expectations for Big East teams [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

Friday Big East mailbag [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

A fond farewell to the Big East blog [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

Other UConn related links

Connecticut Returns To BIG EAST Semifinals With 9-3 Win Against Notre Dame [BigEast.org]

BIG EAST Baseball Championship Semifinal Preview [BigEast.org]

Baseball. Huskies Eliminate Notre Dame with 9-3 Win [UConnHuskies.com]

For the fourth straight year on Memorial Day, July 4th and 9/11, all 30 teams across MLB will be wearing special Stars & Stripes caps. The proceeds of all sales of the caps will go towards the Welcome Home Veterans fund.

Below, you will find the cap the Red Sox will wear on Monday night against the Chicago White Sox.

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After putting up 14 runs in the consecutive games, the Boston Red Sox look to do it again tonight in game two of a four-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

Tonight’s game is scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. and will be televised in the Red Sox television market on NESN. If you live in the Tigers television market, you can catch the game on FOX Sports Detroit.  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 makes his 13th appearance (fourth start) for the white-hot Red Sox. In his previous 12 appearances (three starts), Wake is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA. He didn’t face the Tigers earlier this season and had no record with a 9.00 ERA (2 ER/2 IP) in one appearance against the Tigers in 2010. He’s made 36 career appearances (23 starts) against the Tigers in his career and is 16-10 with a 4.25 ERA. In 16 games (11 starts) in the Motor City, Wake is 6-5 with a 4.93 ERA. More specifically, he’s made 11 appearances (seven starts) at Comerica Park and is 4-3 with a 4.19 ERA.

Rick Porcello will make his ninth start of 2011 for Jim Leyland’s Tigers squad. In his eight previous starts, Porcello is 4-2 with a 3.08 ERA. He didn’t face the Red Sox earlier in the season either and the last time he faced them was in 2009 when Youk charged the mound after being hit by Porcello. He’s made two career starts against the Red Sox and is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA (4 ER/5.1 IP).

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Here are tonight’s lineups:

28-22		25-24
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Austin Jackson	CF
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Ramon Santiago	2B
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Ryan Raburn	LF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Miguel Cabrera	DH
5. David Ortiz	DH	5. Victor Martinez	1B
6. Carl Crawford	LF	6. Jhonny Peralta	SS
7. Jed Lowrie	SS	7. Alex Avila	C
8. Josh Reddick	RF	8. Casper Wells	RF
9. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	9. Brandon Inge	3B
Tim Wakefield	SP	Rick Porcello	SP

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Depth charge: Red Sox run sustained by unlikely contributors [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Pregame notes: Lackey, Drew updates; Crawford is still No. 6 [Clubhouse Insider]

Saltalamacchia finds comfort zone [CSNNE.com]

Pregame notes: Lackey makes progress [CSNNE.com]

Dine with Dan-o (and me), for a cause [ESPN Boston]

Tito sees merit in Crawford staying in 6-hole [ESPN Boston]

‘A Genius In Spikes’ [Extra Bases]

Father and son share a baseball memory [Extra Bases]

Lackey, Drew feeling much better [Extra Bases]

Now batting sixth, Carl Crawford [Extra Bases]

Gonzalez, Cabrera reunite as superstars [FoxSports.com]

How Many Home Runs Will Jarrod Saltalamacchia Hit This Season? [NESN.com]

Should Carl Crawford Move Up in Red Sox’ Batting Order? [NESN.com]

Will Adrian Gonzalez Win the Triple Crown in 2011? [NESN.com]

Healthy Brent Dlugach playing catch-up [Projo Sox Blog]

Buckner wins first game as Brockton Rox manager [Projo Sox Blog]

Lackey in line for Tuesday in Pawtucket [Projo Sox Blog]

Felix Doubront to rejoin PawSox rotation Monday [Projo Sox Blog]

Drew hopes to be ready for weekend [Projo Sox Blog]

Francona, Saltalamacchia see collisions as part of the game [Projo Sox Blog]

Red Sox hope to keep hitting behind Wakefield [RedSox.com]

Photo credits: Getty Images, AP Photo

Don’t look now but it appears the Boston Red Sox are finally looking like the team general manager Theo Epstein envisioned before the start of the 2011 season.

After putting up two touchdowns in a 14-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday afternoon, the Red Sox did the same thing in a 14-1 rain-shortened win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon. Obviously the offense got the job done but the Red Sox also got another strong performance from Alfredo Aceves.

Aceves was the starter in last Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs only to watch Matt Albers have a rare 2011 meltdown. But luckily for Aceves, the offense made sure that wouldn’t happen on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Red Sox put up seven runs in the first inning. They did it a little differently on Thursday putting up five runs in the second and two more in the third. They added single runs in the sixth and seventh and finished it off with five more in the eighth before the rains came.

Tigers starter Max Scherzer had been brilliant all season long. He came into the game with a 6-1 record with a 2.98 ERA and was 3-0 with 0.77 ERA at Comerica Park in six starts. When all was said and done, he left the game after two plus innings after allowing seven runs on seven hits and two walks plus a strikeout. And his record stood at 6-2 with ERA jumping almost a full run to 3.86.

The big blow to Scherzer came in the second inning when Jacoby Ellsbury went deep for a 3-run homer to push the lead to 5-0. The Red Sox had scored two earlier runs after a David Ortiz single, Carl Crawford single, Drew Sutton RBI double and a Josh Reddick RBI single. They ended up chasing Scherzer from the game in the third after a Kevin Youkilis single, a walk to Big Papi and a 2-run triple by Crawford.

Speaking of Crawford, he continues to tear it up in May. After a four-hit game on Wednesday against the Indians, he followed it up with another four hits. He had hits in six straight at-bats (four Wednesday, two Thursday) before finally being retired in the fifth by Tigers reliever Adam Wilk, who happened to be making his MLB debut yesterday. He added two more hits in his final two ABs of the afternoon, including his second triple of the day and watched his average climb all the way up to .244. Considering where he started the season, .244 isn’t as bad as it may sound for someone making over $20 million a year.

Every member of the starting nine for the Red Sox had a hit.

Reddick, who was called up to replace Darnell McDonald who was placed on the DL with a sore quad before the game, had three hits and three RBIs in his 2011 Red Sox debut. Sutton was in for Jed Lowrie, who got the day off, and added two hits and two RBIs. Big Papi also had two hits while Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Gonzalez and Jason Varitek each added one. Pedroia and Gonzalez also added RBIs.

Right now things are clicking on all cylinders for the Red Sox. I’m not sure I’d want to be facing them right now. They seem to be a bit more aggressive at the plate, not taking as many pitches as normal. But they are capitalizing on it right now and making the opposing teams pay for it.

Oh, and more thing. The Red Sox now find themselves in a tie for first place with the New York Yankees. Considering the awful start to the 2011 season, can you believe it?

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Red-hot Crawford sparks another rout [Boston Globe]

Aceves continues to impress [Boston Globe]

Sox finally have hit on the right formula [Boston Globe]

Hazelbaker, Lin take one step up [Boston Globe]

Alfredo Aceves spins another quality start [Boston Herald]

Red Sox ride red-hot bats to top spot in AL East [Boston Herald]

Carl Crawford’s surge real three-for-all [Boston Herald]

Another stop for Josh Reddick [Boston Herald]

Red Sox coast to blowout win [CSNNE.com]

Crawford finally getting comfortable at the plate [CSNNE.com]

Notes: Aceves strong in second start [CSNNE.com]

Rapid reaction: Red Sox 14, Tigers 1 [ESPN Boston]

Video: BBTN on streaking Crawford [ESPN Boston]

39 days later, the Red Sox have recovered [Extra Bases]

Closing Time: Red Sox put up two touchdowns for second straight game [Full Count]

Miguel Cabrera Reflects on Early Baseball Days With Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett [NESN.com]

Josh Reddick Bringing Refined Approach, Added Knowledge As He Joins Red Sox for First Time in 2011 [NESN.com]

‘Pennies for Elephants,’ World Series Title for ‘Miracle Braves’ Steal Show at Fenway Park in 1914 [NESN.com]

Alfredo Aceves States Case to Remain in Red Sox Rotation Going Forward With Strong Outing in Detroit [NESN.com]

Terry Francona Francona Praises Team’s Aggressiveness in Second Rout in as Many Days [NESN.com]

Sox unleash another slugfest [Providence Journal]

Landing Aceves best ‘accident’ Sox have had [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Carl Crawford 2.0 just as impressive [Providence Journal]

Lowrie gets rare day off for Red Sox [RedSox.com]

Jenks to rehab in Pawtucket [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.

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McGarry to Visit UConn This Weekend [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Jim Calhoun Appears In Bloomfield To Promote Charity Event [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

NBC Connecticut Jim Calhoun Ride/Walk for UConn Cancer Center on June 11 [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn Coach Jim Calhoun Stays Busy, Promotes Fundraising Bike/Run Event [Hartford Courant]

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Which Big East helmet is the best? [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

Building a Big East super team [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

Phil Steele’s 2011 Preseason All-Big East Team [PhilSteele.com]

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Baseball: Seton Hall Stuns Top-Seeded Connecticut In 12 Innings To Reach BIG EAST Semifinals [BigEast.org]

Baseball: Q&A with George Springer and Matt Barnes [SoxProspects.com]

Baseball. Huskies Edged by Seton Hall 4-3 in 12 Innings [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Lacrosse. Lapham Named IWLCA First Team All-Region [UConnHuskies.com]