After their last trip to Camden Yards found themselves being swept by the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox look to return the favor this afternoon.

This afternoon’s game will start at 1:35 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game will be shown on MASN in the Orioles television market. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

John Lackey looks to continue the strong starting pitching that Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester have delivered in this series in his 12th start of the season. In his previous 11 starts, Lackey is 6-3 with a 4.95 ERA. He’s made two starts against the Orioles in 2010 and is 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA. He’s made 14 starts against the Orioles in his career and is 9-3 with a 3.17 ERA. In eight starts at Camden Yards, he is 4-3 with a 3.58 ERA.

Brian Matusz has struggled in his rookie campaign for the O’s this season. He’s made 11 starts and is 2-6 with a 5.28 ERA. He’s made only career start against the Red Sox and that came back on April 24th of this season. In that game, he took a no decision after allowing three earned runs in six innings.

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

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

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Trade Clay Buchholz!?!?!?!? [Batter-up with Bruno]

Pregame notes: Cameron brings sexy back [Clubhouse Insider]

Early Sox Notes: Cameron starting in center for Sox [CSN New England]

Cameron returns to the lineup [ESPN Boston]

Bonser to join Sox [ESPN Boston]

Historic starting lineup? [ESPN Boston]

News and notes from Baltimore: Cameron back in the lineup [Extra Bases]

Bonser throws 95 mph in relief appearance [Full Count]

Cameron gets another chance [Full Count]

Mike Cameron brings his ‘sexiness and color’ back to the Sox lineup [Projo Sox Blog]

Boof Bonser completes rehab assignment, activation could be coming soon [Projo Sox Blog]

The last time the Boston Red Sox were at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles swept them under the leadership of Dave Trembley. Now with Captain Kirk out and Juan Samuel at the helm for the Orioles, the Red Sox were hoping to return the favor.

The Red Sox had the right pitcher on the mound in Jon Lester, who had ten wins in 13 starts with no losses against the O’s in his career. And for the better part of last night’s 8-2 win, Lester found himself in a pitcher’s duel with Jeremy Guthrie.

But it would Guthrie who would crack first as the Kevin Youkilis continued his reign of terror on American League pitchers blasting a solo shot. The Red Sox would add another run in the 8th off of Guthrie and then six runs in the 9th off of the hapless O’s bullpen.

Lester was on his game as he had complete control and command of the strike zone. The telling moment though came in the 7th inning when Lester began to tire and walked three straight Orioles hitters. They would be the only walks Lester would issue in the game. And when he left the game, he gave the dugout seats a little pounding before settling down to watch Daniel Bard try and help him out of the jam.

Bard, who’s been the most used and most consistent reliever out of the bullpen this season for the Red Sox, found himself in a pressing situation of bases loaded with out against the worst team in all of MLB. But Bard did his job as he got pinch-hitter Luke Scott to fly out to short center and got Corey Patterson to foul out to Youk at third. One of the first people to greet Bard when he got back to the dugout was Lester, who looked to breath a sigh of relief.

Lester had some kind words to say about the job Bard did last night:

“He’s great. He bailed me out. He’s done that all year for us,” Lester said. “Hopefully he can continue to do it. Obviously you see what he brings to the table every night he pitches. He’s done great and you can’t speak highly enough about what he’s done out of the bullpen for us.”

Lester and Clay Buchholz have been the anchors of the Red Sox pitching rotation and their resurgence in the AL East. They’ve narrowed a big gap down to 3½ games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first place and just a 1½ games behind the New York Yankees in second place.

Hopefully a sweep is in there future in just a short while at Camden Yards.

We’ll be back very shortly with today’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, any news and links that may become available but for now enjoy the overnight links.

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A Bard’s answers to the makeup questions [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Lester, Red Sox still not in a giving mood [Boston Globe]

Reddick is recalled to fill in for Hermida [Boston Globe]

After early doubts, the race is on [Boston Globe]

Recap: Red Sox 8, Orioles 2 [Boston Herald]

Mike Lowell left without a role [Boston Herald]

Ga. Tech? Try Ga. Tek [Boston Herald]

Scott Boras keeps beat with Sox quintet [Boston Herald]

Daniel Bard’s all set in bullpen [Boston Herald]

Lester continues his O’s domination in win [CSN New England]

Lester continues to produce [ESPN Boston]

About that dugout spat between Beltre and Martinez… [Full Count] (video)

Closing Time: Red Sox 8, Orioles 2 [Full Count]

Students at Joyce Kilmer School Rewarded With Clay Buchholz Visit [NESN.com]

Kevin Youkilis Praises Jon Lester’s 11th Straight Win Over Orioles [NESN.com]

How Many Red Sox Should Make the AL All-Star Team? [NESN.com]

Lester outduels Guthrie, Sox bats show up late [Providence Journal]

For Reddick, it’s about more than the numbers [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Hermida just sore, no broken ribs [Providence Journal]

Celts-Lakers rivalry great, but it takes back seat to Sox-Yanks [Providence Journal]

Reddick called up, returns to city of debut [RedSox.com]

Beltre OK, but rests after collision [RedSox.com]

Hermida’s CT scan shows no injury [RedSox.com]

Lester improves record vs. O’s to 11-0 [RedSox.com]

Kelly records first Double-A win [RedSox.com]

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

And if you must read the enemy paper, head over to the Baltimore Sun website. Or you can check out our Bloguin brother, the Oriole Post.

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UConn Football links

UConn’s Reyes Beefing Up, Staying Lean [Hartford Courant]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Idol Thoughts From Geno [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Baseball: Huskies Down Central Connecticut 25-5 to Stay Alive in NCAA Play [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn rolls over Central [Hartford Courant]

Draft can’t be a distraction [Hartford Courant]

Huskies blast Devils, ends CCSU’s dream season [New Britain Herald]

UConn erupts, ousts CCSU [New Haven Register]

Olt leads the pack for UConn draft prospects [New Haven Register]

UConn demolishes Central Connecticut [Norwich Bulletin]

UConn rips CCSU in elimination game [The Day]

Norwich Regional Game Report: UConn vs CCSU [The College Baseball Blog]

Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles 7:05 p.m Oriole Park at Camden Yards SP: Jon Lester vs Jeremy Guthrie TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 6/5 [SOX & Dawgs]

After Clay Buchholz dominated the Baltimore Orioles last night, the Boston Red Sox will hope for more of the same in game two-of-three at Camden Yards.

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

Coming off of being named AL Pitcher of the Month for May, Jon Lester looks to keep rolling in his 12th start of 2010. In his previous 11 starts, he is 6-2 with a 2.97 ERA. Lester has owned the Orioles over his career as he is 10-0 with a 2.22 ERA. In his one start this season back on April 23rd, he took a no decision after allowing no runs in 5 2/3 innings. In six starts at Camden Yards, Lester is 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA.

In 11 starts this season for the Orioles,  Jeremy Guthrie is 3-5 with a 3.86 ERA. He hasn’t had much success against the Red Sox in his career as he is 1-5 with a 4.73 in 12 starts. Five of those 12 starts have been quality starts.

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

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

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Video: Adrian Beltre Doesn’t Like His Head Rubbed [SOX & Dawgs]

Video: DO & RemDawg Asked Out by Two Single Ladies [SOX & Dawgs]

Reddick up, Youk to 3B, Beltre/Hermida out … and where’s Lowell? [Clubhouse Insider]

Updates on Hermida, Beltre [Clubhouse Insider]

Red Sox Early Notes: Reddick called up from PawSox [CSN New England]

Hermida a little banged up after collision [ESPN Boston]

Beltre forced to take night off [ESPN Boston]

Sox call up Reddick and send Hermida for tests on sore ribs [Extra Bases]

Repeat Performance for MVP [Hit and Run with Dan Roche]

Clay Buchholz Moving Up American League Leaderboard in Wins [NESN.com]

The Subject of YouTube Raps, David Ortiz Slugs Back to Prominence [NESN.com]

Ryan Kalish Stays Hot, Earns Promotion to Triple-A Pawtucket [NESN.com]

With Jeremy Hermida hurting himself in a collision with Adrian Beltre last night, the Boston Red Sox are a little short on outfielders right now. And with Hermida out of the lineup on Saturday, the Red Sox have called up Josh Reddick from Triple-A Pawtucket. Reddick is in the starting lineup in center field.

To make room on the roster for Reddick, the Red Sox have optioned reliever Scott Atchison to Pawtucket.

This will be the second stint for Reddick with the Red Sox this season. In his brief three-game callup in late April, Reddick hit .167 (1-for-6) with two RBIs. In 30 big league games, Reddick is hitting .169 with two home runs and four RBIs.

In 48 games with the PawSox this season, Reddick was hitting .191 with six home runs and 26 RBIs.

Young Clay Buchholz continues to grow up and mature in front of the Boston Red Sox and all of Red Sox Nation as last night he dominated the Baltimore Orioles in an 11-0 win.

Sure the offense behind Kevin Youkilis and Adrian Beltre, who both hit home runs, gave Buchholz the run support he needed. But it probably wouldn’t have mattered as he needed just 101 pitches in a complete game effort. The win for Buchholz was his 8th of the season, a mark that ties him with Tampa Bay Rays young lefty David Price for most in the American League.

Buchholz has come full circle in just a short time. He’s gone from a young, immature pitcher who threw a no-hitter in just his second MLB start, against the Orioles, to a still relatively young more pitcher who’s been the most consistent Red Sox best pitcher all season long.

Last year after being sent back to the minor leagues, he went down there and dominated. And around this time last year, he asked either to be traded or given a shot in the Red Sox rotation. Eventually that chance came and he’s never looked back.

He came into this season as one of six starters in spring training and he might have thought here we go again. But instead, he left Ft. Myers penciled in as the fifth starter with Daisuke Matsuzaka starting the season on the disabled list. And when Dice-K came back from the disabled list, he was the starter holding the Red Sox together and retained his rotation spot.

Like he’s been doing all season long, Buchholz was dominant against the Orioles last night. He mixed in all of his pitches and had great command of them all. He was very efficient as he had two six pitch innings and when he did get in trouble, he continued to execute his pitches and let his defense do the work.

The Red Sox have showed their faith in young Clay and he’s rewarded them very nicely. As Buchholz continues to mature as pitcher, his future only gets brighter.

We’ll be back later with tonight’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, news and links from the day but for now enjoy the overnight links after the jump.

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Going, going, Gonzo? Why Adrian Gonzalez is unlikey to land with Sox [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

For Buchholz, dominance now comes easily [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Buchholz isn’t lacking [Boston Globe]

Youkilis among game’s best? Completely [Boston Globe]

Hermida injured in collision [Boston Globe]

Recap: Red Sox 11, Orioles 0 [Boston Herald]

Worth a million Buchs [Boston Herald]

Joe Nelson, Rasheed Wallace go back [Boston Herald]

Deja vu by ouch-fielders [Boston Herald]

Buchholz and Sox’ bats slam the O’s [CSN New England]

Cameron feeling significantly better [ESPN Boston]

Despite neck injury, Scutaro producing [ESPN Boston]

Another all-out collision for Red Sox [ESPN Boston]

No no-no, but Buchholz was complete [ESPN Boston]

Closing Time: Red Sox 11, Orioles 0 [Full Count]

Collision (The Sequel): Beltre claims another teammate [Full Count]

Clay Buchholz Defers Praise to Offense After Fifth Straight Win [NESN.com]

Jon Lester Keeps Red Sox Rolling, Earns Amica Pitcher of the Week Honors [NESN.com]

Can Anyone Save the Orioles? [NESN.com]

Buchholz bedazzles Baltimore [Providence Journal]

Francona can identify with fired O’s manager Trembley [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Cameron getting closer to the field [Providence Journal]

Francona talks with Trembley after dismissal [RedSox.com]

Versatile Hall penciled in lineup for opener [RedSox.com]

Cameron making his way back [RedSox.com]

Hermida, Beltre OK following collision [RedSox.com]

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

And if you must read the enemy paper, head over to the Baltimore Sun website. Or you can check out our Bloguin brother, the Oriole Post.