It wasn’t a good night for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Saturday night.

First, they lost 3-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays in the completion of the suspended game from Friday night. Then in the second game, the Rays got four first innings runs against Clay Buchholz and held off the Red Sox for a 6-5 win in front of 37,022 fans at a cold, wet Fens.

With the two losses, it’s now three straight losses for the Red Sox as they fall to 4-7. The Rays move to 8-3 and into a first place tie with the New York Yankees.

In the grand scheme of things, Buchholz wasn’t all that bad. It could have been a totally different game for him had Mike Cameron not dropped a routine fly ball in the 1st that allowed Carlos Peña to reach and Evan Longoria to score. After that, Buchholz appeared to lose his focus as he walked B.J. Upton and then gave up a bases clearing double to Pat Burrell.

He settled down after that as he only gave up a double and walk in his final four innings of work. All in all, Buchholz went five innings, allowing four runs (all unearned) on three hits and four walks with seven strikeouts.

Scott Atchison allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits with two strikeouts over two innings of work while Ramon Ramirez struck out two in his two innings of work.

The Red Sox did have three home runs in the game as Marco Scutaro, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis all went deep. Both Pedroia’s and Youk’s home runs were of the two-run varitey while Scutaro’s was a solo blast.

Pedroia had two hits as did Scutaro, Victor Martinez and Mike Lowell.

Scutaro’s home run in the 5th got the Red Sox on the board but a John Jaso ground rule RBI double in the 6th and Longoria bomb in the 7th pushed the Rays lead to 6-1.

Both Pedroia and Youk had their two-run blasts in the 7th to cut the Rays lead to one but they couldn’t push anything across in the 8th and 9th against Dan Wheeler and Rafael Soriano, who picked up saves in both games.

Jon Lester will look to get the Red Sox back in the win column as he’ll square off against Matt Garza. The game is scheduled to start at 1:35 p.m. and will be shown in the Red Sox television market on NESN. It will also be available to the rest of the country on TBS.

Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox 4.16.10 (suspended game) box score

Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox 4.17.10 box score

Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox 7:10 p.m Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Wade Davis vs Josh Beckett TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Early Evening Red Sox Delight – 4/16 [SOX & Dawgs]

Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox 30-45 mins after suspended game Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: James Shields vs Clay Buchholz TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 4/17 [SOX & Dawgs]

As everyone knows by now, Texy over at Center Field is no longer doing gameday threads. Since I was a frequent visitor to there and know how much everyone enjoyed them, I decided to host them this year.

So for those who haven’t been here before, welcome. For those, who have, welcome back!! I hope you enjoy my new home here at Bloguin.

The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays were suspended last night with the score tied 1-1 and the Red Sox coming to bat in the 9th. They will resume play tonight.

Tonight’s suspended game will start at 7:10 p.m. with the regularly scheduled game to start 30-45 minutes at the conclusion of the suspended game. It will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game will be broadcast 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.

Clay Buchholz will start the regularly scheduled game for the Red Sox. He allowed two runs in five innings against the Royals in his first start to pick up the win. He made two starts against the Rays in 2009 and was 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA (4 ER/13 IP). He’s made four career starts against the Rays and is 2-1 with a 2.39 ERA.

James Shields will start the regularly scheduled game for the Rays. He has no record in two starts this season with a 3.97 ERA. He made four starts against the Red Sox in 2009 going 1-3 with a 5.47 ERA. Shields has made 12 career starts against the Red Sox and is 3-7 with a 5.32 ERA. He is winless at Fenway Park in eight starts (0-6) with an 8.04 ERA.

Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.

These are the lineups from the suspended game. The lineups for the regularly scheduled game tonight will be posted once they are available.

Here’s how the hitters have fared against tonight’s regularly scheduled starting pitchers in their careers:

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Baby Papelbon born [Clubhouse Insider]

Ellsbury, Cameron updates [Clubhouse Insider]

Aerosmith/Geils sells out Fenway [Extra Bases]

A closer look at all those stolen bases [Extra Bases]

Meanwhile, back at the game … [Extra Bases]

Papa Pap may pull double duty tonight [Extra Bases]

Ellsbury update: improvement today [Extra Bases]

It’s a boy! Gunner Robert Papelbon [Extra Bases]

Embree’s opt-out now April 30 [Full Count]

Red Sox pre-game notes [Full Count]

Papelbon unavailable [Full Count]

Alan Embree Extends Deadline to Join Boston to April 30 [NESN.com]

A trade for a catcher? [Projo Sox Blog]

Red Sox have a labor issue [Projo Sox Blog]

Cameron is back, Ellsbury getting closer [Projo Sox Blog]

Ellsbury throws, swings, still optimistic [Projo Sox Blog]

It’s a boy for Papelbons [Projo Sox Blog]

Shields looks for first Fenway win vs. Buchholz [RedSox.com]

By the looks of the above picture, you would think Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was pissed about the game on Friday night being suspended. Instead he was just reacting after being called out at first base on a close play in the 5th inning.

That’s right folks, the game against the Tampa Bay Rays was suspended with the score tied 1-1 and the Red Sox coming to bat in the bottom of the 9th. The game will be resumed on Saturday night at 7:10 p.m. with the regularly scheduled game starting 30 minutes after the completion of the suspended one.

It feels weird to be talking about a game that hasn’t ended yet but we must move forward as much as we can.

Josh Beckett started this one for the Red Sox and was stellar on the mound. He had a great command of all his pitches and his offspeed stuff was nasty. Ironically enough, this was Beckett’s second straight start with Jason Varitek at catcher and his second good start in a row.

Given the fact that Tek hit a solo home run at the plate, you have to wonder if this combo will work together for the season. It makes sense as there is just no way Victor Martinez can catch every day. You can still work VMart into the lineup though when Tek’s in there.

With David Ortiz continuing to struggle (he has a double so far in the game), you can always put VMart at DH. Or if Adrian Beltre needs a day off, you move Youk to third and have VMart play first.

With the way Beckett was dominating, he probably should have won this game. But an error by Marco Scutaro and a miscue by Beltre led to the Rays only run.

After Beckett retired the first two batters of the third, Carl Crawford reached on the error by Scutaro. Crawford then stole second base and came home an infield single by Ben Zobrist that Beltre apparently lost in the lights. It went off his glove and carromed into short center.

Tek’s home run tied it up in the 5th and the Red Sox had a chance to take the lead in the 6th but Kevin Youkilis was gunned down at home on a Big Papi double. Since there were no outs, it probably would have been wise of third base coach Tim Bogar to hold Youk up but given the circumstances, he tried to score him knowing it would take a perfect relay throw to get him.

Unfortunately it didn’t work out for the Red Sox.

We’ll be back later with the lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day but keep reading for today’s links.

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No major injury for Bonser [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Five Things We (Unofficially) Learned: Beckett remains at home [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Suspension called as Sox, Rays can’t weather storm [Boston Globe]

Kidney stone is the culprit [Boston Globe]

Tagged with first bad decision [Boston Globe]

Waiting game [Boston Globe]

Josh Beckett super in soaker [Boston Herald]

Tim Bogar gets called out [Boston Herald]

Terry Francona on Jason Varitek: It’s personnel, not personal [Boston Herald]

Painful pass scratches Mike Cameron [Boston Herald]

Quick hits: 1-1, to be continued [ESPN Boston]

Francona: ‘Weird’ to be tied [ESPN Boston]

Gammons on Big Show: Sox might need changes behind the plate [Full Count]

(Not Quite) Closing Time: Red Sox 1, Rays 1 [Full Count]

Bogar: Few regrets in sending Youkilis [Full Count]

Is Clay Buchholz Ready for a Breakout Season? [NESN.com]

Beckett shines as Sox and Rays knotted at 1; game resumes Saturday [Providence Journal]

Sox take a gamble and play Hall in center [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Dice-K bound for Boston after one more PawSox start [Providence Journal]

Dice-K to make final rehab start [RedSox.com]

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

And if you must see what the enemy papers are saying, head over to the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times websites.

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UConn Football links

Mailbag: April 17: What’s Keeping Hathaway From Paying Assts.? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Meet The Spring Game Honorary Coaches: Alfred Fincher [UConnHuskies.com]

2010 BIG EAST Draft War Room: BIGEAST.org Breaks Down the Conference’s Best NFL Prospects [BigEast.org]

UConn Football looking for someone to steal the show [CT Post]

Easley believes he’s more than one-year wonder [CT Post]

Experienced UConn Ready For Blue-White Game [Hartford Courant]

Ex-Husky Taylor Has The Final Word [Hartford Courant]

Eyes on QBs at UConn spring game [New Haven Register]

UConn’s Blue-White spring game set for today [The Day]

No need for extra seating at Rentschler [The Republican-American]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Kalana impressing; Kara ailing [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Fundraising For Sunday’s Parade A Success [UConnHuskies.com]

Five Women’s Basketball Players Earn Full Court Press All-America Honors [BigEast.org]

Greene gets chance to play with U.S. team [New Haven Register]

Other UConn related links

Softball: Huskies Fall 12-0 To No. 21/22 UMass [UConnHuskies.com]

Women’s Lacrosse: Christopher Leads Huskies’ Lacrosse Over Villanova on Friday Night [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball: Nemeth’s Sac Fly Scores Game-Winning Run to Edge Hoyas 9-8 [UConnHuskies.com]

The game from Friday, April 16th between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox has been suspended after a rain delay of one hour and three minutes.

The game was tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the 9th with the Red Sox coming to bat.

It will resume on Saturday night at 7:10 p.m.. The regularly scheduled game for Saturday night will begin approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the suspended game.

If you are holding a ticket for Saturday’s game, you will be able to attend both games as tickets from the suspended game will not be honored.

Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox 7:10 p.m Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Wade Davis vs Josh Beckett TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Early Evening Red Sox Delight – 4/16 [SOX & Dawgs]

After going 3-3 on the past road trip, the Boston Red Sox return home to the friendly confines of Fenway Park to host the Tampa Bay Rays in a four-game set.

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 broadcast 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.

Josh Beckett makes the start for the Red Sox tonight. In two previous starts this season, he is 1-0 with a 6.17 ERA. In five starts against the Rays in 2009, Beckett was 2-1 with a 5.02 ERA. He’s made 15 career starts against the Rays and is 7-4 with a 3.68 ERA.

Wade Davis makes his second career start against the Red Sox for Joe Maddon. In his second career MLB start, the Red Sox got to him for eight runs in just 2 2/3 innings as he took the loss. Ironically enough, that start was also against Beckett.

Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.

Here’s the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers in their careers:

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Cameron passes kidney stone; no DL for Ellsbury (yet) [Clubhouse Insider]

Red Sox notes: Cameron could play Saturday [CSN New England]

Notes: Cameron passes kidney stone; one more rehab start for Dice-K [ESPN Boston]

Ortiz has been bad, but he’s not the worst [Extra Bases]

Pre-game updates from Fenway [Extra Bases]

Outfielder Reddick awaits call to arms [Full Count]

Daisuke: ‘I’m ready to answer that call’ [Full Count]

Red Sox Prospect Josh Reddick Cooling Off in Pawtucket [NESN.com]

J.D. Drew’s Strikeout Rate Becoming Worrisome [NESN.com]

Encouraging news on Cameron and Ellsbury [Projo Sox Blog]

Matsuzaka will make one more PawSox start [Projo Sox Blog]

Drew moved up in attempt to break slump [Projo Sox Blog]

Varitek works with Beckett again [Projo Sox Blog]

Francona commiserating with Mills [RedSox.com]

Painting the Sox, by numbers [Tony Massarotti – Boston Globe]