It's looking more and more likely that the Red Sox and Angels will meet in the AL division series for the 3rd straight year. Boston has rattled off 6 wins in a row, while the Angels have lost 2 straight. Tonight we will see Paul Byrd take the hill against Joe Saunders.
We kind of seen everything from Byrd. He has given the Sox a good game, a bad game, and the last one was right in the middle. Byrd tossed 6 shutout innings in an Aug. 30 win over Toronto, then was tagged for 7 runs in just 2 1/3 innings of a Sept. 4 loss at Chicago. He didn't get a decision last Wednesday after allowing 2 runs in 5 innings of Boston's 7-5 win over Baltimore. In short there is no way of knowing what we will see from him tonight.
Joe Saunders has been much better of late allowing only 3 runs in his last 19 1/3 innings (3 starts), but has struggled at time at Fenway Park. There is no word yet if the Sox will have V-Mart and/or Youk in the lineup tonight, but if you check in around 4pm we should have the starting lineups...
***UPDATE***
Victor Martinez (personal matter) and Kevin Youkilis (back spasms) are again out the Red Sox lineup tonight. Here is a look at the rest of the lineup...
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Jason Bay, LF
4. Mike Lowell, 3B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Rocco Baldelli, RF
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Casey Kotchman, 1B
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
Game starts 7:10 on ESPN.
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