The Sox are deadly at home, and Baltimore just looks like they want this season to end. Tonight we will see Paul Byrd take on Jason Berken. This could be a really high scoring game, since Byrd basically throws batting practice pitches, and Berken is 4-11 with an ERA over 6.
After a great 1st start in which Byrd went 6 scoreless inning, he quickly came back to Earth letting up 7 runs over just 2 1/3 innings last time out. I don't think the Sox are going to get much from Byrd, but they need him to eat some innings at least until they get Dice-K back (and maybe even the rest of the season if Wakefield can battle his way back).
The good news for the Sox is that Baltimore is just 4-21 in AL East road games, and have only won 2 games against the Sox all year. You add that to the fact that Berken is terrible, and you would expect the Sox to come out with a win tonight...
***UPDATE***
Victor Martinez is out of the lineup to start tonight, with Jason Varitek behind the plate and J.D. Drew sliding into Martinez's spot in the No. 3 hole. Here is a look at the rest of the lineup....
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. J.D. Drew, RF
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
Game starts at 7:10 on NESN.
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