Boston Red Sox (44-32) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (39-37)
1:35 at PNC Park
Andrew Miller (0-0, 4.76) vs. Jeff Karstens (5-4, 4.86)
Lineups:
| Red Sox Lineup: 1. Jacoby Ellsbury CF 2. Dustin Pedroia 2B 3. Adrian Gonzalez 1B 4. Kevin Youkilis 3B 5. J.D. Drew RF 6. Jarrod SaltalamacchiaC 7. Josh Reddick LF 8. Marco Scutaro SS 9. Andrew Miller SP |
Pirates Lineup: 1. Jose Tabata LF 2. Chase d'Arnaud 3B 3. Andrew McCutchen CF 4. Neil Walker 2B 5. Matt Diaz RF 6. Lyle Overbay 1B 7. Ronny Cedeno SS 8. Eric Fryer C 9. James McDonald SP |
- Matt Diaz is in the starting lineup, and has hit .308/.357/.333 this month, not as bad as you thought eh?
- Eric Fryer will make his first big league start today after being called up from Indianapolis yesterday. Fryer was in A+ Bradenton just last year. He has a career triple slash line of .287/.376/.438 in his minor league career, and has hit 15 home runs in his last 2 years (107 games) in the system.
- James McDonald has been throwing a lot of pitches recently and hasn't been going deep into games. Last start he threw 104 pitches in 4.2 innings and in his start before that he threw 109 pitches and went only 5.2 innings. He gave up 3 earned runs in both of those starts and the Pirates won both games. Control has been an issue as well, McDonald has walked 16 batters in his last 4 starts (20.1 innings).
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