4/7 @ Detroit

[SoxFanForsyth]

Beckett vs Fister?-I-Hardly-Know'er!

Bats are coming alive today.

Win.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Beckett vs Fister?-I-Hardly-Know'er!Bats are coming alive today.

Win.

:lol:

[iortiz]

Beckett vs Fister? We should win this anyday but the thumb will tell.

[Pedroia2]

Lets go boys!! Wake up those bats and Josh bang out those Ks.

[jung]

The Sox do have to break out the bats and Josh does have to break out the K's. Allowing the opposition to make contact will not work out to well for the Sox this year. That by the way is the biggest flaw in the "lets bring on Cook" discussions. Contact exposes the Sox defense for what it is.

Go Josh....Go bats!

[Brown28]

Beckett will be fine, he's pissed about everyone always talking about the beer and chicken shit instead of his 2.86 ERA last year. A pissed off Beckett is my favorite Beckett and Im willing to bet money he has a nice day tomorrow.

[mvp 78]

Waiting to see if Youk can break out of this 12 month funk.

Go Sox!

[BornToRun]

Beckett will be fine, he's pissed about everyone always talking about the beer and chicken shit instead of his 2.86 ERA last year. A pissed off Beckett is my favorite Beckett and Im willing to bet money he has a nice day tomorrow.

Pissed off Beckett resulted in 8 innings, 10 K's, and 2 hits vs the skanks on Sunday night last year as a jumping off point to the second best year of his career. He'll show up to pitch.

[Palodios]

Pissed off Beckett resulted in 8 innings, 10 K's, and 2 hits vs the skanks on Sunday night last year as a jumping off point to the second best year of his career. He'll show up to pitch.

Remember when he was pissed off in 2010, hit about five Yankee players, and had one of the worst games of his career, to start the worst season of his career? I'm not convinced.

[boston22407]

Lets Go Redsox!

[Flynnatic10]

Fister?-I-Hardly-Know'er!

I see what you did there. :lol:

[VA Sox Fan]

Game 2: Red Sox at Tigers

Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff April 7, 2012 11:40 AM

Here are the lineups:

RED SOX (0-1)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
David Ortiz DH
Kevin Youkilis 3B
Ryan Sweeney RF
Cody Ross LF
Jarrod Saltalamachia C
Mike Aviles SS
Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett (13-7, 2.89 in 2011)

TIGERS (1-0)
Austin Jackson CF
Brennan Boesch RF
Miguel Cabrera 3B
Prince Fielder 1B
Delmon Young LF
Alex Avila C
Jhonny Peralta SS
Andy Dirks DH
Ryan Raburn 2B
Pitching: RHP Doug Fister (11-13, 2.83 in 2011)

Game time: 4:05 p.m.

TV/Radio: FOX / WEEI

Umpires: HP-Bill MIller, 1B-Dan Iassonga, 2B-CB Bucknor, 3B-Dale Scott.

Song of the Day: "It Takes Two" by Marvin Gaye.

Notes: Beckett is 3-2 with a 2.50 ERA in six career starts against Detroit, 2-1, 1.31 in three starts at Comerica Park. ... Beckett allowed two earned runs in 19 innings during spring training (major league games games only). ... Ortiz has gone 72 at-bats without hitting a homer. ... Saltalamacchia is 1 for 13 against Detroit in his career. ... Fister was 8-1, 1.79 in 11 games for Detroit last season after being obtained from Seattle. He is 1-2, 3.33 in four career starts against the Red Sox.

Tigers vs. Beckett: Jackson 1-4, Boesch 1-6, Cabrera 1-11, Fielder 1-3, Young 5-14, Dirks 1-5, Peralta 4-20, Avila 2-6, Santiago 1-6.

Red Sox vs. Fister: Ellsbury 1-3, Pedroia 0-2, Gonzalez 1-3, Ortiz 2-11, Youkilis 2-5, Ross 0-0, Salty 1-2, Sweeney 2-7, Aviles 0-0.

[iortiz]

VA, do you select the song of the day or do you take it from somewhere else?

[VA Sox Fan]

VA, do you select the song of the day or do you take it from somewhere else?

I cut and paste it from The Boston Globe. It was posted by Peter Abraham.

[VA Sox Fan]

VA, do you select the song of the day or do you take it from somewhere else?

I just edited my post for clarification.