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Red Sox vs. Devil Rays 7:05 PM EST NESN

 

BOS: RHP Matt Clement (1-1, 9.00 ERA)

Clement will try to forget his last outing when he makes his third start of the season. Last Thursday, the right-hander allowed his fifth career grand slam, and first since 2000, to Vernon Wells in a six-run second inning, and absorbed his first loss of the season. Clement gave up eight hits and seven earned runs in just four-plus innings. Clement's chances for getting back on track are good, as he is 3-0 with a 2.53 ERA lifetime against the Devil Rays.

 

TB: LHP Casey Fossum (0-0, 6.94 ERA)

Fossum fought wildness for his second consecutive outing while getting a no-decision Wednesday night against the Orioles. The left-hander has a 1-2 career record against the Red Sox with a 4.15 ERA. Lifetime at Fenway Park, Fossum is 7-8 with a 4.60 ERA in 43 games. Look for him to show his "Fossum Floater," which he threw twice to get strike one against O's hitters, reaching speeds of 47 and 59 mph.

 

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/2884/clement5rd.jpg vs. http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7618/fossum1at.jpg

 

Clement looks to bounce back

Tampa Bay (7-6) at Boston (9-4), 7:05 p.m. ET

By Mike Petraglia / Special to MLB.com

 

Fresh from their first walk-off win of 2006, the Red Sox open a three-game series with Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. The series will conclude Boston's first homestand of the season.

After Monday's dramatic 7-6 win, Boston is now 4-3 this season at Fenway and improved to 5-0 in one-run games.

 

While Manny Ramirez has yet to record an extra-base hit this season, he is showing signs of heating up, delivering two line drive singles off the Green Monster on Monday and helping Boston's 3-4-5 hitters of David Ortiz, Ramirez and Trot Nixon hit a combined 7-for-12 in the victory.

 

"It ends up being a great day," Sox manager Terry Francona said. "You're one pitch away from saying, 'Well, we battled and we kept coming back' ... But we did some good things. Manny swung the bat, and I said before the game that when he started hitting, he'd hit doubles but you have to take the wall into account. He hit two lasers. That's a good sign."

 

Boston was 13-6 last year against Tampa Bay, the most wins against any opponent. The Devil Rays have started well this season, winning seven of their first 13 games under first-year skipper Joe Maddon.

 

Player to watch

David Ortiz now has five homers throught the first seven games of the homestand. His two homers Monday helped him snap out of a 1-for-11 skid in which he had been held without a extra-base hit or RBI in the first three games of the Mariners series.

 

 

Go Sox!

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yea its a good first thread. Just place some bold on the title/headline, and all set really

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The return of old friend Casey Fossum, he actually had decent stats against Boston last season. Here's hoping Clement keeps up his success against Tampa, and Manny connects for his first HR swing. Go Sox!!

 

Casey Fossum (4 games Boston, 1-2 record with a 4.15 ERA---Career at Fenway Park in 43 games, 7-8 record & 1 save with a 4.60 ERA)

Kevin Youkilis --

Mark Loretta, 1 for 5 (.200 avg) Walk

David Ortiz, 3 for 12 (.250 avg) Double, HR, 3 RBIs, Walk, 2 Ks

Manny Ramirez, 2 for 7 (.286 avg) HR, RBI, 4 Ks

Jason Varitek, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) RBI

Mike Lowell, 1 for 8 (.125 avg) Double, RBI, Walk

Dustan Mohr, 2 for 5 (.400 avg) Double

Wily Mo Pena, 0 for 3, Walk, 2 Ks

Alex Gonzalez, 2 for 6 (.333 avg) Triple, RBI, 2 Walks, K

Josh Bard, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) K

Alex Cora, 2 for 10 (.200 avg) 3 RBIs, K

Trot Nixon, 0 for 2, Walk, K

 

Matt Clement (4 games vs. Tampa Bay, 3-0 record with a 2.53 ERA---Career at Fenway Park in 19 games, 9-5 record with a 5.16 ERA)

Carl Crawford, 3 for 10 (.300 avg) RBI, Walk, K

Jorge Cantu, 1 for 6 (.167 avg) Double, 2 Ks

Travis Lee, 7 for 30 (.233 avg) Double, 7 RBIs, 4 Walks, K

Jonny Gomes, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Double, K

Russell Branyan --

Ty Wigginton, 1 for 7 (.143 avg) RBI, 2 Ks

Toby Hall, 2 for 5 (.400 avg) RBI

Tomas Perez, 1 for 6 (.167 avg) K

Joey Gathright, 1 for 4 (.250 avg) K

Sean Burroughs, 1 for 5 (.200 avg) Double, Walk

Damon Hollins, 0 for 1

Josh Paul, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) RBI, Walk

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Tonight's lineups

Boston

1. Kevin Youkilis, 3B

2. Mark Loretta, 2B

3. David Ortiz, DH

4. Manny Ramirez, LF

5. Jason Varitek, C

6. Mike Lowell, 3B

7. Dustin Mohr, CF

8. Wily Mo Pena, RF

9. Alex Gonzalez, SS

 

P -- Matt Clement

 

Tampa Bay

1. Carl Crawford, LF

2. Jorge Cantu, 2B

3. Travis Lee, 1B

4. Jonny Gomes, DH

5. Russell Branyan, RF

6. Ty Wigginton, 3B

7. Toby Hall, C

8. Tomas Perez, SS

9. Joey Gathright, CF

 

P -- Casey Fossum.

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Definitely. This is when Manny needs to break out. His keys are stay patient, see all corners and zones of the plate, work the count, and get a hold of a pitch and drive it. Stay back on the changeups, he looked good yesterday with those. Manny will come around soon enough. Let's see some more of that bat we saw out of Lowell 2 years ago, and let's hope Loretta's bomb brought enough pumped up mojo into the clubhouse to go out and kick the Rays' ass tonight. Go Sox!
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i was thinking the same thing, just aim the ball away from the shift, who cares if its a ground ball to the SS position, there's no one there!
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bunting isn't the easiest thing to do if you've never done it before.

 

Ortiz has bunted like that before... safely.

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Ortiz has bunted like that before... safely.

After seeing the replay I remember it.

 

Big double off the wall for Papi.

 

LETS GO MANNY!!!

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