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Brian Bannister

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Kason Gabbard

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David Ortiz has been hitting well at Fenway Park all season, but may have finally rediscovered his power stroke. The slugger now tries to overcome his recent struggles versus the Kansas City Royals as the Boston Red Sox open a three-game series against them Monday.

 

While Ortiz is batting .348 (56-for-161) at Fenway in 2007, he had gone 34 games without a home run until connecting in Saturday's win. The designated hitter capped a productive four games against the Toronto Blue Jays by going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI on Sunday, but the Red Sox (55-36) were on the wrong end of a 2-1 score that resulted in a split of the series.

 

Ortiz went 8-for-17 with a homer and five RBIs in the four games, and will look to improve his mediocre numbers against the Royals since arriving in Boston in 2003. Ortiz -- a lifetime .278 hitter against the Royals -- is just 22-for-90 (.244) in 25 games versus Kansas City with the Red Sox. Among AL opponents, only his .235 average against the White Sox is worse in that span.

 

Ortiz and the Red Sox will be facing Royals pitcher Brian Bannister (5-5, 3.71 ERA) for the first time. The right-hander has won five of his last seven starts, but also lost two of the last three.

 

Bannister was plagued by a lack of run support in the two losses, with the Royals scoring just one run in those games. He was reached for four runs in seven innings of a 4-0 defeat to the Seattle Mariners on July 4 in his last start.

 

The Red Sox have lost five of their last seven overall, but still lead the AL East by nine games over the New York Yankees.

 

Kansas City (39-52) is in the second leg of a three-city, nine-game road trip that also stops at Detroit. The Royals dropped two of three games at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, including a 5-3 defeat Sunday in which losing pitcher Jorge De La Rosa walked six batters and allowed two hits -- both homers -- in just 3 1-3 innings before leaving with a bruised thumb.

 

"I pitched bad," said De La Rosa, adding that he doesn't know how he hurt his thumb. "I had a lot of walks."

 

Mark Teahen had two hits for the Royals, and went 6-for-13 (.462) with four runs scored in the series.

 

Red Sox rookie Kason Gabbard (2-0, 4.87) tries to remain perfect at Fenway Park as a starter. The left-hander is 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA lifetime there, including two wins in as many starts this year. He pitched well at Detroit on July 7, limiting the Tigers to two runs in a season-high 6 1-3 innings before the Red Sox lost 3-2 in 13 innings.

 

He will be making his first-ever appearance against the Royals, who have lost 12 of their last 15 games at Boston since the start of the 2003 season.

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Taking 2/3 would be great since we are throwing the more inept part of our rotation.

 

Lets go Sox!

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Taking 2/3 would be great since we are throwing the more inept part of our rotation.

 

Lets go Sox!

 

f*** 2 out of 3 ,the sox are 19-21 since may 30th and were playing the royals , i dont care who's pitching this should be a sweep and anything else, il be disapointed

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f*** 2 out of 3 ' date='the sox are 19-21 since may 30th and were playing the royals , i dont care who's pitching this should be a sweep and anything else, il be disapointed[/quote']

 

I remember when I said that last year and then we got swept. :lol: That was the beginning of the end of the season. When KC swept us in KC last year I knew the season was over. There's no excuse to not sweep this series.

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Royals actually are not the worst team in baseball. Not even in the bottom five. Their pythagorean W-L is 42-49. I was surprised to see this.

 

their not the worst team in baseball but they still suck, their 19 in runs scored , 22 in runs allowed. their pitching allows alot of hits

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their not the worst team in baseball but they still suck' date=' their 19 in runs scored , 22 in runs allowed. their pitching allows alot of hits[/quote']

 

That's true, but lately we have had a habit of making bad pitchers look cy young worthy. The fact that we're 1-32 (something like that) when trailing heading into the 9th scares me...and let's not forget that one win was the o's beating themselves.

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Line-up from WEEI

 

Drew

Pedroia

Tizzle

Manram

Youk

Lowell

Tek

Coco

Lugo

 

 

Nice to see Tek and Drew back in there

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Hopefully we can take care of business not only tonight, but for the rest of this homestand against these AL Central bottomfeeders.

 

The Yankees next three series are 4 vs Toronto, 4 vs Tampa Bay, and 4 @ KC so if we want to maintain this lead we need to start playing good baseball again. This week is the perfect time to get on a roll.

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with Coco and Lugo hitting well, this is definitely the best lineup we can put out there. hopefully the scoreboard reflects the same thing tonight
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Aight I'm going to this one...hopefully bring some luck.

 

everytime I hear one of you guys going to the game, I think back to my only trip to Fenway, a 5-1 Sox victory over the Orioles....and I get a bit emotional. what an experience

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Im trying to get tix to the Saturday game vs Chicago, its lined up to be Gabbard's next start. At least I can avoid having to hear Tim McCarver do the play by play

 

Ok... according to Boston.com, Tito told the media there is a chance that both Drew and Varitek could still be on the bench tonight. With Wake starting tomorrow, that could be 3 straight starts for .175 hitter Mirabelli

 

Brian Bannister (1 game vs Boston, 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA---Career at Fenway Park in 1 game, 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA)

J.D. Drew, 1 for 5 (.200 avg) K

Dustin Pedroia, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) HR, RBI

David Ortiz, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) HR, 2 RBIs

Manny Ramirez, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) HR, RBI, K

Kevin Youkilis, 0 for 3

Mike Lowell, 0 for 2

Jason Varitek, 0 for 2

Coco Crisp, 0 for 2

Julio Lugo, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) K

 

Kason Gabbard (1 game vs Kansas City, 1-0 with an 0.00 ERA---Career at Fenway Park in 4 games, 4-0 with a 1.79 ERA)

David DeJesus, 0 for 3

Mark Grudzielanek, 0 for 4, K

Mark Teahen, 0 for 4, 2 Ks

Billy Butler, 0 for 3, K

Emil Brown, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) K

Esteban German, 0 for 2, Walk

Alex Gordon, 0 for 2, 2 Ks

John Buck, 0 for 2

Tony Pena, 0 for 3, K

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Reggie Sanders, 1 for 1 (1.000 avg)

 

Bannister this season on the road in 7 games, 2-3 with a 3.96 ERA

 

Gabbard this season at home in 3 games, 3-0 with a 2.47 ERA

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Ok... according to Boston.com, Tito told the media there is a chance that both Drew and Varitek could still be on the bench tonight. With Wake starting tomorrow, that could be 3 straight starts for .175 hitter Mirabelli

 

 

 

both drew and vtek are playing tonight

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