Game Info
Date: Saturday, August 27th, 2005
First Pitch: 7:05 pm ET
TV: NESN
Starting Pitchers:
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/det.gif #53 Sean Douglass (5-2, 4.76)
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif #61 Bronson Arroyo (10-9, 4.19)
Happy to be home, Sox look for more
Detroit (61-65) at Boston (73-53), 7:05 p.m. ET
The Red Sox have been invincible at Fenway Park of late, and will try to keep that trend going when they take on the Tigers on Saturday night.
Entering the second game of their three-game set with the Tigers, the Sox have won their last 14 games at Fenway, their longest home streak since 1988 and the fourth longest in team history.
Bronson Arroyo takes the ball for Boston in search of his 11th win of the season, which would establish a career high. The Red Sox edged out the Tigers, 9-8, in Friday's opener of this 14-game homestand.
Pitching matchup
DET: RHP Sean Douglass
• 5-2, 4.76 ERA in 2005
• 0-0, 11.25 ERA vs. BOS in 2005
BOS: RHP Bronson Arroyo
• 10-9, 4.19 ERA in 2005
• 1-0, 2.57 ERA vs. DET in 2005
Player to watch
Second baseman Tony Graffanino has hit safely in his first 10 games at Fenway Park since joining the Red Sox.
Quotable
"There's the race, but we're also just trying to concentrate on getting our team healthy and back in the prime shape we need to be. That's our main focus -- continue winning ballgames. We're at home, we can get the right treatment, we can get guys set up where they're comfortable and we'll go from there." -- Red Sox reliever Mike Timlin
Quick hits
Saturday will mark the 203rd consecutive sellout for the Red Sox at Fenway Park, tying the Rockies (1995-97) for the second-longest streak in Major League history. ... Manny Ramirez leads the Majors with 115 RBIs. ... The Red Sox have won 23 of their last 34 games.
On deck
• Sunday: vs. Detroit, 2:05 p.m. ET
• Monday: vs. Tampa Bay, 7:05 p.m. ET
• Tuesday: vs. Tampa Bay, 7:05 p.m. ET