The Red Sox will look to get on the right foot when they come in Topicana Field, last time being there was the battle of hitting batters when Tampa's picther did the dumbest thing you can ever do, get Big Papi mad. Red Sox's David Wells will make his second consecutive start against the D-Rays, who surprisingly enough have won 7 out of their last 10 including sweeping the Orioles who are getting Javy Lopez back tonight. Wells enjoys pitching against them, in 16 games he has a 10-1 record with a niice 2.52 ERA. Tampa counters with Dough Waechter just activated off of the DL and has 3-6 record for 2005 and a 5.55 ERA. His career vs Boston in 3 games, a 1-0 record with 5.54 ERA
Dough Waechter vs:
Johnny Damon, 3 for 4 (.750 avg) Double, RBI
Edgar Renterria, 2 for 4 (.500 avg)
David Ortiz, 3 for 7 (.429 avg) 2 HRs, 3 RBIs, K
Manny Ramirez, 2 for 6 (.333 avg) 2 Doubles, RBI, Walk, 3 Ks
Kevin Millar, 1 for 4 (.250 avg)
Jason Varitek 2 for 5 (.400 avg) Double, K
Trot Nixon, 2 for 4 (.500 AVG) HR, 2 RBIs
Bill Mueller, 0 for 2, RBI, Walk
Doug Mirabelli, 0 for 1, K
John Olerud, 0 for 2, Walk, K
David Wells vs:
Julio Lugo, 3 for 14 (.214 avg) Double, K
Carl Crawford, 2 for 14 (.143 avg) RBI, K
Jorge Cantu, 3 for 6 (.500 avg) Double
Jonny Gomes, 4 for 6 (.667 avg) Double, K
Aubrey Huff, 7 for 18 (.389 avg) Double, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 Ks
Alex Gonzalez, 7 for 26 (.269 avg) 3 Doubles, 4 RBIs, Walk, 4 Ks, 3 SBs
Damon Hollins, 0 for 4, K
Toby Hall, 2 for 19 (.105 avg)
Nick Green, 0 for 2, Walk
Travis Lee, 4 for 12 (.333 avg) Double, RBI, 2 Ks
Eduardo Perez, 1 for 9 (.111 avg) Double, K