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RED SOX (45-32) Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Gomes LF Drew SS Lavarnway C Iglesias 3B Pitching: LHP Felix Doubront (4-3, 4.38). TIGERS (41-32) Jackson CF Hunter RF Cabrera 3B Fielder 1B Martinez DH Peralta SS Infante 2B Garcia LF Holaday C Pitching: RHP Justin Verlander (8-5, 3.72). Game time: 1:08 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Verlander: Ortiz 8-24 (2 HR), Napoli 6-20 (1 HR), Ellsbury 4-20, Pedroia 0-16, Salty 2-15, Drew 2-13, Gomes 0-6, Carp 0-5, Nava 1-3, Victorino 0-2, Middlebrooks 1-2. Tigers vs. Doubront: Infante 2-6, Cabrera 0-3, Fielder 0-3, Pena 1-3, Dirks 0-2, Peralta 0-1, Hunter 1-1. Stat of the Day: The Tigers have won 58 of their last 82 games at Comerica Park. That's a .707 winning percentage. Notes: The Sox have dropped two of three in the series and now face Verlander. He is 3-4, 3.38 in 10 career starts against the Sox and was 0-2, 3.79 in three starts last season. ... Doubront has a 2.81 ERA in his last seven starts and one victory to show for it. He is coming off eight shutout innings against Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Doubront has faced the Tigers once in his career, that coming last May 28 at Fenway. He allowed two runs over six innings. ... The Sox are off Monday then start a nine-game homestand on Tuesday. ... The Sox are 15-7 in day games, the best record in the majors. ... Iglesias has reached base safely in 25 consecutive game. For the season, he has reached in 57 of 117 plate appearances and is 46 of 105. He has a .500 batting average on balls in play. ... Ellsbury home run watch: 270 at-bats since April 7. He hit 32 home runs in 660 at-bats in 2011 and has five in 600 at-bats since. On the positive side, he has hit safely in 18 of his last 21 games at 35 of 93 (.376) with 19 runs, 12 extra-base hits, nine RBIs and 17 stolen bases. ... Ortiz is 9 of 23 in his last six games with two homers, two doubles and six RBIs. ... Sox pitchers have allowed 20 runs on 34 hits (five home runs) in 25 innings in the series.

Jays are on a roll for sure. They're playing like people expected. Tigers will be tough tonight and tomorrow.

I know. I'm like "what the hell??" I like Scherzer. Hate that we are facing him.

Jose is so awesome!!

Come on Pedey!!!!

Probably. Who knows. Time will tell if it's annoying posters or something else.

Me too. I blame Lucchino and Valentine.

But 2 pages of a GT in the 4th. Slow.....

Most of us don't hate Papelbon but his time with the Sox is done. Thank you for 07. Always loved Youk too. And his time with the Sox is done. Still love him. Folks are clueless.

PAPI PAPI PAPI!!!!!!

Enjoying how well Lackey is pitching! OFFENSE........would like to see some ....RUNS!!!

Gomes sucks. Should have had that.

TIGERS (39-31) Jackson CF Hunter RF Cabrera 3B Fielder 1B Martinez DH Peralta SS Tuiasosopo LF Infante 2B Pena C Pitching: LHP Jose Alvarez (1-0, 1.50). Game time: 7:08 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN, MLB Network / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Alvarez: No history. Tigers vs. Lackey: Hunter 11-49, Peralta 11-28, Martinez 10-23, Cabrera 3-9, Infante 2-9, Santiago 2-9, Fielder 2-3, Kelly 2-3, Pena 2-3, Tuiasosopo 0-3. Stat of the Day: Gomes is 11 of 29 in his last six games with two doubles, two homers and six RBIs. Notes: The Sox carry the best record in the American League into Comerica Park and a four-game series against the Central-leading Tigers. The Sox were 5-5 against the Tigers last season and are 24-12 against them over the last five seasons, 10-7 at Comerica. ... Lackey is facing the Tigers for the first time since May 16, 2010. He is 6-2, 4.01 in 10 career starts against Detroit, 5-1, 4.09 in five starts at Comerica. ... Alvarez was originally signed by the Red Sox out of Venezuela in 2005. He was traded to Florida after the 2009 season (along with lefthander Hunter Jones) for outfielder Jeremy Hermida. The trade did not work out particularly well for any of the trio. Jones was released by the Marlins in 2010 and is now playing independent ball. Hermida was released by the Sox in August of 2010 and has played with four organizations since. Alvarez never made it beyond Double A with the Marlins and was signed by the Tigers over the winter as a minor league free agent. He was 5-4, 2.78 in 13 starts for Triple A Toledo before being called up. This is his second start. ... The Tigers are 23-12 at home and have won 56 of their last 79 games at Comerica. ... The Sox are 21-15 on the road this season with a run differential of +52. ... Iglesias had his hit streak snapped on Wednesday. But he has reached base safely in 22 consecutive games. That's tied with Pedroia for the longest such streak by a Red Sox player this season

RED SOX (44-30) Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Gomes LF Lavarnway C Middlebrooks 3B Iglesias SS Pitching: RHP John Lackey (4-5, 3.08).

Cowturd and Baseliss. THE WORST

It wasn't that bad.

^ Yes. Thank you. Very Much.

Dempster got a generous call there

Win Bruins!

It's all good....

Yeah Gomes! So glad Papi wasn't stranded.

Almost Papi! Nice shot!

Great news!! Jerry Remy to return on Tuesday Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff June 19, 2013 04:37 PM A few pregame Red Sox notes: • NESN's Jerry Remy says he will be back on Tuesday. • Mike Carp is available as a pinch hitter. • John Farrell said Jarrod Saltalamacchia feels fine after catching 18 innings Tuesday. He'll get Thursday off against Detroit lefty Jose Alvarez. • David Ross is going to Pittsburgh Thursday to get checked out by concussion specialist Dr. Michael Collins at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. • Will Middlebrooks will pay third base Thursday and Friday. Jose Iglesias will play shortstop Thursday against the lefty. • Farrell again pledged his fealty to Andrew Bailey as the closer but said several times that work needs to be done on both his fastball and location of his breaking ball. Farrell said he has given no consideration to using anybody else as the closer. • Shane Victorino "is a little beat up" and is getting a day off.

RAYS (36-34) Joyce LF Jennings CF Zobrist 2B Longoria 3B Loney 1B Myers RF Johnson DH Molina C Escobar SS Pitching: RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-3, 5.67). Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Hellickson: Pedroia 5-25, Ortiz 7-19, Salty 6-20, Ellsbury 4-20, Middlebrooks 1-12, Napoli 2-8, Nava 1-7, Carp 2-7, Drew 2-5, Gomes 1-5, Victorino 0-3, Iglesias 0-1, Lavarnway 0-1. Rays vs. Dempster: Loney 3-22, Johnson 1-12, Escobar 1-11, Scott 3-7, Longoria 1-5, Wright 2-5, Jennings 0-3, Joyce 1-3, Zobrist 0-2, Lobaton 0-2. Stat of the Day: In five games at Fenway Park this season, the Rays have scored five runs and hit .148. Notes: The Sox are 9-2 against the Rays, outscoring them 49-32. They have not won a season series against the Rays since 2007. ... The Sox have won three of four and the Rays have dropped 6 of 7. ... Dempster is 3-4, 3.88 in nine career starts against the Rays. He dominated them on April 15 (7 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K) but did not get a decision. ... The Sox are 23-14 at Fenway with four straight wins. ... Iglesias has an 18-game hit streak, matching the best in the AL this season. ... The Sox have not been 16 games over .500 since the end of the 2011 season. ... Hellickson is 3-2, 4.26 in 11 career appearances against the Sox. He faced them April 15 and allowed two runs over seven innings.