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Pitcher's duel thru 3. Love it! Time for some OFFENSE please!

Keeping my fingers crossed on that. Offense needs to step up. Hate that f***ing dome!

Dammit, it's either a big hit or a big miss when we face a pitcher we've never faced. Game time: 7:07 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Redmond: No history. Blue Jays vs. Dempster: Encarnacion 4-20, Bonifacio 5-20, Bautista 5-18, Rasmus 4-17, Reyes 4-14, Arencibia 1-8, Lind 1-6, Thole 1-6, DeRosa 0-6, Lawrie 1-5, Davis 2-4, Izturis 0-3. Stat of the Day: The Sox are 8-5 against Toronto this season, outscoring the Jays 71-54. Notes: After a day off, the Red Sox are set to finish their 10-game road trip with three games against the Blue Jays. ... After remaking their roster in the offseason, the Blue Jays were expected to be strong contenders to win the division. Instead they are 16 games back. ... The Sox start the day with a three-game lead on Tampa Bay. ... Dempster is in a rut. He is 1-0, 5.97 in his last seven starts and allowed 12 earned runs over 12 innings in his last two. He has faced the Jays three times this season and allowed nine earned runs on 18 hits over 16.1 innings. ... Redmond is coming up from Triple A Buffalo for the game. He has never faced the Sox before. ... Drew is 19 of 45 in a 12-game hit streak.

RED SOX (71-49) Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Nava LF Napoli 1B Drew SS Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Pitching: RHP Ryan Dempster (6-8, 4.67).

Pitching matchups for the Blue Jays series Tuesday: RHP Ryan Dempster (6-8, 4.67) vs. TBA, 7:07 p.m., NESN. Wednesday: LHP Jon Lester (10-7, 4.37) vs. RHP Josh Johnson (2-8, 6.20), 7:07 p.m., NESN. Thursday: RHP Jake Peavy (9-4, 4.50) vs. LHP Mark Buehrle (8-7, 4.43), 7:07 p.m., NESN, MLB Network.

Yes I do because no one likes John Sterling and I'm nice to 98% of the members out here. Sorry if my exaggeration offended you. It was a joke.

Just heard that idiot John Sterling calling Gardner's walk off HR. "Gardy goes yardy" He should be shot. What an embarassment to the NYY.

Some of these newbies have started more threads in their short tenure here than I or even you have. You're guilty of it too.

Bumping this one would work.

No offense but there a tons of threads out here about Cherrington. Do you have to start a thread every time you have a thought/question/statement?

The Red Sox are off tomorrow. DEMPSTER pitches Tuesday.

ROYALS (60-54) Lough RF Hosmer 1B Butler DH Gordon LF Perez C Moustakas 3B Escobar SS Dyson CF Johnson 2B Pitching: RHP James Shields (6-7, 3.08). Game time: 2:10 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Shields: Ortiz 19-60, Pedroia 17-57, Ellsbury 12-52, Napoli 6-23, Salty 0-14, Nava 2-9, Victorino 2-5, Drew 2-5, Carp 1-4, Gomes 1-2. Royals vs. Lackey: Tejada 14-47, Butler 6-12, Gordon 4-10, Escobar 0-3, Hosmer 1-3, Moustakas 1-2. Stat of the Day: John Lackey is making his first appearance at Kauffman Stadium since Sept. 5, 2009. He is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA in three career starts in Kansas City. Notes: The Sox need a win to split the series. They are 2-4 against the Royals this season. ... The Sox start the day with a three-game lead in the division and are 3-3 on a road trip that continues in Toronto on Tuesday. ... Lackey is 3-3, 3.36 in nine career starts against the Royals. He is facing them for the first time since July 27, 2011. ... Shields is 8-13, 4.44 in 24 career starts against the Sox. He did not have a decision against the Sox at Fenway Park on April 20 when he allowed one run over six innings and struck out eight. ... Drew has a 10-game hit streak (17 of 41). ... The Royals lead the all-time series against the Sox 222-221.

RED SOX (71-48) Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Nava LF Napoli 1B Drew SS Lavarnwway C Middlebrooks 3B Pitching: RHP John Lackey (7-9, 3.21).

Nice win! Let's do the same tomorrow! RSFFL MOJO!!!

The count was full for WMB there jung...

Nice job by Workman. MORE OFFENSE PLEASE!!!! RUNS!

BP time. Gonna be a long one. COME ON GUYS!

You are quite welcome! Settle down Felix jeez! Get an out or something!

I didn't know you did that too??!!!?? Thought it was only sbf! I rewound the game just for you. Middlebrooks got his hit with a 2-0 count!

Dammit jung! DVR DVR!!!!!

I'm really liking the top of the 4th!!!!! Way to go. 4-0!

Doubront always works slow. It's excruciating. On a positive note, Rays, O's and NYY lost today.

ROYALS (60-53) Escobar SS Hosmer 1B Butler DH Gordon LF Maxwell RF Tejada 2B Moustakas 3B Hayes C Dyson CF Pitching: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (12-7, 3.96). Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI Red Sox vs. Guthrie: Pedroia 16-49, Ellsbury 16-42, Ortiz 13-38 (3 HR), Napoli 6-16 (2 HR), Salty 6-12, Gomes 3-9, Carp 5-9 (2 HR), Victorino 2-6, Nava 1-4, Middlebrooks 0-3, Lavarnway 1-1. Royals vs. Doubront: Gordon 2-6, Butler 0-5, Escobar 2-5, Hosmer 1-5, Dyson 2-4, Cain 1-2, Johnson 0-2, Moustakas 1-3, Hayes 0-2. Stat of the Day: Red Sox players are hitting a collective .371/.437/.667 in 213 career plate appearances against Guthrie. Notes: The Sox are 2-3 on their 10-game road trip but still lead the division after the Dodgers came back to beat the Rays in the bottom of the ninth inning. ... Sox pitchers have allowed 27 earned runs on 41 hits over 34 innings in the last four games. ... Doubront is 5-4 with a 2.55 ERA in his last 15 games. Since May 16, he has the 11th-lowest ERA among starters in baseball. Doubront was 1-0 in two starts against Kansas City last season, albeit with a 5.56 ERA. ... Guthrie is 3-8, 4.94 in 21 career appearances against the Sox, 19 of them starts. Guthrie is 17-10,3.36 in 37 starts for the Royals since being acquired from Colorado on July 20, 2012. Guthrie was 50-74, 4.37 before he joined the Royals. ... Ortiz drove in his 1,400th career run on Friday. That's 73rd all-time and fourth among active players. Only Alex Rodriguez (1,950), Albert Pujols (1,498) and Jason Giambi (1,430) have more. ... Ortiz is 10 of his last 14 with three RBIs. ... Red Sox third basemen (Brock Holt and Brandon Snyder) are 5 of 37 since the trade of Jose Iglesias, 0 for their last 18. That's what led to the recall of Middlebrooks. ... Drew has a 10-game hit streak (16 of 37) with three extra-base hits and eight RBIs.

I was glad we didn't get him before I read that.

RED SOX (70-48) Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Carp LF Napoli 1B Saltalamacchia C Drew SS Middlebrooks 3B Pitching: LHP Felix Doubront (8-5, 3.56).