Thunder

At least recently, the Yankees play a lot better with Kay in the booth.

Just off the end of the bat Papi

Shut up Eck! Pedey's fine. Laser Show!

This is the Sox 3rd straight game against a LHP.

What does Crush do? Crush strikes out.

Lets forget about this. We got a game starting here! WIN!!

Isn't Buck on the DL? The Mets didn't need him anyway. They called up his heir apparent d'Arnaud.

This is a new pitcher though, so there is no evidence to go off of. Every pitcher is different.

They traded Iggy to clear room at SS... for Drew

Just because he's fared a certain way against lefties in the past doesn't mean that will happen here. Either one could be great, awful, or somewhere in between. Drew is the vet, let him play.

Neither one has faced Chen. It doesn't matter if its a lefty or not.

Wei-Yin Chen (7-6, 3.19) vs Felix Doubront (9-6, 3.79)

Keep it going with that mojo! VA will do lineups, I will do game notes. Btw, O's are the only AL East team that Sox have a losing record against. Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/radio: NESN / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Chen: Pedroia 4-10, Middlebrooks 3-9, Ellsbury 2-7, Gomes 1-6, Ortiz 0-6, Ross 1-5, Napoli 1-3, Saltalamacchia 1-3, Victorino 1-3, Nava 2-2. Orioles vs. Doubront: Jones 2-14, Wieters 1-13, Davis 6-12, Hardy 0-11, McLouth 1-9, Machado 4-8, Markakis 4-7, Valencia 2-4, Flaherty 1-2, Pearce 0-2. Stat of the Day: The Orioles are 12-4 in their last 16 games at Fenway Park. Notes: After going 9-10 over a stretch that saw them play 16 of 19 games on the road, the Red Sox open up a nine-game homestand with a three-game set against the Orioles … The Orioles, who’ve lost eight of their past 14, are two games behind Oakland in the wild card race, as they head into a tough stretch against the Sox and then the Yankees … Doubront is still looking for his first win against the Orioles. In four career starts, he’s 0-2 with a 3.28 ERA despite 12.77 strikeouts per nine innings. In his last outing against the Orioles on June 13, he gave up four runs (three earned) on seven hits in 4.2 innings … Chen is 2-1 with a 2.96 ERA in four career starts against the Sox. Three of those came at Fenway Park, where Chen is 1-1 with a 3.44 ERA … After going 15 for 34 with two homers and seven RBIs in his first 11 games since returning to the Sox on Aug. 10, Will Middlebrooks went 1 for 11 in three games against the Dodgers. Still, he’s hitting .356 and slugging .556 since returning … David Ortiz enters the series seven hits shy of 2,000 for his career. He has seven hits in seven games this season against the Orioles, batting .280 with two homers and three RBIs … Jonny Gomes has reached base in each of his past 13 games, going 10 for 40 with three homers and 13 RBIs … Orioles slugger Chris Davis, who leads the league with 46 homers, has hit .303 with eight home runs and 19 RBIs in August. Song of the Day: “Don’t Give Up” by Washed Out.

If they played in the NL, the opposition would get TWO automatic outs in the bottom of the order.

Great find. That's actually a really interesting feature.

He has a chance to win pitching against the White Sox!

Sox could have gained a game on Rays, O's, and Yankees if their series with the O's had started tonight.

With the Rays loss today, they tie the Sox in the L column. That's huge for us.

Yes. I'm sticking to that.

I'm bored. It's an off day. I say stupid things.

A Yankees loss would be only their second to the Jays on the season.

That matchup may not happen. Assuming the seeding comes down to game 162, managers may not rest their aces for that one game playoff.

I have no memory of the 2006 season. Vague memories of 2004, 1 memory of the 05 playoffs, and increasing memories of 2007, but none of 2006.

Way to advertise your own thread.

My favorite Yankee is back. I'm watching the game and rooting for the Jays.