Red Sox-Orioles series thumbnails

at Camden Yards, Baltimore
Records: Boston is 69-45 (first in the American League East); Baltimore is 52-61 (fourth in AL East, 16 1/2 games behind).

Tonight (7:05, NESN, WRKO 680): RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8, 3.70 ERA) vs. LHP Erik Bedard (12-4, 3.09).

Tomorrow (3:55 p.m., Ch. 25, WRKO): RHP Josh Beckett (14-5, 3.31) vs. LHP Brian Burres (5-5, 4.61).

Sunday (1:35 p.m., NESN, WRKO): RHP Curt Schilling (6-5, 4.31) vs. RHP Steve Trachsel (5-7, 4.88).

Head to head: This is the fourth series this season. Boston has won six of eight games.

Miscellany: In the last series against the Orioles, the Red Sox took two of three July 31-Aug. 2 at Fenway Park . . . Bedard beat Beckett, 5-3, July 31, throwing six innings of two-hit ball . . . Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada has three home runs and 12 RBIs in 12 games since returning from a fractured wrist . . . Former Red Sox reliever Chad Bradford has appeared in 56 games for Baltimore and compiled a 2.93 ERA . . . Manny Ramírez is a career .315 hitter against the Orioles, with 31 home runs.