Rays-Red Sox series thumbnails
at Fenway Park
Tonight (7:05, NESN, WRKO 860): RHP Edwin Jackson (2-2, 3.86 ERA) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (1-2, 4.08).
Tomorrow (7:05 p.m., NESN, WRKO 860): RHP James Shields (3-1, 2.54) vs. RHP Josh Beckett (2-2, 4.10).
Sunday (1:35 p.m., NESN, WRKO 860): LHP Scott Kazmir (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-2, 4.31).
Head to head: This is the second of six three-game series. The Rays swept the Sox in St. Petersburg, Fla., last weekend.
Miscellany: Shields was last week's American League Player of the Week after going 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA. He shut out the Sox on two hits last Sunday, striking out seven and walking one . . . Though the Red Sox entered their last series with the Rays leading the majors in batting average and on-base percentage, they hit only .173 in the three games . . . Tampa Bay has won the last four meetings, matching its longest winning streak against the Sox . . . Kazmir is returning from being on the disabled list with a strain in his pitching elbow. He is 4-3 with a 2.73 ERA at Fenway and 6-5 with a 2.66 ERA overall against the Sox. 