A couple waits under an umbrella in the rooftop seats along the third base line at Fenway Park in Boston on Friday, May 16, 2008. The scheduled game between the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers was postponed because of rain and is scheduled to be made up as a doubleheader Saturday.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Brewers, Red Sox rained out
A couple waits under an umbrella in the rooftop seats along the third base line at Fenway Park in Boston on Friday, May 16, 2008. The scheduled game between the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers was postponed because of rain and is scheduled to be made up as a doubleheader Saturday.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
BOSTON—Friday night's game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Red Sox was postponed because of rain.
It was rescheduled as the second game of a day-night doubleheader at 8:35 p.m. Saturday. The starting time for the first game is 3:55 p.m.
Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka (6-0) and Milwaukee's Jeff Suppan (2-3), who were scheduled to start Friday night, will pitch in the opener. Saturday's originally scheduled starters, Boston's Tim Wakefield (3-2) and Milwaukee's Dave Bush (1-4), were pushed back to the night game.
The postponement was the first of the year for both teams, and came after a delay of 1 hour, 25 minutes.
They last faced each other in Boston on Sept. 7, 1997, when Milwaukee was still in the American League. The Red Sox won 11-2. They have met in interleague play in only one series with the Red Sox taking two of three games in June 2003.
Boston right fielder J.D. Drew and shortstop Julio Lugo, who were in Friday's lineup after being sidelined for several games, get another day to rest. Milwaukee manager Ned Yost said he would use the same lineup Saturday afternoon as he had posted for Friday night.
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