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Greetings from Fenway

Greetings from a sweltering Fenway Park.

-- Besides the return of David Wells on Monday, there was other good news on the injury front: Keith Foulke (elbow) is expected to pitch one inning in his rehab assignment at short-season Single A Lowell tonight. If all goes well he will pitch in Pawtucket on Sunday. Injured starter Matt Clement (shoulder laxity/biceps strain) threw from 100 feet yesterday and Francona said Clement could be a couple of days away from throwing a side session. Lenny DiNardo (neck strain) threw from 100 feet as well and Francona said it was the best he's looked so far. However, Tim Wakefield (fractured rib) still has a ways to go and won't commence throwing until the end of the current homestand at the earliest.

-- The return of reliever Javier Lopez, who took the place of Kason Gabbard on the Sox roster, resulted in a game of musical chairs in the Sox clubhouse. Lopez reclaimed his stall between Jonathan Papelbon and Josh Beckett. Jermaine Van Buren, who had been between Papelbon and Beckett, moved to a stall next to Manny Delcarmen. The former occupant of that stall, Craig Hansen, shifted to a portable stall behind the support beam on which the television is mounted in the clubhouse, and Jon Lester, tonight's starter, moved from behind the beam to a stall on the end of row that houses Delcarmen and Johnny Pesky. That stall had been used by the Sox coaching staff. You got all that?

Now, the lineups:

Red Sox
1. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
2. Mark Loretta, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Trot Nixon, RF
6. Jason Varitek, C
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. Coco Crisp, CF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS

P -- Jon Lester

Angels
1. Maicer Izturis, 3B
2. Howie Kendrick, 2B
3. Orlando Cabrera, SS
4. Vladimir Guerrero, RF
5. Juan Rivera, CF
6. Garret Anderson, LF
7. Tim Salmon, DH
8. Mike Napoli, C
9. Robb Quinlan, 1B

P -- Kelvim Escobar