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The lineups

SAN DIEGO — Terrry Francona has already put together his lineup and J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell are on the bench for the start of tonight’s game against Greg Maddux and the Padres. Drew pulled up lame hitting a double Wednesday in Atlanta and Lowell has a strained ligament in his left thumb.

The Red Sox lineup:

Coco Crisp, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, 1B
Manny Ramierz, LF
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
Jason Varitek, C
Wily Mo Pena, RF
Julio Lugo, SS
Daisuke Matsuzaka, P

Padres:

Marcus Giles, 2B
Jose Cruz, RF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Mike Cameron, CF
Michael Barrett, C
Khalil Greene, SS
Russell Branyan, LF
Kevin Kouzamanoff, 3B
Greg Maddux, P

In other news, the weather is predictably perfect. This is only the second time the Sox have played the Padres in San Diego. They took two of three at Qualcomm Stadium in 2002.