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There's a game tonight?

In addition to this afternoon's intrigue, the Sox will, in fact, take the field tonight in the first of three games with Baltimore. Here are the starting lineups, delayed to this point because of the multitude of exciting tidbits emerging from Fenway today.

J.D. Drew gets a blow today for Wily Mo Pena, most likely because Drew is hitting .209 against lefties this year. Terry Francona didn't address tonight's lineup in his pregame media session.

Boston:
1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Coco Crisp, CF
9. Wily Mo Pena, RF

SP: Josh Beckett, RHP

Baltimore:

1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Corey Patterson, CF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Kevin Millar, 1B
5. Miguel Tejada, SS
6. Aubrey Huff, 3B
7. Ramon Hernandez, C
8. Jay Gibbons, DH
9. Jay Payton, LF

SP: Erik Bedard, LHP