News, notes and lineups

TORONTO - Welcome from Rogers Centre, where currently the dome roof is closed (normally open by now) with a threat of rain in the area.

Not much happening this morning. The players had their fantasy football draft last night. Montro was at the team hotel giving haircuts. Otherwise, Terry Francona seemed to have his hands full trying to figure out how to deal with all of his recent injuries.

Francona indicated that he hadn't yet seen J.D. Drew, but that the rightfielder seemed to be walking "crooked" out of the clubhouse following the Sox' 11-0 loss to the Blue Jays on Saturday. Francona did not rule out a stint on the DL for Drew, but with an off-day coming up tomorrow before Boston's final three-game set (maybe ever, barring a playoff game) at Yankee Stadium, Francona was hoping to see if the time would improve the spasms Drew is experiencing in his lower back.

David Pauley arrived this morning and will be in the Sox bullpen with David Aardsma back to Boston for tests on his right groin. Julio Lugo is also back there to get an MRI on his strained left quad.

Some interesting facts from the Bill Chuck files:

Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-2) has started 22 games this season and has a 2.77 ERA.
He is 8-2 at home with a 3.28 ERA.
He is 7-0 on the road with 2.17 ERA.
He has given up only 97 hits, but has walked 77. He has struck out 109.
He has hit 5 batters.
His WHIP is 1.37.
He has made 11 quality starts.
He averages 4.05 pitches per batter.
He averages 17.4 pitches per inning.
He has pitched 126.2 innings. He is averaging only 5.73 innings per start.
Bob Grim holds the record for 20 game winners with only 199 innings pitched when he won 20 in 1954. Pedro Martinez threw 199.1 and won 20 in 2002
He has surrendered 8 homers this season.
Batters are 0-14 against him with the bases loaded.
Righties are hitting .198 against him.
Lefties are hitting .227 against him.
He is 4-0 in August with a 1.73 ERA.
He has only faced 41 batters this season from the 7th inning on.
In 14 games this season he has thrown 101+ pitches.
He is 5-1 in day games with a 3.38 ERA.
This is his first appearance this season in Toronto.
His only complete game in the majors was on May 14, 2007, versus Detroit.
He has yet to throw a shutout in the majors.

Today's lineups:

Boston:

Ellsbury-RF
Pedroia-2B
Ortiz-DH
Youkilis-1B
Bay-LF
Lowrie-3B
Varitek-C
Cora-SS
Crisp-CF
Matsuzaka-SP

Toronto:

Inglett-2B
Scutaro-3B
Rios-RF
Wells-CF
Lind-LF
Overbay-1B
Stairs-DH
Barajas-C
McDonald-SS
Burnett-SP