Here are the lineups:

RED SOX (86-61)
Ellsbury CF
Scutaro SS
Gonzalez 1B
Pedroia 2B
Youkilis 3B
Lavarnway DH
Crawford LF
Varitek C
McDonald RF
Pitching: RHP John Lackey (12-12, 6.30)

BLUE JAYS (74-74)
McCoy SS
Thames LF
Bautista RF
Lind 1B
Encarnacion DH
Johnson 2B
Lawrie 3B
Arencibia C
Loewen CF
Pitching: LHP Ricky Romero (14-10, 3.01)

Game time: 1:35 p.m.

TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI

Notes: The Sox start the day with a four-game lead on the Rays for the wild card. They trail the Yankees by four games in the division ... Lackey is 0-3, 9.00 in his last three starts. He is 1-2 with a 12.00 ERA in three starts against Toronto this season ... Romero is 3-6, 7.63 in 12 career starts against the Sox. He faced them on Sept. 9, allowing five run in three innings ... Ellsbury has hit safely in 17 straight games at 28 of 73 with 16 extra-base hits, 13 RBIs, and 15 runs ... Scutaro is 16 of 34 with 15 RBIs in his last nine games ... Reddick has hit in nine straight ... The Sox are 10-7 against the Blue Jays with one game left in the season series. They have scored 8+ runs in seven of those games.

Stat of the Day: Ellsbury has 73 extra-base hits. Among Red Sox players who played 80 percent of their games in center field, only Fred Lynn (82 in 1979, 75 in 1975); Tony Armas (77 in 1984) and Tris Speaker (75 in 1912) have had more.

Song of the Day: "One Step Closer" by U2.