Game 41: Red Sox at Phillies
Good morning. Here are the lineups:
RED SOX (19-21)
Aviles SS
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz 1B
Gonzalez RF
Middlebrooks 3B
Saltalamacchia C
Nava LF
Byrd CF
Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett (3-4, 4.97)
PHILLIES (21-20)
Rollins SS
Pierre LF
Victorino CF
Pence RF
Wigginton 3B
Mayberry 1B
Galvis 2B
Schneider C
Pitching: LHP Cliff Lee (0-1, 1.95)
Game time: 1:35 p.m.
TV/Radio: NESN, TBS / WEEI
Red Sox vs. Lee: Ortiz 6-25, Punto 6-21, Byrd 6-18, Aviles 3-18, Pedroia 4-14, Gonzalez 7-13, Ross 3-12, Shoppach 0-9, Salty 1-3, Beckett 0-2, Sweeney 1-2.
Phillies vs. Beckett: Rollins 12-49, Wigginton 10-32, Schneider 4-30, Polanco 5-27, Pierre 2-9, Victorino 3-10, Pence 3-8, Luna 3-6, Ruiz 1-5, Lee 0-1, Orr 1-1.
Stat of the Day: Aviles has hit in five straight games at 8 of 20. Six of those hits have been for extra bases.
Notes: The Sox have won seven of their last nine games and are 2-2 on their eight game road trip that continues in Baltimore on Monday. ... Beckett is 8-5, 4.18 in 20 career appearances against the Phillies, 2-2, 5.33 in four games since he joined the Red Sox. ... Lee is 3-4, 3.56 in 11 career starts against the Sox. He dominated the Red Sox last June 28, throwing nine shutout innings and allowing two hits with two walks and five strikeouts. ... Lee has made only five starts this season because of a stay on the disabled list. He has allowed three earned runs in 14 innings since returning to the rotation. ... The Sox were 21-20 after 41 games last season. ... Sox pitchers have allowed 22 earned runs over 79 innings in the last nine games.
Song of the Day: "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson.
- Peter Abraham, Globe Red Sox beat reporter
- Nick Cafardo, Globe national baseball writer
- Michael Vega, Globe Red Sox reporter
- Chad Finn, Boston.com/Globe sports reporter







