Lineups ... Post Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:36:09 -0500
NEW YORK -- Here are the lineups for tonight's game:
Red Sox
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, RF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
5. Jason Bay, LF
6. Jed Lowrie, SS
7. Coco Crisp, CF
8. Jeff Bailey, 1B
9. Kevin Cash, C
-- Tim Wakefield, SP
Yankees
1. Johnny Damon, CF
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Bobby Abreu, RF
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jason Giambi, 1B
6. Xavier Nady, LF
7. Hideki Matsui, DH
8. Robinson Cano, 2B
9. Jose Molina, C
-- Andy Pettitte, SP
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Yaz out of hospital Post Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:28:52 -0500
We just got word that Carl Yastrzemski is now out of the hospital. Good news all around.
Yastrzemski underwent emergency triple-bypass surgery last Tuesday at Massachusetts General Hospital after being diagnosed with coronary artery disease.
Yastrzemski, the folk hero of the 1967 Impossible Dream season that forever changed the franchise's fortunes, underwent a six-hour procedure to reroute the flow of blood around blockages in three arteries to his heart.
Background material from the Globe's Bob Hohler was used in this report.
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Red Sox-Yankees thumbnails Post Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:35:35 -0500
at Yankee Stadium, New York
Tonight (7:05, NESN, WKRO 680): RHP Tim Wakefield (7-8, 3.67 ERA) vs. LHP Andy Pettitte (13-9, 4.17).
Tomorrow (7:05 p.m., NESN, WEEI 850): RHP Paul Byrd (8-11, 4.61) vs. RHP Sidney Ponson (7-4, 4.67).
Thursday (1:05 p.m., NESN, WEEI): LHP Jon Lester (12-5, 3.49) vs. RHP Mike Mussina (16-7, 3.45).
Head to head: The teams have split 12 games this season; they will play at Fenway in the last series of the regular season, Sept. 26-28.
Miscellany: Twelve of the Yankees' remaining 32 games are against Boston and Tampa Bay . . . New York is 20-15 since the All Star break, but 11-11 in August . . . Before Derek Jeter's 0 for 5 Sunday against the Orioles, he had hit in nine straight games, batting .463 during that stretch.
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Buchholz gives up 4 runs in 7 innings in Portland Post Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:53:18 -0500
By Dan Hickling, Globe Correspondent
PORTLAND, Maine -- Clay Buchholz pitched seven innings for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs tonight against the New Britain Rock Cats. Save for one rough inning, he looked like the Buchholz of old (at this level) anyway. He allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits, struck out eight Rock Cats and didn't walk any.
Buchholz threw 93 pitches, 69 for strikes, and capped his night with a nifty coverage play at first base. He left the game with a lead, but did not get the win after the Rock Cats rallied for two runs in the eighth and pulled out a 6-5 victory.
Buchholz was quite pleased with the way he threw, and the way he felt.
"I felt really good," Buchholz said. "There were a lot of mechanical things that I've been thinking about, that I didn't try to think about (tonight). I went back to what I did last year when I was here. They seemed to work real well for me. So I tried to revert back to that a little bit."
He said his next start will probably come on Saturday. He also said he's prepared himself to stay in Portland for the rest of the season.
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Buchholz pitching in Portland Post Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:20:55 -0500
By Dan Hickling, Globe Correspondent
PORTLAND, Maine -- Checking in from Hadlock Field, where, tonight, Clay Buchholz will begin process of rediscovering his command and confidence.
Buchholz will be facing the New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota), which as a team is batting .264 (in the middle of the Eastern League pack) and whose leading hitter is CF Steve Tolleson (.311). Also in the line up is 3B Toby Gardenhire (.270), son of Minnesota skipper Ron Gardenhire.
There is no particular pitch count to limit Buchholz, whose promotion from Portland a year ago led to the elevation of Justin Masterson.
One other thing...by coincidence, happy or otherwise, tonight had long been pegged as "Clay Buchholz Bobble-head Night."
"We were trying to figure out the odds of this happening," said Portland GM Charlie Eshbach.
More to come...
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Shaughnessy: Last trip to Yankee Stadium Post Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:40:30 -0500
The Globe's Dan Shaughnessy believes this week's Red Sox-Yankees series (Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday at 1 p.m.) will be the Sox' last trip to Yankee Stadium, meaning he's predicting the Bombers will miss the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons. Click below to watch his series preview ...
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Injury updates Post Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:23:53 -0500
The Sox' injury list keeps increasing. First baseman Sean Casey, who hasn't played since Tuesday in Baltimore, has been battling a stiff neck. He said the neck became problematic when he woke up Thursday, the team's day off, after having gone to Pittsburgh for the day. Casey said the neck has been improving, and he was hopeful he would be available for tomorrow's game in New York. He added he's been getting quite a few phone calls and e-mails about why the team has been leaving a guy who is hitting .345 on the bench.
J.D. Drew (back) was not in yesterday's starting lineup again, his sixth straight game on the bench. Francona didn't rule out putting Drew on the disabled list, saying the outfielder was walking "crooked" when he left the park Saturday afternoon. But, he said, with the day off today, the team is hoping Drew will be able to play tomorrow
David Aardsma, who officially went on the DL yesterday, and Julio Lugo are both scheduled for MRIs today in Boston. Both will stay in Boston for the rest of the road trip, and will work out with rehabilitation coordinator Scott Waugh.
David Pauley arrived before the game, taking Aardsma's spot on the roster. He is likely to be used in long relief, especially with Tim Wakefield making his return from the DL tomorrow.
Mike Lowell (oblique) is scheduled to speak with medical director Dr. Thomas Gill today to get approval to head to New York.
Excerpted from today's Red Sox notebook.
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Kotsay on Verge of Getting Traded to Red Sox Post Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:07:27 -0000
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The Griddle: Let's go to the video! On Thursday Post Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:36:33 PST
Major League Baseball will institute a limited use of instant replay to decide whether or not a potential home run is fair or foul or if a fan interfered or even if the ball actually went out of the park, starting on Thursday.
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Kotsay scratched from Braves lineup Post Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:22:14 -0500
Outfielder Mark Kotsay has been scratched from the Braves lineup tonight.
Both the Sox and Phillies were interested in obtaining him according to a report on Foxsports, so we'll see if this means Kotsay has been dealt or if there's an unrelated reason.
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