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Rays Vs. Red Sox: Series Matchup

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 15, 2008

SERIES SCHEDULE

TONIGHT: Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10; FSN Florida

TUESDAY: Boston (Beckett 12-9, 4.10) at Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 13-7, 4.47), 7:10; WXPX, Ch. 66

WEDNESDAY: Boston (Wakefield 9-10, 3.92) at Tampa Bay (Garza 11-9, 3.60), 7:10; FSN Florida

Also on WHNZ, 1250 AM; WDAE, 620 AM (tonight); WGES, 680 AM (Spanish)

TONIGHT'S PROBABLES

Boston:

RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka

2008: 16-2, 2.97 ERA, 1512/3 IP

CAREER VS. RAYS: 1-3, 3.98 ERA, 43 IP

Tampa Bay:

LHP Scott Kazmir

2008: 11-6, 2.99 ERA, 1381/3 IP

CAREER VS. RED SOX: 6-6, 3.02 ERA, 1161/3 IP

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Rays lead the season series 8-7 and are 6-0 at Tropicana Field. All six games at the Trop have been tight, though - four were decided by one run and the other two by two runs. Boston leads the all-time series 118-66, but the Rays have won five of the last six meetings.

WHO'S HOT

Dioner Navarro is hitting .333 (13-for-39) in September even after going 0-for-4 Sunday ... Coco Crisp has 25 hits in his past 55 at-bats, a .455 average

WHO'S NOT

Rocco Baldelli was 3-for-19 (.158) on the 10-game road trip ... David Ortiz went 4-for-25 (.160) on Boston's six-game homestand

BY THE NUMBERS

.024

Combined batting average at Tropicana Field this year for David Ortiz (0-for-6), Jason Varitek (0-for-15) and Kevin Youkilis (1-for-20)

2.50

Tampa Bay's ERA against the Red Sox at home this year

33,334

Average attendance for Boston's six games at the Trop so far - including two sellouts

INJURY REPORT

Rays

CF B.J. Upton (strained left quadriceps) hasn't played since he was injured Monday at Boston. ... LF Carl Crawford (right middle finger surgery) is on the 15-day disabled list.

Red Sox

OF J.D. Drew (herniated disc in back) remains day-to-day and hasn't played since coming off the DL Monday. ... SS Julio Lugo (strained left quadriceps) is on the 60-day DL but hopes to return before the end of the regular season.

TICKETS

Still available for all three games of the Red Sox series. The Rays expect large crowds but sellouts are not necessarily a given.

Marc Lancaster

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