Toronto Blue Jays (7-6) @ Boston Red Sox (2-10)
Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1, 5.23) vs. Josh Beckett (1-1, 2.08)
1:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts)
TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1510
INJURY REPORT
Toronto: Rajai David, twisted right ankle (placed on 15-day DL 4/11); Frank Francisco, strained right pectoral (placed on 15-day DL 3/30, retroactive to 3/22); Brandon Morrow, inflamed right forearm (placed on 15-day DL 3/30, retroactive to 3/22)
Boston: Matt Albers, strained lat muscle (placed on 15-day DL 4/8)
GAME NOTES
There is no doubt in my mind that for the majority of the 2011 season, the Boston Red Sox will a very good team playing very good baseball. The question now that we are all wondering is if they have dug too deep a hole to climb out. Can they make up the ground lost by this horrific 2-10 start? Currently, the Red Sox are five games back of the first-place Yankees with 150 to play. Very doable, I think, just have to grab a shovel soon, very soon.
LINEUPS
Toronto
Escobar SS
Patterson CF
Bautista RF
Lind 1B
Hill 2B
Snider LF
Nix DH
Molina C
McDonald 3B
Boston
Lowrie SS
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Cameron RF
Varitek C
McDonald LF
Ellsbury CF
PLAYER OF THE DAY
The triple is one of the most exciting plays in baseball. Center fielder Tony Armas had 16 triples in his Red Sxo career. Armas came to the Red Sox after spending one year in Pittsburgh and six in Oakland. He had his best season in 1984, hitting .269 and leading the league with with 123 RBIs and 43 HRs. After the acquisition of Dave Henderson in 1986, Armas’s playing time diminished and he only had one at-bat in the 1986 World Series. He was released following the season and ended his career after playing three seasons with the Angels. His son, Tony Armas Jr. was a Red Sox prospect in 1997 when he was traded with Carl Pavano to Montreal for Pedro Martinez.