Boston Red Sox (9-11) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (12-9)
John Lackey (1-2, 9.82) vs. Matt Palmer (1-0, 4.22)
3:35PM EDT | Angel Stadium (Anaheim, California)
TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1510
INJURY REPORT
Boston: NONE
Los Angeles: Scott Downs, stomach virus (placed on 15-day DL 4/22, retroactive to 4/14), Scott Kazmir, stiff lower back (placed on 15-day DL 4/9, retroactive to 4/4); Kendrys Morales, fractured left leg (placed on 15-day DL 3/29, retroactive to 3/22); Joel Pinero, tight right shoulder (placed on 15-day DL 3/29, retroactive to 3/22); Freddy Sandoval, strained left oblique (placed on 15-day DL 3/29, retroactive to 3/22)
GAME NOTES
It was a great feeling today being able to write “NONE” for the Red Sox’ injury report. I briefly considered putting Ryan Kalish in just to have someone, but I’ve been keeping it to players from the 25-man roster or who went to the disabled list from the 25-man roster, so I decided to stay consistent. Knock on wood, of course, the team has stayed remarkably healthy. A brief DL stint for Matt Albers and a scary few moments when Kevin Youkilis fouled the ball off his shin and Dustin Pedroia twisted his ankle is really it. You don’t need me to tell you that after last year that “NONE” about 10 lines up is a welcome sight.
LINEUPS
Boston
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Cameron RF
Crawford LF
Saltalamacchia C
Scutaro SS
Los Angeles
Izturis 2B
Abreu DH
Hunter RF
Callaspo 3B
Wells LF
Kendrick 1B
Aybar SS
Mathis C
Bourjos CF
PLAYER OF THE DAY
Happy Easter! Bunny Madden was a backup catcher for the Red Sox from 1909-1910 and Phillies in 1911. He was a local guy, born Thomas Francis Madden in Boston in 1882; he died in Cambridge in 1954. He appeared in only 56 games in his career hitting .287/.329/.644 with 11 RBIs and no home runs. Madden played at least 13 season in the minor leagues with teams in Lynn, Massachusetts, Portland, Oregon and Montreal.