Oakland Athletics (60-72) @ Boston Red Sox (81-51)
Graham Godfrey (1-1, 4.24) @ Erik Bedard (4-9, 3.57)
5:00 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510
GAME NOTES
Floods in the concourse. Trash littered across the bleachers. A healthy Erik Bedard. The apocalypse has hit Fenway. A strange day will only get stranger tonight as the Sox take on the A’s in the second game of a double header. Boston took game one 9-3, with Jon Lester pitching six quality innings. Bedard starts for Boston tonight, still looking for his first win as a Red Sox. His last effort came Monday night in Texas. He went six innings, surrendering four runs, three of them coming on one swing from Mike Napoli. He struck out four Rangers and walked only one. He comes into the game with a tough 4-9 record, despite a solid 3.57 ERA. Most importantly, he’s still healthy. (For now…). Graham Godfrey makes his fourth start of the season for Oakland, and his first since June 23rd. The twenty-seven year old lefty has posted a 4.24 ERA in his three starts, and has spent the rest of the year in the minor leagues.
Boston
- Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
- Marco Scutaro, SS
- Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
- Dustin Pedroia, 2B
- David Ortiz, DH
- Jed Lowrie, 3B
- Carl Crawford, LF
- Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
- Josh Reddick, RF
Oakland
TBA
INJURY REPORT
Boston: Clay Buchholz, lower back strain (placed on 15-day DL June 19, retroactive to June 17); J.D. Drew, left shoulder impingement (placed on 15-day DL July 26); Bobby Jenks, strained back (placed on 15-day DL July 16); Kevin Youkilis, sore back (Placed on 15 day DL August 18)
Oakland: Michael Wuertz, thumb injury (Placed on 15 day DL July 30th)
Stats
-Bedard has been walking less batter this year, posting 2.78 BB/9 compared to a career mark of 3.46 BB/9.
-Michael Bowden posted a 2.73 ERA and a 10.42 K/9 as the pawtucket closer this year.
-Bedard has a 4.09 ERA with the Red Sox.
-The A’s have the third lowest collective WAR in baseball with a 10.7 mark.