The Rays will enter Fenway Park today 1-2 on this road trip, and 4-2 overall. Boston enters today 1-5 on the season. Amid the pomp and circumstance of Fenway’s 101st year, blah blah blah, Tampa Bay will try to make up for their tough 7-2 loss to Detroit on Thursday. To be honest, I could give two craps about this “milestone”. Ethan Casey said it best in an op-ed piece for Huffington Post:
Meanwhile, obnoxious Red Sox fans infest stadiums as far from Boston as Seattle, where I live, because it’s so hard to get tickets at Fenway.
Back to what’s important, today’s game. Josh Beckett, who got blasted in his last outing, will go up against David Price who performed really well in his. Price will try to continue his perfect record streak at Fenway.
DH Luke Scott still sidelined with a hamstring strain. Jose Lobaton will not be available today due to shoulder pain. Starting lineups are below. As always, Let’s Go Rays!
Tampa Bay Rays (4-2):
Jennings CF
Pena 1B
Longoria 3B
Joyce LF
Zobrist RF
Keppinger 2B
Vogt DH
Molina C
Brignac SS
Price P
Massholes (1-5):
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
McDonald LF
Ross RF
Aviles SS
Shoppach C
Beckett P