Sox Set To Open Series with Orioles
Clay Buchholz will go for his 8th win of the year tonight as the Red Sox open a 3-game series with the Orioles in Baltimore. Righty Chris Tillman will be making his second start of the season for the Orioles. After a 15-39 start, The O's fired manager Dave Trembley this morning. They have named third base coach Juan Samuel as the interim skipper. The Orioles are currently 21 games back of the Rays in the American League East and are on pace to have their 13th consecutive losing season. However, four of their fifteen wins have come against the Red Sox.
Here are tonight's lineups:
Red Sox (31-24)
Marco Scutaro SS
Dustin Pedroia 2B
David Ortiz DH
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Victor Martinez C
J.D. Drew RF
Adrian Beltre 3B
Jeremy Hermida LF
Bill Hall CF
Orioles (15-39)
Corey Patterson LF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Nick Markakis RF
Ty Wigginton 1B
Luke Scott DH
Matt Wieters C
Adam Jones CF
Scott Moore 2B
Cesar Izturis SS
