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The dish
Rays at Red Sox
When/where: 7:10 tonight; Fenway Park, Boston
TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)
Probable pitchers:
Rays: RHP Matt Garza (14-7, 3.46)
RED SOX: RHP Tim Wakefield (3-10, 5.19)
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To the Matt: Garza has been on an roll, going 3-0, 0.99 in his past four starts. He is 7-3, 3.48 overall against the Sox, 5-2, 3.10 at Fenway.
In the Wake: Rather than start Clay Buchholz on short rest for the first time, the Sox are turning to knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, who has a 20-6, 3.60 career mark against the Rays.
Key matchups
Rays vs. wakefield
Jason Bartlett6-for-21, HR
Carl Crawford26-for-88, 2 HRs
Evan Longoria6-for-11, HR
red sox vs. garza
Adrian Beltre9-for-23, 2 HRs
Victor Martinez8-for-26
David Ortiz7-for-28, 3 HRs
On deck
Thursday: Off
Friday: at Blue Jays, 7:07, Sun Sports. Rays — James Shields (13-12, 4.92); Jays — Brett Cecil (12-7, 3.76)
Number of the day
41 Team record road wins by the Rays, with 12 remaining
Speedy moment of the day
LF Carl Crawford was chosen the fastest player in Sports Illustrated's poll of major-leaguers with 33 percent of the vote, racing past Houston's Michael Bourn (12%), Florida's Emilio Bonifacio (9%), Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen (8%) and the Mets' Jose Reyes (6%). So who really is the fastest? "It would definitely be a close race," Crawford said. "And I'm always going to pull for myself."
American League wild card
WLGBGR
Rays8454—24
. Next five days: at Bos., off, at Tor., at Tor., at Tor.
White Sox7761724
. Next five days: at Det., at Det., vs. K.C., vs. K.C., vs. K.C.
Red Sox776271/223
. Next five days: vs. TB, off, at Oak., at Oak., at Oak.
Sartorial splendor of the day
The Rays will be quite colorful on the upcoming trip to New York, with plans to wear John Daly-style wild golf pants for their next dress-up adventure. Manager Joe Maddon is already working on accessorizing his wardrobe, starting with the Bushwood-style pants, and throwing out the option of wearing BRaysers with them.
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