By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The dish
Rays at Red Sox
When/where: 7:10 tonight, Fenway Park, Boston
TV/radio: Fox Sports Florida; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)
Starting pitchers
RAYS: RHP James Shields (0-1, 4.72)
RED SOX: RHP John Lackey ( 1-1, 15.58)
Rays information: Toll-free 1-888-326-7297 (FAN-RAYS)
Watch for …
Slacky Lackey: Lackey has been roughed up in both of his starts, allowing 22 baserunners, and a .395 average, in 82/3 innings. He is 11-4, 3.75 in 16 starts against the Rays, though 2-2, 6.26 since coming to Boston from the Angels.
Big Game James: Shields finally won at Fenway last April, but overall has ugly numbers, 1-7, 7.71. He had a no-decision in his last start, having allowed three homers and getting no strikeouts.
Key matchups
Rays vs. Lackey
Johnny Damon 18-for-50
Dan Johnson 4-for-20, HR
B.J. Upton 3-for-21, HR
Sox vs. Shields
J.D. Drew 11-for-35, 2 HRs
David Ortiz 12-for-33, 3 HRs
Dustin Pedroia 13-for-30,
2 HRs
On deck
Thursday: vs. Twins, 6:40, Sun Sports. Rays — Wade Davis (0-2, 4.38); Twins — Carl Pavano (1-1, 6.00)
Friday: vs. Twins, 7:10, Sun Sports. Rays — Jeff Niemann (0-2, 8.31); Twins — Nick Blackburn (1-1, 0.77)
N.H.'s own
Sam Fuld was the first New Hampshire-born player to homer at Fenway since Phil Plantier in 1992, and the fourth overall.
#legendofsamfuld Tweets of the day
USF is changing its name to Univ. Of Sam Fuld
@BBiser83
Team officials have renamed the stadium Tropicana Fuld
@Turbidity
Sam Fuld is bored by The Most Interesting Man In The World
@JB_Long (of BHSN)
Sam Fuld has only been thrown out at home once, by Sam Fuld.
@GatorTee:
Superman wears Sam Fuld pajamas
@BobVorwald
He gets Chick-Fil-A on Sundays
@jasoncollette
Sam Fuld just divided by zero!!!!!
@ bcreeker
They will rename the movie to Fuld of Dreams.
@uberfreude