Rays vs. BoSox: C.C. returns

Posted Aug 28, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Aug 28, 2010 at 03:11 PM

ROGER MOONEY
ST. PETERSBURG—Carl Crawford is back in the lineup, the stomach virus that forced him to miss Friday’s game apparently has run its course.

The Rays will try to even this three-game series against Boston’s Cy Young Award candidate Clay Buchholz. Matt Garza, who is very good against the Red Sox, gets the start for the Rays.

Garza is 7-3 with a 3.64 ERA and one save for his career against the Red Sox. Plus, he beat them twice in the 2008 ALCS.

His last start didn’t go so well, though. Garza lasted three innings on July 5 and allowed four runs on seven hits. The Rays came back to win 6-5, and Garza’s short outing allowed him to come back two nights later and pick up the save as the Rays completed a three-game sweep.

Here are the lineups:

RED SOX
Marco Scutaro SS
J.D. Drew RF
Victor Martinez C
David Ortiz DH
Adrian Beltre 3B
Mike Lowell 1B
Daniel Nava LF
Ryan Kalish CF
Bill Hall 2B
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Clay Buchholz (15-5, 2.26)

RAYS
Jaso C
Zobrist 2B
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Joyce RF
Johnson DH
Upton CF
Bartlett SS
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Garza (13-7, 3.62)