Saturday, October 18, 2008 (8:07pm ET)
Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays
vs
Joshua Beckett (0-0, 16.62 ERA) v. James Shields (0-1, 2.45 ERA)
TV: TBS | Radio: WRKO (Eng.) WROL (Esp.) | AIM:
redsox Red Sox
1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. Mark Kotsay, 1B
8. Jed Lowrie, SS
9. Jason Varitek, C
Rays
1. Akinori Iwamura, 2B
2. B.J. Upton, CF
3. Carlos Pena, 1B
4. Evan Longoria, 3B
5. Carl Crawford, LF
6. Cliff Floyd, DH
7. Dioner Navarro, C
8. Gabe Gross, RF
9. Jason Bartlett, SS
According to Tito everyone is available to pitch out of the bullpen including Matsuzaka (he threw 82 pitches Thursday). Chances are slim that he will even be called to pitch in relief, but he did met with Tito to discuss if and "how much he could pitch."