Game time: 1:05 pm

Scheduled starters: Lenny DiNardo v. A.J. Burnett


The game will be on WEEI and mlb audio. No NESN today.

Brad Mills will manage the team. Terry Francona is staying in Ft. Myers to watch Clement and Foulke pitch in a Minor League game.


Dunedin weather: 9 am observation at St. Petersburg/Clearwater Airport: Wind out of the north at 6 mph, visibility 8 miles in light haze, clear skies, temperature 71F, DP 61F


Forecast: The haze has been burning off as the morning progresses (vis was around 5 miles earlier). It will be a sunny day, near 80F, with light norhteast winds.

Anni

Also on XM 177, as is tomorrow's Orioles game.

Stern, Harris, Snow,Mohr, CORA, Wilson, Machado, Bailey, HUCKABY.
When are our regulars going to start making road games?

April 3rd.

2-0 Sox after 1. RBI double by Snow. Dinardo goes 1-2-3.

A.J. Burnett injures himself in the top of the 2nd.

A bloop double by Stern in the 2nd. I've never heard of a bloop double before.

Enrique Wilson cannot be stopped. Came into today's game hitting .333 this spring and just cranked a solo HR off Schoenweis. 3-0 Sox in the 4th.

Huckaby with a double off the CF wall. Stern follows with a 2-run HR. 5-0.

Scoreless inning for Seanez -- two long fly balls and a K.

Riske getting hammered again. A walk and two hard hits. 5-2 Boston.

A double, a 2 run homer and a single by Stern.

We finally get a good outing from Seanez and then Riske gets bombed.

Stern now 3 for 4 with a homer, single and double and a stolen base!!
Sorry Cudahy, you beat me to it.

I'm not sure I would call it a good outing by Seanez. Two of the outs sent Harris to the warning track. At least he didn't give up any runs for the 1st time this spring. Riske put on another runner then got out of the jam with a DP grounder.

FWIW, two of Stern's hits have been off lefties (Schoenweis and BJ Ryan).

Riske taken out after giving up a 3rd run. Holtz in.
Weird line for Holtz, 12 SO's in 6 innings but everyone who has made contact has hits.

Riske: 1.1 IP, 4 hits, 4 runs, 2 BBs, 0 Ks, HBP, wild pitch.

Ugliness.

Our regular bullpen has a spring ERA of around 12.00. Of course Timlin, Foulke and Tavarez haven't pitched.

burnett injured

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- After throwing just one pitch in the second inning, starter A.J. Burnett was removed from the game against the Red Sox on Saturday [b]for precautionary reasons due to an injury in his elbow.
Burnett, who signed a five-year, $55 million deal with Toronto in December, threw just 18 pitches before Toronto pitching coach Brad Arnsberg and a team trainer met with him on the mound. The right-hander left the game and headed to the Blue Jays clubhouse.

Burnett allowed two runs on three hits, including an RBI-double to Boston's J.T. Snow, in the first inning. With the outing against the Red Sox, Burnett has an ERA of 9.00 in three starts -- spanning eight innings.

Toronto left-hander Gustavo Chacin replaced Burnett in the second.

Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.[/b]

A couple of minor leaguers have given the sox a 7-4 lead.

What is Stern's AVG. right now against lefties? Dustin Mohr?

That stolen base by Stern was a lucky play. The pitcher picked him off at first, and the short stop dropped the ball at second on the throw from first. I like what we are seeing from Stern this spring training, but I still think his base running instincts are not so hot.

FINAL - SOX 8, Blue Jays 4

WP - Lenny DiNardo
LP - A.J. Burnett


SOX - 8R, 14H, 2E
TOR - 4R, 8H, 4E