Game Time: 1:05 pm

Scheduled starters: Cory Lidle (4-6, 5.00 v. Tim Wakefield 5-8, 3.82)

The game will be on NESN and MLB.TV


Boston weather: 10 am observation at BOS: Wind out of the southeast at 6 mph, visibility 6 miles in mist, overcast at 1,500 feet, temperature 71F, DP 69F

Forecast: We've got the muggies! I guess it's better than rain! The Boston area is sandwiched in between a surface high off to the southeast and the low off to our west and northwest, and that's not going to allow this humid airmass to move on...

There's a chance that we could get some showers and thundershowers this afternoon, especially if the clouds break and we get some more heating. The rain that got us yesterday is off to the northwest, though, and is not going to be a problem.

They'll get the game in today, but there could be a shower during the afternoon. The wind will be blowing in from right, but will not likely be a factor.

[codebox]Philadelphia Boston
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
SS Rollins, Jimmy 9 25 .259 1B Youkilis, Kevin 9 35 .314
2B Utley, Chase 13 43 .288 2B Cora, Alex 0 9 .309
RF Abreu, Bobby 8 51 .290 DH Ortiz, David 22 66 .267
1B Howard, Ryan 25 66 .292 LF Ramirez, Manny 20 51 .295
CF Rowand, Aaron 8 25 .275 RF Nixon, Trot 6 39 .332
DH Dellucci, David 3 12 .278 3B Lowell, Mike 8 38 .310
LF Victorino, Shane 3 12 .314 CF Crisp, Coco 3 12 .271
3B Bell, David 4 25 .253 C Mirabelli, Doug 1 5 .149
C Coste, Chris 0 1 .176 SS Gonzalez, Alex 3 19 .260
P Lidle, Cory (4-6, 5.00) P Wakefield, Tim (5-8, 3.82) [/codebox]

Are they sporting the alternate unis today?

Look, it's Ryan Howard! Could he possibly be hitting cleanup? No, that's not possible. That would be intelligent, and Charlie Manuel does not subscribe to that school of thought!

Where's the Mojo????


We need Mojo!

Today's mojo:

No mojo needed. We will win by 20 runs.

There's a relief.

Now Rowand (who KILLS Wake) comes up with nobody on.

Bats, please

Okay, so the strike zone today is about the size of the 02215 area code. Sounds good, ump.

And I meant zip code.

Rowand is batting .714 lifetime against Wake.... yikes...

Was Rowand's out a laser? All I can tell on Gameday is that he lined out to Youks.

It does say it was in foul territory, so probably not.

Also, 5-4-3. I call that "mojo."

OK, I'm here. Daughter's still up, though, so I'll be a bit distracted. Did I notice that Cory Liddle is throwing a NO HITTER?!? Wow, isn't that special. A no hitter. Huh...

A fly out to Nixon would've been perfect.

It was a soft queue shot, but Youks still made a nice play.

Awwwww.... You jinxed him! Manny thanks you!

Now, GET THOSE BATS GOING!

Not really a line drive. More like a blooper that never really got high enough to be called a blooper. He hit it off the end of bat, and it was totally dying when Youkilis got to it. I actually thought Youk was going to fall down after making the catch.

So much for the no hitter. I see, though, that Cory Lidle is throwing a shutout. That's pretty special, too.

Touche'......for a double.......

My satellite is adjusting to rain = no game for 15 minutes.

Another chance for Coco to make us love him...

Nice one, Abreu.

How was that error charged to Rowand?

And what hurts more, face first into a wall, or running into Bobby Abreu? Abreu is pretty solid.

... and again Coco refuses to make us love him.

3-1 with ducks on the pond and he pops up. It was almost predictable. Disappointing.

Mirabelli...he's beginning to look like his battery-mate with a bat.

Nice try

Mirabelli had no clue there. Lidle threw him like 6 straight changeups, and Doug swung right over the top of 3 of them.

TV people, how big is the crowd?

I miss the stud who hits bombs.

Remy was talking about how full it is, can't be more than a 1,000 empty seats, and its still somewhat early in the game. Remy said, "I guess a lot of people were "sick" today". Goes to show just how many showed up.

For those of us stuck at work with GameDay.... Is Wake getting a lot of movement or does he seem flat?

Also... any word on the pregame if Pap's is available today?

doug is a shell of his former self and when your a shell of Dougie, that is not good.... He is just cooked...

That's great to hear. Especially after seeing literally 6,800 at the Toilet Bowl last night. Buncha phonies.

Looks like people are still filtering in, too.

I thought Rollins just overslid the bag on that steal there...guess not.

This AB scares me.....

Abreu is the NL version A-Rod

Edit.. that's NOT a compliment

guess I was stupid to be scared K

Bonz said as he strikes out. Stay scared, please!

"Available today? He's young, he's available."

- Terry Francona, not said today but after he'd pitched in back to back games. I'm sure he is for today.

lol... I heard that somewhere.... I think it was my cousin that is a phillies fan.... They hate him down there...

nice ab by cora.... I will give him credit... He puts together some pretty nice at bats.

Nice at bat by Cora. Now about that shutout, Papi...

wow, he didn't swing the bat once... what is the umps strike zone like?

... guess not. Does Lidle really look good, or is it just that our bats are still in bed?

I live 15 minutes from Philly now.

Man that was a close call on Cora. Thank you ump!

Papi Strikes out...

Yay! DC is about to get hit by a thunderstorm! Because we didn't get enough falling trees, mudslides, flooding evacuations, and power outages yesterday! Bring it on!

God, I hate this weather.

Wake has been flirting with disaster all day

Need a DP here.

K two down.....