Game Time: 2:05 pm

Scheduled Starters: Daniel Cabrera (5-7, 4.95) v. Jon Lester (5-2, 3.86)


Boston weather: 10 am observation at BOS: Wind out of the northwest at 12 mph, visibility greater than 10 miles, few clouds at 7,000 feet, broken layer at 25,000 feet, temperature 70F, DP 46F.

Forecast: It'll be a nice cool, clear, crisp day. The temperature should be in the mid- to upper-70's by game time. The winds will be out of the west to northwest, at less than 15 mph. That's blowing out toward right.

Anni

Jon Lester wins today and finishes the sweep of the O's.

Brutal looking lineups:

Orioles
1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Melvin Mora, 3B
3. Miguel Tejada, SS
4. Jeff Conine, LF
5. Jay Gibbons, DH
6. Ramon Hernandez, C
7. Corey Patterson, CF
8. Kevin Millar, 1B
9. Nick Markakis, RF

P--Daniel Cabrera

Red Sox
1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Mark Loretta, 2B
3. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
4. Manny Ramirez, DH
5. Wily Mo Pena, LF
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Alex Cora, SS
8. Gabe Kapler, RF
9. Doug Mirabelli, C

P--Jon Lester

If I had my druthers, I'd bat Manny 3rd and WMP 4th, leadoff Youks, and stick Crisp between Cora and Kapler. And even then, it would still be brutal.

But not as brutal as batting Jeff Conine cleanup. Good grief, Perlozzo.

Wily Mo batting 5th. Yay!

It took a day off from Papi to get him there. Sad.

I agree with the lineup shorty posted.

on a related note, Wang has **** the bed already in the first inning, 3-0 Angels. Go Weaver

Time to get Lester his 6th win, he's been stuck on 5 for a while now. Sox can hopefully pick up a game on the Yanks and ChiSox today.

Weaver strikes out the side with a walk to Jeter mixed in. AROD K's with Jeter on 2nd to end the inning. MVP MVP

i see lester is using the "walk" approach once again, yikes

damn cora could have had that

Again, Dave Wallace is a genius.

Alright guys, let's get some runs so Lester can come back out with a lead. He really has to cut back on the walks if he's not going to kill the bullpen today.

Coco is the best leadoff hitter evah

Did you see that catch he made?

Ah thats what a good leadoff hitter looks like



No but I heard about it on NESN

Sweet youk 2nd and 3rd with only 1 out

Bases loaded for WMP w/ 2-0 count

Lets go Wily Mo

Shit - I can't believe WMP K'd after being ahead 3-0

3-0 to Lowell, lets just get the walk here

alright lowell, pick them up

YES!!!!!!

Or hit a grand slam, that works I guess. Way to go Lowell

LOWELL GOES YARD!!!!

BOOM!

NICE play by that fan.

and lester promptly gives two back, why do his starts continue to be worse and worse? 44 pitches through 1.1 innings is horrible

This is going to be a very long game.

Sox are going to have a huge inning here. Bases loaded for Gabe the Babe.

Will take the run on the out by Kapler there.

The Orioles are officially my 2nd favorite team in all of Baseball

Now can Lester hold this lead? For at least one inning?

I LOVE sitting on my bed with 2 games on and the laptop running.

My brothers at the game though on the RF Roof, so I'm damn jealous. Bastid.

Wow, helluva diving catch by Tejada.

Jim Palmer is putting me TO SLEEP.

Snyder starts the inning off well

F**k man jesus keep the ball in the god damn park.

Wow, this is awful.

and he does it again

time to go snyder

Nice quick inning by MDC; I imagine he comes back out for the 8th. As much as I'd like to see Paps pick up his 31st save here, I'd rather see the Sox put a very crooked number up...you just can't be too sure these days. oh..oh back to back HR's Arod and GiamBi...5-3now

Yankees lose. Posada flies out.

posada will end that rally quickly

I really want Manny to come to the plate with the bases loaded and extend his treak with a grand slam.

Wouldnt it be great if Manny could extend his hitting streak with another RBI here?

Damn Youks had me fooled there too.

That works.

Thank you Kevin!!!!! YOOKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Papi who?

Good thing it didn't hit em, eh?

Ok Manny, extend the streak.

Umm, hmm.

Omg that was awesome.

Have you noticed how greatful we should be for having Youk in our lineup? I mean, its his first full year in MLB, and he already played very well defensively, batted all around the order, and has done incredibly well doing it all.

OK, we need at least 3 hits from our guys to make Manny step up to the plate to get another chance.

If they had counted that a hit, I would test the validity of any statistic ever recorded at Fenway. Wicked spin, though.

streak over - well done though Manny. When this year is all done it may be close to a career best performance.

Willy Mo knows how to break a bat. He barely has a handle left when he's done with it.