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Game time: 7:05 pm

Scheduled starters: Shairon Martis v. Clay Buchholz

The game will be on NESN and WRKO


Fort Myers weather: 4 pm observation at KRSW: Wind out of the east at 12 mph, visibility 10 miles in light rain, broken layer at 3,900 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet, temperature 72F, DP 68F

Forecast: Warm and muggy with a chance of rain. There's a shortwave disturbance moving from the NW through the area and it is firing off showers and some thunderstorms. The wind will blow across from right to left.

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PIRATES (2-4)

Tabata RF
Barmes SS
McCutchen CF
Jones 1B
Evans DH
Alvarez 3B
Boggs LF
Fryer C
Mercer 2B

Pitching: RHP Shairon Martis followed by LHP Tony Watson, RHP Daniel McCutchen, RHP Chris Resop, LHP Doug Slaten,RHP Ryota Igarashi, RHP Tim Wood




RED SOX (3-1-1)

Aviles SS
Youkilis 3B
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Sweeney RF
Ross CF
Shoppach C
Anderson 1B
Kroeger LF

Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz followed by RHP Vicente Padilla, RHP Will Inman, RHP Michael Bowden, RHP Brandon Duckworth

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PITTSBURGH (7) AT BOSTON (4)

PITTSBURGH       AB  R  H BI  BOSTON           AB  R  H BI  
J Tabata rf       4  1  2  2  M Aviles ss       4  0  1  1
G Polanco rf      1  0  0  0  O Tejeda pr-2b    1  0  0  0
C Barmes ss       4  2  2  1  K Youkilis 3b     3  0  1  0
C d'Arnaud ss     1  0  0  0  W Middlebrooks 3b 2  0  1  0
A McCutchen cf    3  1  3  2  D Pedroia 2b      3  0  1  0
G Hernandez cf    1  0  0  0  P Ciriaco pr-2b-s 2  1  1  0
G Jones 1b        3  0  1  2  D Ortiz dh        3  1  1  1
J Fox 1b          1  0  0  0  J Linares ph-dh   1  0  0  0
N Evans dh        4  0  0  0  R Sweeney rf      3  0  0  0
P Alvarez 3b      3  0  0  0  J Repko cf        1  0  0  0
Y Navarro 3b      1  0  0  0  C Ross cf         3  0  2  1
B Boggs lf        2  0  0  0  A Hassan pr-lf    1  0  0  0
R Grossman lf     1  0  0  0  K Shoppach c      1  0  0  0
E Fryer c         2  2  1  0  R Lavarnway ph    1  0  0  0
T Sanchez c       1  0  0  0  D Butler c        1  0  1  0
J Mercer 2b       2  1  1  0  L Anderson 1b     2  0  0  0
A Hernandez 2b    1  0  0  0  N Spears 1b       2  0  0  0
                              J Kroeger lf      2  1  1  0
                              D McDonald rf     2  1  2  1
TOTALS           35  7 10  7  TOTALS           38  4 12  4

PITTSBURGH                 101 041 000   --   7
BOSTON                     000 111 100   --   4

E--C d'Arnaud. DP--PITTSBURGH 1, BOSTON 1. LOB--PITTSBURGH
5, BOSTON 8. 2B--C Barmes, A McCutchen 2, J Tabata 2, J
Kroeger, D McDonald. HR--D McDonald 1 (1), D Ortiz 1 (2).
SB--G Hernandez 1 (2), J Mercer 1 (1), D Butler 1 (1), M
Aviles 1 (1), C Ross 1 (1), P Ciriaco 1 (3). CS--C Ross.

                                  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
PITTSBURGH                    
S Martis (W,1-1)                   2   2   0   0   0   1   0
C Resop                            1   0   0   0   0   0   0
T Watson                           2   3   2   2   0   1   1
R Igarashi                         1   2   1   1   0   1   0
D Slaten                           1   3   1   1   0   1   1
D McCutchen                        1   1   0   0   0   2   0
T Wood (S,1)                       1   1   0   0   0   2   0

BOSTON                        
C Buchholz (L,1-1)                 3   3   2   2   0   1   0
V Padilla                          2   5   4   4   0   0   0
W Inman                            2   2   1   1   3   1   0
M Bowden                           1   0   0   0   0   1   0
B Duckworth                        1   0   0   0   0   1   0

WP--R Igarashi. HBP--J Mercer. SO--PIT: B Boggs, G Polanco,
R Grossman, Y Navarro. BOS: N Spears 2, J Repko, O Tejeda, L
Anderson, W Middlebrooks, K Youkilis, R Sweeney. BB--PIT: B
Boggs, E Fryer, G Hernandez. . T--3:12 A--9,248

[BigSlick]

At least Ortiz homered again. Hopefully he will avoid the early season funk he's been known to have in the past.

[Cudahy]

I assumed Padilla would make the team. Not so sure now.
12 stolen bases in the first six games.