Game 86 Preview: Red Sox at Yankees

Boston Red Sox (50-37)	New York Yankees (45-40)
Jacoby Ellsbury LF	Johnny Damon LF
Dustin Pedroia 2B	Derek Jeter SS
J.D. Drew RF	Bobby Abreu RF
Manny Ramirez LF	Alex Rodriguez 3B
Mike Lowell 3B	Jason Giambi DH
Kevin Youkilis 1B	Jorge Posada C
Coco Crisp CF	Robinson Cano 2B
Jason Varitek C	Wilson Betemit 1B
Julio Lugo SS	Melky Cabrera CF

Jon Lester (6-3, 3.48 ERA) vs. Andy Pettitte (9-5, 3.98 ERA)

Time: 7:05 p.m.
TV: YES
Radio: WCBS-AM 880, XM Radio Channel 176

Red Sox vs. Pettitte

• Ellsbury: 2-2, 1 RBI
  
• Pedroia: 5-17, 1 2B, 5 RBI
  
• Drew: 6-20, 1 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI
  
• Ramirez: 31-72, 8 2B, 4 HR, 19 RBI
  
• Lowell: 6-17, 1 2B, 3 RBI
  
• Youkilis: 6-13, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI
  
• Crisp: 4-16
  
• Varitek: 17-49, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI
  
• Lugo: 6-25, 1 3B, 3 RBI

Yankees vs. Lester

• Damon: 3-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI
  
• Jeter: 0-3
  
• Abreu: 2-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI
  
• Rodriguez: 0-1
  
• Giambi: No experience
  
• Posada: No experience
  
• Cano: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 RBI
  
• Betemit: No experience
  
• Cabrera: 2-2, 1 RBI

I'll be headed to the game soon. Hopefully the weather improves. Enjoy the game, everybody!