MLB 07 - Game 7

Tuesday, April 10 Fenway Park 2:05 PM ET

Jeff Weaver, RHP (0-0, -.--) Mariners (2-1) @ Josh Beckett, RHP (1-0, 1.80) Red Sox (3-3)

Boston 1 game behind Toronto Tied with NYY and 1/2 game ahead of Orioles. Opener of the series.

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From MLB.Com Scouting Report:

Red Sox: Coming off a victory against the Royals, Beckett takes the mound in Boston's home opener for the second straight season. Against Kansas City on Wednesday, the right-hander tossed five strong innings, allowing a run on two hits while striking out five. In last year's Fenway opener, Beckett pitched seven stellar innings to beat the Jays. He's 1-1 with a 5.27 ERA vs. Seattle in two career starts.

Mariners: Weaver last pitched in a game on March 30 in Las Vegas against the Cubs. He had a mixed bag during Spring Training, looking like the pitcher who helped the Cardinals win a World Series. But he also had less impressive outings, and starts the season as the No. 5 starter. Weaver has a 54-73 career record and 4.59 ERA in the AL.

As usual all statistics were found at the day by day database at Baseball Musings and this year at Baseball Reference.

Expected Batters vs opposing starter

Player	AB	Hits	2b	3b	HR's	RBI	BB's	K's	BA
J. Lugo	11	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.273
K. Youkilis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
D. Ortiz	21	6	1	0	2	4	4	1	.286
M Ramirez	21	6	0	0	3	6	4	3	.286
J.D. Drew	11	2	0	0	1	2	1	6	.182
M Lowell	8	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	.375
J Varitek	19	8	1	0	2	5	4	2	.421
C Crisp	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
D Pedroia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	98	29	2	0	9	20	16	14	.296

This would be a good game to start Hinske who is batting 400 against Weaver with 6 RBI's.

Historical Pitching lines

Pitcher	GS	W	L	Sho	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA
Weaver	13	3	4	0	72 2/3	82	49	20	30	45	6.07
Beckett	2	1	1	0	13 2/3	16	8	1	2	11	5.27

Weaver is 3 - 0 in his last 8 appearances against the Sox with 5.20 ERA. The walks have always helped the Sox against this pitcher. Beckett's games against the Mariners include a start as a Marlin. In his start against the Mariners last year in Fenway he went 7 innings giving up only 1 earned run for his win. Look for a similar start today.

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