Red Sox 07 Game 83

Wednesday, July 4    Fenway Park  1:05 PM ET

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Edwin Jackson, RHP (1-8, 6.88)		Tim Wakefield, RHP (8-8, 4.31)
Devil Rays (33-49)		Red Sox (51-31)

American League

East	W	L	GB	L 10	X W	X L
Boston	51	31	-	4-6	50	32
New York	39	41	11.0	4-6	45	35
Toronto	40	43	11.5	4-6	42	41
Baltimore	36	46	15.0	5-5	40	42
Tampa Bay	33	49	18.0	1-9	32	50

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Devil Rays: Jackson started against the Indians on Friday night and had by far his best outing of the season, holding the Indians to one run on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings. Jackson showed good fastball command and a mound presence unseen this season, striking out the final three batters he faced.

Red Sox: Despite admitting that his knuckler lacked its usual bite, Wakefield used his primary pitch to great effect against the Rangers on Friday night at Fenway. He allowed 11 baserunners but just one run over 6 1/3 frames, working his way out of some difficult situations to earn a 2-1 win. Wakefield has dominated the Rays over his career, going 15-2 with a 2.91 ERA in 32 appearances -- including 22 starts -- against Tampa Bay.

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

Hitting History vs Opposing Starter

Player	AB	H	2b	3b	HR's	RBI	BB's	K's	BA
J.D. Drew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Pedroia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Ortiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
M. Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
K. Youkilis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
M. Lowell	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Mirabelli	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
C. Crisp	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
J. Lugo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	.111

Not a lot of history here as the team has only faced Jackson for a total of 14 at bats. I would not be surprised, seeing how Youkilis was limping around last night to see Hinske playing today. It is also likely that we will see Cora today also (1 for 2) for Pedroia.

Historical Pitching Lines

Pitcher	GS	W	L	Sho	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	IP/GS
Jackson	0	0	0	0	4 1/3	4	2	0	5	4	4.15	2.08	0
Wakefield	22	13	2	0	141	113	48	15	47	87	3.06	1.13	6.41

As you can see Jackson is not totally unknown by the Sox but this is the first game that he has started vs them. Patience has been the key in the past, and should be today also.

Wakefield overall has faced the Devil Rays 32 times (10 relief). Overall he has a 15 and 2 record in 161 innings with a 2.91 ERA. At Fenway he is 7 and 2 in 11 starts with a 3.55 ERA and a WHIP of 1.14 while averaging 6.45 innings per start. Will take those numbers against any team at Fenway. Here's hoping the bats stay alive today for Timmy.

Chow!