In spite of heavy thunderstorms that hit Boston late this afternoon, tonight’s game between the Red Sox and Athletics appears on track to start on time at 7:05.
Tim Wakefield celebrated his 42nd birthday today ... When Mike Timlin was credited with the victory in Friday night’s 2-1, 12-inning win over the A’s, at 42 years and 143 days of age he became the oldest Red Sox reliever to win a game since Dennis Eckersley in 1998 (43 years, 349 days) ... The appearance for Timlin was the 1,039th of his career. Among righthanded pitchers, only Kent Tekulve (1,050) has appeared in more games ... The Red Sox are 507-317 all-time against the Athletics at Fenway Park ... Dustin Pedroia’s 44 multiple-hit games tie him with the Ranger’ Ian Kinsler for the most in the majors this season ... The Red Sox picked up some infield insurance today by acquiring minor-league infielder Josh Wilson from the Pirates in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. Wilson, who has a .233 average in 119 major-league games with Florida, Washington, and Tampa Bay, was playing at Class AAA Indianapolis. Wilson will be assigned to Pawtucket ... Kevin Youkilis takes an eight-game hitting streak into tonight’s game.
The starting lineups:
Athletics
Ryan Sweeney, rf
Kurt Suzuki, c
Emil Brown, lf
Frank Thomas, dh
Mark Ellis, 2b
Carlos Gonzalez, cf
Jack Hannahan, 3b
Bobby Crosby, ss
Daric Barton, 1b
Dana Eveland, lhp
Red Sox
Dustin Pedroia, 2b
Kevin Youkilis, 1b
David Ortiz, dh
Mike Lowell, 3b
Jason Bay, lf
J.D. Drew, rf
Jed Lowrie, ss
Jason Varitek, c
Coco Crisp, cf
Jon Lester, lhp
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