The Red Sox try to improve upon the best home record (33-15) in baseball tonight against the Athletics. The Red Sox are 150-85 all-time against Oakland at Fenway Park and have won 8 of the last 9 here against the Athletics ... The Red Sox bullpen has not surrendered a run since the All-Star break, hurling 22 scoreless innings ... Josh Beckett is 6-0 with a 2.44 ERA at Fenway and has an 0.59 ERA in his last 4 starts here ... The starting lineups for tonight's game:
Athletics
Adam Kennedy, 3b
Orlando Cabrera, ss
Scott Hairston, lf
Jack Cust, dh
Kurt Suzuki, c
Ryan Sweeney, rf
Mark Ellis, 2b
Bobby Crosby, 3b
Eric Patterson, cf
Trevor Cahill, rhp
Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, cf
Dustin Pedroia, 2b
Kevin Youkilis, 3b
David Ortiz, dh
Jason Bay, lf
J.D. Drew, rf
Adam LaRoche, 1b
Jason Varitek, c
Jed Lowrie, ss
Josh Beckett, rhp
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