08:39 PM ET  10.11 |

Indians vs. Red Sox

 

Indians:

Most Common Batting Order:

 

1. Sizemore (CF)

2. Cabrera (2B)

3. Hafner (DH)

4. Martinez (C)

5. Garko (1B)

6. Peralta (SS)

7. Lofton (LF)

8. Gutierrez (RF)

9. Blake (3B)

 

Pitching Rotation:

1. C.C. Sabathia

2. Fausto Carmona

3. Jake Westbrook

4. Paul Byrd

 

Bullpen:

Rafael Betancourt

Joe Borowski

Aaron Fultz

Jensen Lewis

Rafael Perez

 

Quote:

"I got some big outs with guys on base." -- RHP Paul Byrd after giving up eight hits and two walks in five innings but allowing only two runs against the Yankees in the decisive Game 4 of the Division Series.

 

Schedule:

Oct 4NYYWon 12-31-0C.C. Sabathia (1-0)/Chien-Ming Wang (0-1) Oct 5NYYWon 2-12-0Rafael Perez (1-0)/Luis Vizcaino (0-1) Oct 7@NYYLost 4-82-1Phil Hughes (1-0)/Jake Westbrook (0-1) Oct 8@NYYWon 6-43-1Paul Byrd (1-0)/Chien-Ming Wang (0-2)Joe Borowski (1)

 

Red Sox:

Most Common Batting Order:

 

1. Lugo

2. Youkilis

3. Ortiz

4. Ramirez

5. Drew

6. Lowell

7. Varitek

8. Crisp

9. Pedroia

 

Pitching Rotation:

1. Josh Beckett

2. Curt Schilling

3. Daisuke Matsuzaka 

4. Tim Wakefield

 

Bullpen:

Manny Delcarmen

Eric Gagne

Javier Lopez

Hideki Okajima

Jonathan Papelbon

 

Quote:

"Those guys kind of put us up on their backs and carried us during this series offensively. Obviously, they're a huge part of our club, and when they're both swinging the bat like that in tandem it makes us very tough to beat." -- Sox general manager Theo Epstein, talking about David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez.

 

Schedule:

Oct 3LAAWon 4-01-0Josh Beckett (1-0)/John Lackey (0-1) Oct 5LAAWon 6-32-0Jonathan Papelbon (1-0)/Justin Speier (0-1) Oct 7@LAAWon 9-13-0Curt Schilling (1-0)/Jered Weaver (0-1) 

 

Probible Pitchers:

Friday, October 12 Fenway Park | 7:00 PM ET C.C. Sabathia, LHP (0-0, -.--)
Indians  @  Josh Beckett, RHP (0-0, -.--)
Red Sox

 

My Prediction: Red Sox in 7!!!

 

Let's Celebrate!!! (again)