During the Strikeforce event at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Saturday night, Cris Cyborg beat Jan Finney by TKO via strikes at 2:56 of the second round. Cyborg retains her Strikeforce Women's Featherweight championship belt.

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Boston Red Sox @ San Francisco Giants 7:10 p.m AT&T Park SP: Clay Buchholz vs Madison Bumgarner TV: FOX Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Evening Red Sox Delight - 6/26 [SOX & Dawgs]

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After losing last night's game and Dustin Pedroia to the disabled list with a fractured foot, the Boston Red Sox will look to get back in the win column in game two of a three-game set against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.

Tonight's game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown regionally on FOX. If you live in Connecticut like me, you're screwed and can't watch the game.. If you can't catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Clay Buchholz will look to bolster his All-Star credentials in his 15th start of the season. In his previous 14 starts, he is 10-4 with a 2.47 ERA. He's never faced the Giants in his career.

The Giants number 2 prospect, lefty Madison Bumgarner, will make just his second career MLB start and fifth appearance. He made 14 starts with the Triple-A Fresno and was 7-1 with a 3.16 ERA. He's never faced the Red Sox in his career.

Lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, and links after the jump.

The disabled list for the Boston Red Sox added another player on Saturday afternoon as second baseman Dustin Pedroia was placed on it with a non-displaced fracture of the navicular mid-foot bone in his left foot. Pedroia had fouled a ball off of his foot in the third inning of last night's 5-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants and had to leave the game.

Pedroia has been replaced on the 25 man roster by Angel Sanchez. There is no timetable on Pedroia's return to the lineup.

According to Pete Abraham, Bill Hall will play second base for now.

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Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story and box score links as well as links to team rosters, team stats and league standings are after the jump.

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The fine folks over at our Bloguin brother Fenway West are hosting a fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund entitled Rock & Sox tonight at 9 p.m. pacific time at the Connecticut Yankee in San Francisco. The Rock & Sox website has all the details and Matt at Fenway West has some more over at his site.

So if you live in the San Francisco area, be sure to head over to the event and help out a really great cause.

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With Spain beating Chile 2-1 and Switzerland and Honduras playing to a 0-0 draw, the knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is set to begin on Saturday.

First let's list the groups winners and runner-ups:

• Group A: Uruguay, Mexico
• Group B: Argentina, South Korea
• Group C: United States, England
• Group D: Germany, Ghana
• Group E: Netherlands, Japan
• Group F: Paraguay, Slovakia
• Group G: Brazil, Portugal
• Group H: Spain, Chile

And here's the schedule for the second round:

Saturday, June 26th:

• Uruguay v South Korea 10:00 AM, ESPN
• United States v Ghana 2:30 PM, ABC

Sunday, June 27th:

• Germany vs England, 10:00 AM, ESPN
• Argentina vs Mexico, 2:30 PM, ABC

Monday, June 28th:

• Netherlands vs Slovakia, 10:00 AM, ESPN
• Brazil vs Chile, 2:30 PM, ESPN

Tuesday, June 29th:

• Paraguay vs Japan, 10:00 AM, ESPN
• Spain vs Portugal, 2:30 PM, ESPN

Obviously besides the USA vs Ghana game tomorrow afternoon, the game I'm most looking forward to watching is the Spain/Portugal game on Tuesday. Spain is the second ranked team in the world and Portugal is the third.

New England Patriots linebacker Gary Guyton signed a two year contract extension with the team. Guyton, an undrafted free agent from Georgia Tech, made $350,000 in 2009 while racking up 85 tackles while playing all 16 games.

The two-year deal which covers 2010 and 2011, will pay Guyton $505,000 this season; $1 million next season plus he gets a guaranteed signing bonus of $650,000. Guyton is competing for a starting linebacker position with the team and also plays a pivotal role on the special teams unit.

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