Josh Tomlin (L), Daisuke Matsuzaka (R)

After learning they’ll be without the services of their first baseman Kevin Youkilis for the rest of the season, the Boston Red Sox will look to salvage a split of their four-game set with the Cleveland Indians tonight at Fenway Park.

This evening’s game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Indians television market, you can catch the game on STO. And if you don’t live in either market, you’re in luck as tonight’s game will be broadcast on the MLB Network. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

After taking a no decision his last time toeing the rubber, Daisuke Matsuzaka will look to get back in the win column in his 16th start of the season. In his previous 15 outings, Dice-K is 7-3 with a 4.22 ERA. One of his wins this season is against the Indians, coming back on June 7th when he threw eight shutout innings in the 4-1 win by the Red Sox. Overall in his career, he’s made four starts against the Indians and is 3-1 with a 2.70 ERA.

Josh Tomlin will just his third major league start and his first against the Red Sox. In his two previous outings, he is 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA.

Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.

Here are tonight’s starting lineups:

Cleveland Indians46-62

Red Sox logo61-47

1. Trevor Crowe
CF 1. Jacoby Ellsbury
CF
2. Jason Donald
SS 2. Marco Scutaro
SS
3. Shin-Soo Choo
RF 3. David Ortiz
DH
4. Matt LaPorta
1B 4. Victor Martinez
C
5. Jordan Brown
LF 5. J.D. Drew
RF
6. Jayson Nix
DH 6. Adrian Beltre
3B
7. Luis Valbuena
2B 7. Mike Lowell
1B
8. Andy Marte
3B 8. Ryan Kalish
LF
9. Lou Marson
C 9. Bill Hall
2B
Josh Tomlin
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP

Here’s how the hitters have fared against this evening’s starting pitchers in their careers:

Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox batter/pitcher matchups

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Bowden throwing hitters for a curve [Clubhouse Insider]

Thumb surgery for Youkilis looms; Red Sox looking for lefty-hitting 1B [Clubhouse Insider]

Sox to work out Delgado [Clubhouse Insider]

Youkilis to have surgery, out for year [CSN New England]

Theo on losing Youkilis [ESPN Boston]

New York Yankees’ weekend series with Boston Red Sox could be very revealing [ESPN Boston]

Kevin Youkilis to have season-ending thumb surgery on Friday [ESPN Boston]

Is it next year yet? [Extra Bases]

MLB disciplines Red Sox, Indians [Extra Bases]

Welcome to the wonderful world of waivers [Extra Bases]

Surgery on Youkilis set for tomorrow [Extra Bases]

Pregame notes from Fenway [Extra Bases]

Nearly a Red Sox, LaPorta’s case a familiar one [Full Count]

Youkilis to undergo season-ending surgery [Full Count]

Ricciardi on The Big Show: Saltamacchia ‘a smart move’ [Full Count]

Ortiz on Youkilis: ‘A major hit’ [Full Count]

Ortiz Reaction to Youkilis Surgery [Hit and Run with Dan Roche]

Josh Beckett, Four Other Red Sox Players Fined for Bench-Clearing Incident Against Indians [NESN.com]

Kevin Youkilis Out for Remainder of 2010, Will Undergo Season-Ending Surgery Friday [NESN.com]

Dugouts and Batting Cages Flooded at Fenway During Rainstorm [NESN.com]

Youkilis need surgery, is lost for season [Projo Sox Blog]

Anderson not likely to get a call-up [Projo Sox Blog]

MLB doles out penalties to Indians, Red Sox [RedSox.com]

Red Sox lose Youkilis for rest of season [RedSox.com]

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