John Lackey (L), CC Sabathia (R)

After taking game one last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take game two of this four-game set this afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

This afternoon’s game will start at 4:05 p.m. and will be shown to 86% of the country on FOX.  If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network especially since it’s Joe Buck and Tim McCarver on the television call.

John Lackey looks to rebound for a poor performance his last time out in his 23rd start of the season. In his previous 22 starts, Lackey is 10-6 with a 4.48 ERA. He’s made one start against the Yankees in 2010 taking a no decision back on April 7th when he allowed no runs over six innings. Overall in his career, he’s made 17 starts against the Yankees and is 5-7 with a 4.40. Lackey has made eight career starts in New York and is 3-3 with a 3.76 ERA.

Proud new papa for the fourth time CC Sabathia will toe the Yankee Stadium rubber this afternoon for Joe Girardi. CC has made 23 starts this season and is 13-5 with a 3.19 ERA. He’s made three starts against the Red Sox in 2010 and has no decisions in all three with a 4.76 ERA. He’s made fourteen career starts against the Red Sox and is 5-5 with a 3.56 ERA.

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

Boston Red Sox63-47

New York Yankees67-41
1. Marco Scutaro SS 1. Derek Jeter SS
2. Jed Lowrie 2B 2. Nick Swisher RF
3. David Ortiz
 DH 3. Mark Teixeira 1B
4. Victor Martinez
 C 4. Alex Rodriguez 3B
5. Adrian Beltre
 3B 5. Robinson Cano 2B
6. Mike Lowell 1B 6. Jorge Posada C
7. J.D. Drew RF 7. Lance Berkman DH
8. Bill Hall LF 8. Curtis Granderson CF
9. Darnell McDonald CF 9. Brett Gardner LF
John Lackey SP CC Sabathia SP

And here is how hitters have fared against this afternoon’s starting pitchers:

Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees batter/pitcher matchups

According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Red Sox have signed Carlos Delgado to a minor league deal. It’s expected that he’ll need at least two weeks to get ready.

Here are the details of the deal via Rosenthal’s Twitter page:

  • Source: Carlos Delgado agrees to minor-league deal with #RedSox. Must be in majors by Sept. 1 or he can become free agent.
  • Delgado will be paid at rate of 20,000 per month at AAA and receive pro-rated portion of 3M in majors. #RedSox agree not to offer arb
  • Delgado also would get $75,000 for winning ALCS MVP and $100,000 for World Series MVP.

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