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ALCS Game 3: TB @ BOS.

By Allen Chace

Lester takes the mound vs. Garza, hopefully to get us back a series lead.

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Matt Garza 11-9 3.70 1.24 128 59

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Jon Lester 16-6 3.21 1.28 152 66

Lineups:

Lineup

Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

10/13/08 4:37 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Rays Boston Red Sox
Akinori Iwamura - 2B Jacoby Ellsbury - CF
B.J. Upton - CF Dustin Pedroia - 2B
Carlos Pena - 1B David Ortiz - DH
Evan Longoria - 3B Kevin Youkilis - 3B
Carl Crawford - LF J.D. Drew - RF
Willy Aybar - DH Jason Bay - LF
Dioner Navarro - C Mark Kotsay - 1B
Rocco Baldelli - RF Jason Varitek - C
Jason Bartlett - SS Alex Cora - SS

Cora in at SS? Ells still at leadoff? Not sure, ladies and gents. Not sure. Cora has a .000 OPS vs. Matt Garza in the span of one game. Lowrie, the same, though I've got a heckuva lot more faith in Lowrie's hitting abilities. Still like Kotsay at 1b for defense.

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