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Game 49: Royals (19-28) @ Red Sox (27-21)

By Randy Booth

The Red Sox are back at home and they've got a guy who flirted with a no-no last week on the mound.

Daisuke Matsuzaka starts for the Red Sox. In his last outing against the Phils, he went 8 innings and allowed just one hit -- in the 8th inning. We'll see how Dice-K performs against a lineup that doesn't even come close to what he faced in Philly:

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Daisuke Matsuzaka 3-1 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.2 25 20 19 2 13 24 5.76 1.28

The Royals send out Brian Bannister:

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Brian Bannister 3-3 9 9 0 0 0 0 53.1 55 28 28 9 19 31 4.72 1.39

And the lineups, without Jacoby Ellsbury or Mike Cameron starting for the Red Sox. Hey! It's April all over again!:

Lineup

Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

05/27/10 7:10 PM EDT

Kansas City Royals Boston Red Sox
Scott Podsednik - LF Marco Scutaro - SS
Mike Aviles - SS Dustin Pedroia - 2B
David DeJesus - RF David Ortiz - DH
Billy Butler - 1B Kevin Youkilis - 1B
Jose Guillen - DH J.D. Drew - RF
Alberto Callaspo - 3B Adrian Beltre - 3B
Mitch Maier - CF Jeremy Hermida - LF
Jason Kendall - C Jason Varitek - C
Chris Getz - 2B Bill Hall - CF

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