Red Sox vs. Padres lineups: Stephen Drew remains missing

The Red Sox have been one man down in the bullpen for the last few days thanks to the injured-but-not-DLed Stephen Drew. They'll remain handicapped Tuesday night as Stephen Drew misses another game, with Brandon Snyder filling in for the absent shortstop.

Boston Red Sox (50-34)

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Shane Victorino, RF
3. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
4. David Ortiz, DH
5. Mike Napoli, 1B
6. Jonny Gomes, LF
7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
8. Brandon Snyder, 3B
9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Starting Pitcher -- John Lackey

San Diego Padres (40-43)

1. Logan Forsythe, 2B
2. Chris Denorfia, RF
3. Carlos Quentin, DH
4. Chase Headley, 3B
5. Kyle Blanks, LF
6. Jesus Guzman, 1B
7. Nick Hundley, C
8. Alexi Amarista, CF
9. Pedro Ciriaco, SS

Starting Pitcher -- Robbie Erlin

Who the heck is Robbie Erlin? He's 22 with 15 innings of MLB history, his average fastball is under 90 MPH, and--you guessed it, he's a lefty! He's also been really good in the minor leagues, right up until hitting the infamous PCL. That's the perfect "soft-tossing lefty straight out of the minors" storm along with the possibility that there might well be some quality there as well. Hardly ideal.

Here's hoping the right-handed lineup does its job against Erlin, like it sort of did against Buehrle. Having David Ortiz back in the lineup certainly can't hurt, either.

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