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Oct. 13 GAME 3 – ALCS 2008

Matt Garza (0-1, 7.50 @ Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00) Fenway Park (Boston, MA) 4:37 PM EDT, TBS 2B Akinori Iwamura CF Jacoby Ellsbury CF B.J. Upton 2B Dustin Pedroia 1B Carlos Pena DH David Ortiz 3B Evan Longoria 3B Kevin Youkilis LF Carl Crawford RF J.D. Drew DH Willy Aybar LF Jason Bay C Dioner Navarro 1B Mark Kotsay RF Rocco Baldelli C Jason Varitek SS Jason Bartlett SS Alex Cora

GAME NOTES: Jon Lester, the story of the Boston playoff run thus far, takes the hill and attempts to give the Sox a 2-1 lead. Opposing him is Matt Garza, significantly worse on the road than he is at home. Lots of questions going to be answered in tonight’s game, including but not limited to:

• Is it time to bench Ellsbury?
• Is Jon Lester 2008 as sure of a bet as Josh Beckett 2007?
• Will the Rays continue to play well, and win, in Fenway?
• Was game 2 a blip on the radar or a sign of things to come?