The Red Sox are embarking on a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox before hosting the Baltimore Orioles for the first series of September. Unfortunately, Fire Brand won’t be around for Sept. 1, the day that 40-man rosters expand, but we can reasonably bet on David Ross, the former Cincinnati Reds catcher, being called up to serve as the third catcher. A pitcher is also likely to be recalled, most likely Chris Smith. We could see Hunter Jones later in the season, but the Red Sox want the PawSox to be relatively strong for their playoff push.
Dice-K will oppose Javier Vazquez, David Pauley will take on Mark Buehrle and Tim Wakefield will go up against Gavin Floyd. With our success at home, I have to think we’ll win at least one game, but unfortunately, the scenario that we are swept given the pitching matchups is pretty good… the only tossup at avoiding a sweep, in my mind, is tonight’s game…
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