{"id":424110,"date":"2007-10-01T16:42:20","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firebrandal.com\/newblog\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2007-10-01T16:42:20","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T20:42:20","slug":"pitching-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/pitching-matchups\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitching Matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN has reported the pitching matchups for the Angels and Red Sox series to begin Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Game 1 (Wednesday):<\/strong> Josh Beckett (20-7) vs. John Lackey (19-9)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Game 2 (Friday):<\/strong> Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12) vs. Kelvim Escobar (18-7)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Game 3 (Sunday):<\/strong> Curt Schilling (9-8) vs. Jered Weaver (13-7)<\/p>\n<p>No real surprises here. It is expected that both teams will go with a three-man rotation for this series. This means Tim Wakefield will be coming out of the bullpen. 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