Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET at Fenway Park, the last-place Boston Red Sox (48-57) will host the Toronto Blue Jays (56-50) for a three-game set that the Sox will hope can set them on a course to competing in the American League East the rest of the way. The game will air live on ESPN and can be live streamed free by clicking this link. Blue Jays fans can listen to the radio broadcast on SN590, while Red Sox fans may do the same on WEEI 93.7. The Jays will send R.A. Dickey (8-10, 4.04 ERA) to the mound against Clay Buchholz (5-6, 5.50 ERA).
Despite Dickey's pedestrian numbers since joining the Blue Jays, some of the Red Sox say that his signature knuckleball gives them major issues at the plate. "That knuckleball is so unpredictable," Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli said after the last time Boston encountered him. "We had it going early then he kind of shut us down."
In this series the Sox may rely on shortstop/third baseman Xander Bogaerts, even though he's in the midst of big-time rookie struggles. He has been benched at times recently as he tries to figure out some mechanical issues with his swing, but manager John Farrell will roll with him against the Jays-Bogaerts is hitting .333 vs. the Bluebirds in 2014.
"(He's) trying to keep some momentum going with the adjustments he's continuing to work on daily," Farrell told MLB's official website. "We've seen it gain a little traction inside of a given game, but occasionally there's some reversion back to him being a little bit quick to the front side -- some of the same challenges that he's been facing for some time now."
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