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Halladay faces Red Sox in rubber game of series

Apr 19, 2007 - 1:53 PM Boston (8-5) at Toronto (8-6) 12:37 pm EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) -- On paper, a pitching matchup of Roy Halladay and Julian Tavarez skews heavily in favor of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Halladay (2-0, 2.35 ERA) will take the mound Thursday when the Blue Jays face the Boston Red Sox in the rubber game of a three-game series.

The 6-6 righthander won the Cy Young award in 2003 and remains one of the league's premier pitchers. He allowed just one run in 10 innings last Friday in a win over Detroit.

However, Halladay owns an 8-7 career record with a 4.60 ERA in 27 games - 24 starts - against the Red Sox. That's a full run worse than his career ERA (3.60).

The Red Sox will counter with Julian Tavarez (0-1, 9.00). The lanky sinkerballer has made a career of moving back and forth between the rotation and the bullpen, counting 86 starts among his 701 career appearances.

Tavarez made six starts at the end of the 2006 campaign and pitched well enough to earn a spot in Boston's 2007 rotation when Jonathan Papelbon moved back into the bullpen. The righthander struggled in his first start of the season, allowing four runs and walking five in four innings of an April 7 loss at Texas.

Toronto won the first game, 2-1, but the Red Sox bounced back with a 4-1 win on Wednesday.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 8 0
    TORONTO 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, JOEL PINEIRO (6TH), J.C. ROMERO (7TH), MIKE
    TIMLIN (8TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK
    TOR - ROY HALLADAY, SCOTT DOWNS (8TH), SHA

    Apr 19 3:31 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY COCO CRISP SCORED ALEX CORA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
    TORONTO 3 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.240, 1-FOR-4)

    Red Sox vs. Blue JaysApr 19 3:14 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY ALEX CORA SCORED JULIO LUGO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CORA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
    TORONTO 3 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.167, 2-FOR-4)

    Red Sox vs. Blue JaysApr 19 3:11 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MANNY RAMIREZ (1) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 8TH OFF SHAUN MARCUM SCORED COCO CRISP.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3, TORONTO 3
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.341, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Red Sox vs. Blue JaysApr 19 2:47 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: J Romero relieved J Pineiro.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    TORONTO 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G Zaun (.209, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 19 2:24 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - PITCHING CHANGE
    BOS: J.C. ROMERO (0-0, 6.23) STARTING THE 7TH
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, TORONTO 3
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G ZAUN (.209, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 19 2:24 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
    TORONTO 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JOEL PINEIRO
    TOR - ROY HALLADAY

    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G ZAUN (.209, 0-FOR-2)
    J SMITH (.348, 1-FOR-2)
    J MCDONALD (.421, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 19 2:23 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY VERNON WELLS SCORED ADAM LIND.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, V WELLS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    TORONTO 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F THOMAS (.212, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Red Sox vs. Blue JaysApr 19 2:11 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ALEX RIOS (3) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, TORONTO 2
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A LIND (.267, 0-FOR-2)

    Red Sox vs. Blue JaysApr 19 2:05 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
    TORONTO 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ
    TOR - ROY HALLADAY

    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.182, 0-FOR-1)
    A CORA (.250, 1-FOR-1)
    C CRISP (.152, 1-FOR-2)

    Apr 19 1:36 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY FRANK THOMAS (2) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, TORONTO 1
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: L OVERBAY (.241, 1 HR, 7 RBI)

    Apr 19 1:01 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY FRANK THOMAS (2) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, TORONTO 1
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: L OVERBAY (.241, 1 HR, 7 RBI)

    Red Sox vs. Blue JaysApr 19 1:01 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 1 1 2 0
    TORONTO 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ
    TOR - ROY HALLADAY

    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F THOMAS (.200, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
    L OVERBAY (.241, 1 HR, 7 RBI)
    A HILL (.353, 2 HR, 11 RBI)

    Apr 19 12:58 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ERIC HINSKE SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J VARITEK ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    TORONTO 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.188, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Red Sox vs. Blue JaysApr 19 12:57 PM

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