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Beckett to make season debut Sunday

Apr 6, 2008 - 1:09 PM Boston (3-3) at Toronto (3-2) 1:07 pm EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) - Josh Beckett is expected to make his season debut Sunday as the Boston Red Sox try to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Beckett, who was 20-7 with a 3.27 ERA, was expected to take the mound on March 25 when Boston opened the season against the Oakland Athletics in Japan. However, the 2007 American League Cy Young Award runner-up failed to make the trip when back spasms kept him in the states for the first two games.

His challenge this time around will be to halt the Red Sox's struggles against the Blue Jays, who have won the last eight meetings between the teams dating to last season.

Toronto will counter with Roy Halladay (0-1, 3.86 ERA), who struggled against the Red Sox last season, going 1-3 with a 5.94 ERA in five starts.

The righthander permitted three earned runs over seven innings, but took the loss in Tuesday's 3-2 setback against the New York Yankees.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 10 4
    TORONTO 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 x 7 5 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - JOSH BECKETT, MANNY DELCARMEN (5TH), DAVID AARDSMA (6TH),
    HIDEKI OKAJIMA (7TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (8TH) AND JASON
    VARITEK
    TOR - ROY HALLADAY, JEREMY ACCARDO

    Apr 6 4:06 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID ORTIZ SCORED KEVIN YOUKILIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ORTIZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
    TORONTO 7 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.259, 1-FOR-3)

    Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 7  Top 8, 0 OutsApr 6 3:39 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY J.D. DREW (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    7TH OFF ROY HALLADAY.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3, TORONTO 7
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.238, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 7  Top 7, 0 OutsApr 6 3:22 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY AARON HILL SCORED MARCO SCUTARO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A HILL ON SECOND, S STEWART ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2
    TORONTO 7 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A RIOS (.389, 1-FOR-1, 2 BB)

    Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 7  Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 6 3:17 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY FRANK THOMAS (2) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    5TH OFF MANNY DELCARMEN SCORED AARON HILL, ALEX RIOS AND VERNON
    WELLS.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2, TORONTO 6
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: L OVERBAY (.286, 0-FOR-2)

    Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 6  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 6 2:49 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JASON VARITEK (2) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF ROY HALLADAY.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2, TORONTO 2
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J ELLSBURY (.250, 1-FOR-1, HR, RBI)

    Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 2  Top 5, 0 OutsApr 6 2:29 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY VERNON WELLS (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF JOSH BECKETT SCORED ALEX RIOS.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, TORONTO 2
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F THOMAS (.222, 0-FOR-1)

    Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 2  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 6 2:15 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JACOBY ELLSBURY (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF ROY HALLADAY.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, TORONTO 0
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.294, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 0  Top 3, 0 OutsApr 6 1:46 PM

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