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Red Sox lineup for May 27
Adrian Gonzalez will start in right field again and bat fifth for the Boston Red Sox, who will have Clay Buchholz on the mound and a similar lineup behind him.
Red Sox lineup for May 26
Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis and Will Middlebrooks are all in the lineup with Gonzalez back in right field.
Red Sox lineup for April 21
Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine fiddle with the lineup once again, hoping to ignite a spark in his team, which has lost four straight and has only managed eight runs during the losing streak.
Mike Aviles is leading off once again in the absence of Jacoby Ellsbury. Ryan Sweeny is moved up to the number two spot, pushing Dustin Pedroia down to third in the lineup. Adrian Gonzalez is hitting clean up and Cody Ross is back down near the bottom of the order.
Felix Doubront will take the mound and go for his first win of 2012 for the Red Sox. New York Yankees will counter with Freddy Garcia.
Red Sox to host Yankees for the final time during the regular season
The Boston Red Sox took two out of three games against the Oakland Athletics over the weekend. They played all three games in just two days at Fenway Park. On Friday night the Red Sox lost to the A’s, but Boston bounced back and swept the day-night doubleheader on a raining Saturday. The second game was originally scheduled for Sunday, but was moved up a day due to Hurricane Irene’s impending arrival. The hurricane gave the Red Sox an unusual two-day break with the scheduled day off on Monday.
The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night and headed north for their final regular-season series at Fenway Park. Boston leads the AL East Division by 1.5 games over the Yankees, who have a 7.5 game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the Wild Card race. The Red Sox, who have won 10 of 12 games in season series with New York, will host them for the third time this year.
David Ortiz recently recovered from heel bursitis and is swinging a hot bat for the Red Sox. Ortiz is batting .550 with three home runs, seven RBI and 1.771 OPS in five games played last week. Fellow All-Star Adrian Gonzalez has been producing on a similar level and earned the American League Player of the Week Award. Last week Gonzalez went 11-for-28 and powered Boston to a series win in Texas with five home runs at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
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Red Sox Adrian Gonzalez receives AL Player of the Week honor
Adrian Gonzalez was named the American League Player of the Week for the week ending Aug. 28, 2011. He became the fourth Boston Red Sox player to win award this year. Gonzalez, who earlier this year won the AL Player of the Month Award for June, joined Carl Crawford, David Ortiz and Jacoby Ellsbury as Player of the Week winners. Dustin Pedroia was also a Player of the Month Award winner, getting the recognition for his performance in July.
Gonzalez went 11-for-28 with five home runs and nine RBI in seven games during the week. Gonzalez, who many are considering the front runner for the 2011 AL MVP Award, leads MLB with 184 hits and his .393 batting average for the week increased his best-in-baseball average to .345. The All-Star first baseman ranks second in MLB with 103 RBI and is fifth in the American League with an OPS of .965
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