Josh Beckett will take the hill for the Red Sox, in what looks to be his second consecutive duel of potential AL Cy Young candidates.
Last weekend, he dropped a 3-0 decision to Detroit's Justin Verlander. Now, he is going up against Cahill's 6-3 record and 2.31 ERA. Oakland, though, have lost four consecutive games in which their ace has been the starter.
Full lineups are as follows. First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m..
Boston Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
David Ortiz, DH
Carl Crawford, LF
Jed Lowrie, SS
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Varitek, C
Josh Beckett, SP
Oakland Athletics
David DeJesus, RF
Ryan Sweeney, CF
Josh Willingham, LF
Hideki Matsui, DH
Mark Ellis, 2B
Daric Barton, 1B
Landon Powell, C
Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B
Cliff Pennington, SS
Trevor Cahill, SP