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A capsule look at Red Sox-Angels playoff series

Published: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 12:10 a.m. MDT
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A look at the best-of-five American League division series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels:

Schedule: Game 1, Wednesday, at Anaheim, Calif. (8:07 p.m.); Game 2, Friday, at Anaheim, Calif. (7:37 p.m.); Game 3, Sunday, at Boston (TBA); x-Game 4, Monday, Oct. 6, at Boston (TBA); x-Game 5, Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Anaheim, Calif. (TBA). (All games on TBS).

x-if necessary.

Season Series: Los Angeles won 8-1.

Projected Lineups

Red Sox: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.280, 9 HRs, 47 RBIs, 50 SB, 18-game hitting streak to end season), 2B Dustin Pedroia (.326, 17, 83, 213 H, 118 R, 54 2B, 20 SB), DH David Ortiz (.264, 23, 89), 1B Kevin Youkilis (.312, 29, 115), RF J.D. Drew (.280, 19, 64), LF Jason Bay (.293, 9, 37 in 49 games with Red Sox after July 31 trade from Pittsburgh; .286, 31, 101 overall), 3B Mike Lowell (.274, 17, 73), SS Jed Lowrie (.258, 2, 46), C Jason Varitek (.220, 13, 43).

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Angels: 3B Chone Figgins (.276, 1, 22, 34 SB), LF-DH Garret Anderson (.293, 15, 84), 1B Mark Teixeira (.358, 13, 43 in 54 games with Angels after July 29 trade from Atlanta; .308, 33, 121 overall), RF-DH Vladimir Guerrero (.303, 27, 91), CF Torii Hunter (.278, 21, 78), 2B Howie Kendrick (.306, 3, 37), DH-OF Juan Rivera (.246, 12, 45) or Gary Matthews Jr. (.242, 8, 46), C Mike Napoli (.273, 20, 49) or Jeff Mathis (.194, 9, 42), SS Erick Aybar (.277, 3, 39).

Projected Rotations

Red Sox: LH Jon Lester (16-6, 3.21 ERA), RH Daisuke Matsuzaka (18-3, 2.90), RH Josh Beckett (12-10, 4.03).

Angels: RH John Lackey (12-5, 3.75 in 24 starts), RH Ervin Santana (16-7, 3.49), LH Joe Saunders (17-7, 3.41).

Relievers

Red Sox: RH Jonathan Papelbon (5-4, 2.34, 40/45 saves), LH Hideki Okajima (3-2, 2.61), RH Manny Delcarmen (1-2, 3.27), RH Tim Wakefield (10-11, 4.13, 0 relief appearances this season), LH Javier Lopez (2-0, 2.43), Paul Byrd (11-12, 4.60), Mike Timlin (4-4, 5.66), Justin Masterson (6-5, 3.16).

Angels: RH Francisco Rodriguez (2-3, 2.24, major league-record 62/69 saves, RH Scot Shields (6-4, 2.70), RH Jose Arredondo (10-2, 1.62), LH Darren Oliver (7-1, 2.88), RH Jered Weaver (11-10, 4.33 in 30 starts), RH Jon Garland (14-8, 4.90 in 32 starts), RH Kevin Jepsen (0-1, 4.32 in 9 appearances).

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Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, right and second baseman Dustin Pedroia laugh during baseball practice for the AL division series in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. The Red Sox take on the Los Angeles Angels in Game 1 on Wednesday.

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