Projo Sox Blog

BY KEVIN McNAMARA
Journal Sports Writer

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay Rays' manager Joe Maddon just met with the media and revealed his starting rotation. No surprises here as James Sheilds, Scott Kazmir and Matt Garza will pitch Games One through Three. Andy Sonnanstine will pitch Game Four if he's not used in relief earlier, Maddon said.

So here are your pitching matchups for the first four games.

Game One on Friday -- Shields vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka

Game Two on Saturday -- Josh Beckett vs. Kazmir

Game Three on Monday afternoon -- Garza vs. Jon Lester

Game Four on Tuesday -- Tim Wakefield vs. Sonnanstine.

 Tags  Daisuke Matsuzaka Josh Beckett

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