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March 31, 2006
The regular season has yet to begin, but the Red Sox' first opponent has already suffered a big loss.
Right-hander Adam Eaton, projected to be the Texas Rangers' second starter, injured a tendon in the middle finger of his pitching hand during a spring-training outing on Wednesday. Yesterday the Rangers learned that Eaton, 28, whom they acquired in an offseason six-player trade with San Diego, will be out for at least three months.
The Dallas Morning News reports today that the Rangers will replace Eaton in the rotation with Juan Dominguez, who had lost his starting spot after showing up in camp overweight and being tardy for spring-trading workouts. Barring a trade, Dominguez would start the fifth game of the season for the Rangers.
For Monday's opener, Boston will pitch Curt Schilling against Texas' Kevin Millwood. Assuming the Rangers move up their other starters a day, it would be Tim Wakefield against Vicente Padilla on Tuesday, and Josh Beckett against Kameron Loe on Wednesday.
Posted by Mike McDermott 
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