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Greetings from north of the border

A relatively slow news day, following Monday's off-day.

Manager Terry Francona and performance enhancement coach Don Kalkstein traveled to the top of the CN Tower -- sort of the Canadian equivalent of the Empire State Building for tourists -- and Francona, no fan of heights, wasn't exactly enamored with the experience.

In his pre-game meeting with reporters, Francona spoke at length about Daisuke Matsuzaka's between-starts work and the effort being made to improve his performance with runners on base. Some mechanical flaws have been detected that the Sox hope can cut down on some of the big innings.

The lineups:
BOSTON
Lugo ss
Youkilis 1b
Ortiz dh
Ramirez lf
Drew rf
Lowell 3b
Varitek c
Crisp cf
Pedroia 2b

TORONTO
Alex Rios rf
Adam Lind lf
Vernon Wells cf
Frank Thomas dh
Troy Glaus 3b
Lyle Overbay 1b
Aaron Hill 2b
Jason Phillips c
Royce Clayton ss

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