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Lowell out, Casey in for first game

Welcome to Fenway. Let’s play two today!!!!

The sun is peeking in and out of the clouds right now, but there should be no problem getting both games in after last night’s postponement.

The Red Sox have made one change from the lineup they were planning to use last night against Milwaukee starter Jeff Suppan. Sean Casey will start at first base, Kevin Youkilis will move to third and Mike Lowell will get the afternoon off.

``We have three games in 20 hours or 22 hours or whatever it is,’’ said Sox manager Terry Francona. The plan will be to get a number of players one game off. Lowell has not had success in the past against Suppan and Casey has, so it is a matter of going with the numbers, Francona said. Lowell is 0-for-11 against Suppan, Casey 6-for-18.

The Brewers are staying with the same lineup they had listed last night against Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Here are the lineups for the 3:55 game:

MILWAUKEE

Weeks 2b
Cameron CF
Braun LF
Fielder 1b
Hart RF
Hardy SS
Dillon DH
Hall 3B
Kendall C
Suppan P

BOSTON

Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Ramirez LF
Youkilis 3B
Drew RF
Varitek C
Casey 1B
Lugo SS
Matsuzaka P

Posted by Paul Kenyon  at 1:25 PM to Projo Sox Crawl | Permalink