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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.un fu-king believable. its been nothing but injuries all season long . wbz just reported that hes going to try and go in game three. first brady now beckettSteve Buckley writes, according to a source, Beckett sustained an oblique injury during a bullpen session following his last start and could miss the ALDS.
We are ****ed now.
I hope this is just the Herald looking foolish again.
where is curt schilling when you need him.Game 3? I guess it's better than nothing. Still, he isn't going to be anywhere near 100% and that blows.
Beckett (strained oblique) pushed back to Game 3 of ALDS; Lester gets opener
Updated: September 29, 2008, 12:08 AM ET
BOSTON -- Josh Beckett's first start in the AL first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Angels was pushed back to Game 3 after the Boston Red Sox ace injured his side throwing a bullpen session.
Jon Lester will pitch the opener for the Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, followed by Daisuke Matsuzaka on Friday night, manager Terry Francona said.
Beckett, a postseason star, is slated to start Sunday's game at Fenway Park. A fourth game, if necessary, would be played in Boston next Monday.
"He has to be able to go out there and execute his pitches," Francona said, "but I think he's going to be OK."
Francona said after Sunday night's regular-season finale that Beckett strained the oblique muscle in his side on the 40th pitch of his normal side session Friday in the rain before the opener of a three-game series with the New York Yankees.
"I don't think it's frustrating," Francona said. "Things happen and you deal with them and if you deal with them well enough, you handle it. If you don't, you go home."
mlb.com"It was on his 40th pitch," Francona said. "He was almost done. And again, I don't think it was something where he threw it and grabbed it. It was almost between pitches and he took a deep breath and he was, like, 'I feel something,' so he stopped. He went out and got treatment. They've been working on him. Initially, when you hear something like that, you're kind of like, '[Oh, no].' But Dr. Gill came in and said, 'Relax, this is going to be all right.' That was kind of reassuring."