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Oct. 13

GAME 3 - ALCS

2008

Matt Garza (0-1, 7.50 @ Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00)

Fenway Park (Boston, MA)

4:37 PM EDT, TBS

2B Akinori Iwamura

CF Jacoby Ellsbury

CF B.J. Upton

2B Dustin Pedroia

1B Carlos Pena

DH David Ortiz

3B Evan Longoria

3B Kevin Youkilis

LF Carl Crawford

RF J.D. Drew

DH Willy Aybar

LF Jason Bay

C Dioner Navarro

1B Mark Kotsay

RF Rocco Baldelli

C Jason Varitek

SS Jason Bartlett

SS Alex Cora

GAME NOTES: Jon Lester, the story of the Boston playoff run thus far, takes the hill and attempts to give the Sox a 2-1 lead. Opposing him is Matt Garza, significantly worse on the road than he is at home. Lots of questions going to be answered in tonight's game, including but not limited to:

• Is it time to bench Ellsbury?
• Is Jon Lester 2008 as sure of a bet as Josh Beckett 2007?
• Will the Rays continue to play well, and win, in Fenway?
• Was game 2 a blip on the radar or a sign of things to come?