A look at the best-of-five American League division series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels:
Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Wednesday, at Anaheim, Calif. (10:07 p.m.); Game 2, Friday, at Anaheim, Calif. (9:37 p.m.); Game 3, Sunday, at Boston (TBA); x-Game 4, Monday, Oct. 6, at Boston (TBA); x-Game 5, Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Anaheim, Calif. (TBA). (All games on TBS).
x-if necessary.
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Season Series: Los Angeles won 8-1.
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Projected Lineups
Red Sox: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.280, 9 HRs, 47 RBIs, 50 SB, 18-game hitting streak to end season), 2B Dustin Pedroia (.326, 17, 83, 213 H, 118 R, 54 2B, 20 SB), DH David Ortiz (.264, 23, 89), 1B Kevin Youkilis (.312, 29, 115), RF J.D. Drew (.280, 19, 64), LF Jason Bay (.293, 9, 37 in 49 games with Red Sox after July 31 trade from Pittsburgh; .286, 31, 101 overall), 3B Mike Lowell (.274, 17, 73), SS Jed Lowrie (.258, 2, 46), C Jason Varitek (.220, 13, 43).
Angels: 3B Chone Figgins (.276, 1, 22, 34 SB), LF-DH Garret Anderson (.293, 15, 84), 1B Mark Teixeira (.358, 13, 43 in 54 games with Angels after July 29 trade from Atlanta; .308, 33, 121 overall), RF-DH Vladimir Guerrero (.303, 27, 91), CF Torii Hunter (.278, 21, 78), 2B Howie Kendrick (.306, 3, 37), DH-OF Juan Rivera (.246, 12, 45) or Gary Matthews Jr. (.242, 8, 46), C Mike Napoli (.273, 20, 49) or Jeff Mathis (.194, 9, 42), SS Erick Aybar (.277, 3, 39).
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Projected Rotations
Red Sox: LH Jon Lester (16-6, 3.21 ERA), RH Daisuke Matsuzaka (18-3, 2.90), RH Josh Beckett (12-10, 4.03).
Angels: RH John Lackey (12-5, 3.75 in 24 starts), RH Ervin Santana (16-7, 3.49), LH Joe Saunders (17-7, 3.41).
