Manager's Show

Welcome to the Herb Chambers Chrysler Jeep dodge pregame show on John Ryder. -- begin an eight game homestand tonight with a first of two against the Orioles and after the Red Sox went three and four under seven game road trip to Tampa Bay and Chicago. -- sex now have a two and a half game wildcard lead on Texas to -- clay buckles faces Baltimore David Hernandez. Now let's get the latest from the manager Terry Francona. Terry Francona is pride do you buy Bigelow -- Terry Francona is green -- of choice yours joke to -- Leo.

serve this great to be home and the degree defend we -- it seems that we kept the bats and he it is nice to get home record little better here. Fans. One play good baseball. Those seem like we're all along time and we want but it sure seems like that we can get home unpack -- been to -- good. We're encouraged by Beckett yesterday even though he wasn't the usual Josh Beckett yeah really worries he's battling and we. In your around players you know lose a lot of guys have been sick and we haven't made a big deal. But I think he just the last two weeks just hasn't felt real good but he he felt very powerful -- he starts to generate some power. Yesterday adult thing UT's -- velocity but I did think he used it gives them two seam movement. His breaking -- losses predictable it was an awesome couple runs but I think he's probably come on the back end -- symbols you better. When he -- decided about Daisuke in his next Dottie tomorrow Daisuke is pitching in Winston-Salem tomorrow in game one of playoffs he's pitching for Salem. Ups so he's all set their -- try to get him pretty deep in the game. Let him pitch. Hopefully it great but you know pitched. With some runners on through some Petit like you would in the normal -- game. No fevers and afterwards he said deadliest and they wait for -- probably won't pitch on the home stand and you assess him every day. Yeah out organ -- have a pretty good sit down here with the medical staff Tom. On deals surgeries he has not been in yet when he gets him later today will sit down and tried forest the other direction. It did the days off felt in terms of not needing a fifth starter while they certainly potentially can. Again wool. We have the ability with days off coming up. To mix and Matt's little bit and and make some things stretch maybe where you can in July and August were in the middle with 21 game -- straightened through. But then once we get through these off days and we lose that ability. You have to -- today dusty brown the backup catcher ended -- Lowrie both -- Kenji had player Willie clay you can play. Certainly yeah. It's not been in the most consistent easy road for him. And he's not at full strength and I think that points to full strength I think he still feels it from time to time in his wrist. I think that gets in the way. He's strong if you will be next year because he has the ability to do a lot of things that he needs to do thing pedestals -- play the game. And it's nice to have him here but we will be selective in how we use. While Clint buckled certainly has given some good starts in his -- really becomes important yet I think -- on the -- to think about -- normal count on him and and were okay with that -- he's -- and now wants -- in particular game. Yet Kotchman in their -- their ticket lol not in line. We victor caption and Mike you have three days in row. Gives him a chance will be a blow we need to -- Cox and -- area and played very much and Cox is not one guy we can go to pinch hit. With the game on line so four at bats will be really good for him. You know great Pataki thanks very much elect and I -- Come back to you.

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