Red Sox-White Sox (August 12, 2005)

A big weekend series against a likely playoff opponent opens with David Wells (9-5, 4.45) going for the Red Sox against Mark Buehrle (13-4, 2.79) of the White Sox. WSBK, NESN (outside of Boston) and WEEI have the game at 7:05. While Fenway Park has been very generous to the Red Sox lately (11 straight home wins) the White Sox, with baseball's best record, will challenge that home winning streak this weekend. The bad news for Boston is that is will face Chicago's top two pitchers in Buehrle and Jon Garland but the silver lining is that Wells, Tim Wakefield and Matt Clement all will pitch for the BoSox. For those of you looking to the future, big Craig Hansen has been called up to Double-A Portland. In his Sea Dog debut the St. John's product tossed a scoreless inning with one strikeout and one hit allowed. Also on the horizon, Jon Papelbon pitched three perfect innings in Pawtucket to earn his first save. Help is on the way for the A.L. East leading Red Sox.