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Red Sox vs. Athletics lineups: Commence operation Avoid the Sweep

The Red Sox look to avoid their second sweep of the year tonight behind Garrett Richards (7:10 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-market.

The switch to more difficult competition has roiled our lads, and suddenly the AL East isn’t so comfortable. The dastardly Yankees are just one game back, and the Blue Jays are a half game behind them. Not ideal! Only one way to hold them all off, and that’s to win. So the agenda for tonight should reflect that in addition to reading, or re-reading, how and why I was blocked by Jeff Frye.