Game Preview: Sox @ Angels GM2

Wakefield (13-9, 4.55) vs. Saunders (5-0, 3.22)
Angel Stadium 10EST

The Sox will try to put last night's deflating loss behind them when they send Tim Wakefield, one of the AL's top winners, to the mound to face young Angels lefty Joe Saunders.

Wakefield joined the 13-win club last time out when he allowed 3 runs and 6 hits in a 7-4 victory over Baltimore on Thursday. The veteran knuckleballer has won his last three starts and 6 of his last 7 overall, and sits in 2nd place in the AL in wins, tied with teammate Daisuke Matsuzaka among others.

LA of A will pin its hopes on the promising 26-year-old Saunders, who has won 5 of his 8 starts this season and boasts of a career record of 12-3 in his 2+ seasons in the majors. He has never faced Boston in his brief career.

Boston needs to grab a win here as the red-hot Stanks are breathing down their necks, sitting just six games back after tooling on the likes of KC, Tampa Bay and now Toronto, and to put the bitter memories of last night's heartbreaking defeat behind them.

Let's just hope Brandon Moss doesn't get into this game.