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05/17/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With heavy rains having washed out Wednesday's scheduled contest, the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers will get together for a day/night doubleheader at Fenway Park beginning this afternoon.

These current division leaders have split the first two meetings of this four- game series, with the Red Sox claiming Monday's opener by a 7-1 count and Detroit rebounding on Tuesday behind an outstanding performance from Justin Verlander. The reigning AL Rookie of the Year gave up six hits and two runs over 7 2/3 innings to lead the Tigers to a 7-2 decision.

Verlander (4-1) struck out seven and did not walk a batter before turning the game over to Fernando Rodney, who held the Red Sox scoreless over the final 1 1/3 frames.

Brandon Inge was 2-for-4 with a solo homer and Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run shot for the Tigers, who halted a two-game slide and have won four of six. Ivan Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with an RBI double and scored a run in the victory.

Boston's Tim Wakefield (4-4), who entered the game with an AL-best 1.79 ERA, yielded nine hits and five runs in seven-plus innings.

Kevin Youkilis hit his fourth homer of the season and scored both runs for the Red Sox, who had won three straight and 10 of 12 coming in.

J.D. Drew added an RBI single for Boston before leaving in the eighth inning with a back injury. The oft-injured right-fielder's status for today's games is in question.

Detroit will call up Zach Miner from Triple-A Toledo to start today's opener. The right-hander will be filling in for Mike Maroth, who was slated to pitch last night's game but was scratched because of illness.

Miner made 27 appearances and started 16 times for the Tigers last season and compiled a 7-6 record with a 4.84 earned run average. The 25-year-old could not win a spot on the major-league roster during the spring and has struggled in eight games (seven starts) with Toledo so far this season, going 0-4 with a 5.57 ERA over 42 innings.

In his lone career outing against Boston, Miner took a loss after giving up three runs on seven hits over four innings in his major-league debut last June.

Miner will be going up against the weakest link of Boston's formidable rotation this evening. Julian Tavarez has lost four of his first five decisions to begin the year and enters tonight's tilt with a lackluster 6.60 ERA in six starts.

Tavarez has lost his last two starts, although he pitched well in a 2-1 loss at Minnesota on May 5. In his most recent trip to the hill, the fiery Dominican was roughed up for five runs (four earned) and 10 hits in five innings of a 6-3 setback at home to Baltimore last Friday.

The veteran right-hander did hold the Twins to two runs and just four hits while recording a season-high seven strikeouts over six innings in that May 5th loss.

Tavarez has faced Detroit nine times previously and owns a 2-0 record with a 5.11 ERA against the club. His only career start versus the Tigers came when he was a member of the Chicago Cubs in 2001.

The Sox will turn to Curt Schilling in the nightcap, with the outspoken veteran gunning for a fifth consecutive winning decision.

Schilling is 4-0 with a 3.00 ERA in seven starts since an Opening Day defeat at Kansas City, although he struggled some in his most recent outing. The six- time All-Star was touched for four runs and nine hits over 5 1/3 innings against Baltimore on Saturday, and failed to receive a decision in Boston's eventual 13-4 rout.

The 40-year-old has only beaten Detroit once in six career appearances (four starts), owning a 1-3 record with a 5.14 ERA against tonight's opponent. Schilling did hold the Tigers to four runs over 13 innings in a pair of starts last season, both of which were no decisions.

Chad Durbin, who is proving to be a capable replacement for the injured Kenny Rogers, gets the call for Detroit in game two. The journeyman right-hander endured a rough first three starts of the season, but has turned things around over the last month.

Durbin is 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA over his last four trips to the hill, with all three of those victories coming on the road. He picked up another win last Saturday by yielding just two runs over six innings against division-rival Minnesota.

The 29-year-old is 1-0 despite a 9.39 ERA in three previous games, including two starts, versus Boston. Durbin has not faced the Red Sox since throwing a 2 1/3-inning relief stint at Fenway Park on May 10, 2004.

These teams split six meetings a year ago, with Detroit winning two of three in its lone visit to Fenway. The Tigers are just 4-8 in Boston since the start of the 2004 season, however.

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