Game 66: Red Sox at Rays

After a day off, here are the lineups:

RED SOX (39-26)
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Crawford LF
Saltalamacchia C
Drew RF
Scutaro SS

Pitching: RHP Tim Wakefield (3-1, 4.84)

RAYS (35-31)
Damon DH
Zobrist 2B
Joyce RF
Longoria 3B
Kotchman 1B
Upton CF
Jaso C
Ruggiano LF
Brignac SS

Pitching: RHP James Shields (5-4, 2.85)

Game time: 7:10 p.m.

TV/Radio: NESN, MLB Network / WEEI

Notes: The Sox have won nine straight and 14 of their last 18. They start the day with a 2.5-game lead on the Yankees in the division. ... The Sox are 6-0 on their current road trip and if they were a heavy metal band, it would be the "Appetite For Destruction" tour. The Sox are hitting .330/.414/.583 as a team in the six games and outscored the Yankees and Jays 60-19. ... The Sox are 37-16 since April 16 with wins in 25 of the last 33 games. ... Gonzalez has driven in a run in nine consecutive games. The last Red Sox player to drive in a run in 10 consecutive wins was Dewey Evans in 1989. Gonzalez is hitting .417/.486/.861 in the nine-game streak with nine extra-base hits and 14 RBIs. ... Ellsbury has hit safely in 10 straight at 21 of 49 (.429) and in 16 of 17 at 30 of 75 (.400). He has had two or more hits in six consecutive games. ... Ortiz has four homers and 13 RBIs on the road trip. ... Wakefield is 21-6, 3.78 against the Rays in his career, his most wins against any team. He is 10-4, 3.40 at Tropicana Field. Wakefield is 3-0, 4.32 in four starts since joining the rotation in place of Daisuke Matsuzaka. ... Shields is 5-9, 5.17 in 16 career starts against the Sox. ... The Sox have at least one double in 18 straight games.

Stat of the Day: Since May 1, Ellsbury (59), Gonzalez (58) and Ortiz (54) have the most hits in the American League.

Song of the Day: "You're A Friend Of Mine" by Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne. Here's hoping the Big Man pulls through.