Scouting: White Sox @ Red Sox

White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park

TV: Channel 26 Friday; Comcast SportsNet Saturday; Comcast SportsNet/TBS Sunday

Radio: WSCR 670-AM

Pitching matchups: The White Sox' John Danks (12-9, 3.65 ERA) vs. Clay Buchholz (15-5, 2.21) Friday at 6:10 p.m.; Gavin Floyd (9-11, 3.86) vs. John Lackey (12-8, 4.60) Saturday at 6:10 p.m.; Mark Buehrle (12-9, 3.95) vs. Josh Beckett (4-4, 6.21) Sunday at 12:35 p.m.

At a glance: Believe it or not, this is the first meeting of the year between the White Sox and Red Sox. They play four more times at U.S. Cellular Field at the end of the month. The White Sox haven't fared well at Fenway since 2005, going 5-12. Boston has been battered with injuries and is well off the pace in the wild-card race, which is likely to be won by either the Yankees or Rays. Danks is 0-1 with a 7.79 ERA in his last 3 starts. Buchholz was 4-0 with a 1.03 ERA in August. New White Sox DH Manny Ramirez returns to Boston for the second time this season. While playing for the Dodgers in a June interleague series, Ramirez was 5-for-12 with a solo home run.

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