Red Sox vs. Yankees

RED SOX’S

BRONSON ARROYO

vs.

YANKEES’

KEVIN BROWN

*--* THE MATCHUPS 2004 2004 VS OPP TEAMS/PITCHERS W-L ERA TEAM W-L IP ERA New York/Brown (R) 10-6 4.09 13-9 0-1 13.2 5.93 Boston/Arroyo (R) 10-9 4.03 18-12 0-0 24.0 5.25

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Fenway Park, 5

TV -- Channel 11. Radio -- KSPN (710).

Update -- Red Sox Manager Terry Francona didn’t think Friday’s rainout would affect Arroyo. “I think he’ll be just fine,” Francona said. Yankee pitching Coach Mel Stottlemyre, though, said of Brown: “He was, I think, more antsy than anyone else in our clubhouse.” The right-hander gave up one run in six innings of his last start, a Game 3 win over Minnesota in the division series.

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THE SERIES

New York leads best-of-seven American League championship series, 2-0:

GAME 1 New York 10, Boston 7

* Yankees take 8-0 lead behind Mike Mussina; Mariano Rivera gets a save.

GAME 2 New York 3, Boston 1

* Jon Lieber takes a shutout into the eighth; Rivera saves the game again.

GAME 3 Tonight, New York (Brown, 10-6) at Boston (Arroyo, 10-9), 5, Channel 11

GAME 4 Sunday, New York (Hernandez, 8-2) at Boston (Wakefield, 12-10), 5 p.m., Channel 11

GAME 5* Monday, New York (Mussina, 12-9) at Boston (Lowe, 14-12, or Martinez, 16-9), 2 p.m., Channel 11

GAME 6* Tuesday, at New York, 5 p.m., Channel 11

GAME 7* Wednesday, at New York, 5 p.m., Channel 11

* If necessary; all times Pacific.

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-- Mike DiGiovanna