The Boston Red Sox face their A.L. East rival, Baltimore Orioles at 2:05 p.m. ET as Fenway Park will host its first game of the 2013 season. Check out the live stream of the Red Sox and Orioles for all those who can't watch the game live on television. Check out pitching matchups and hitters to watch for in both lineups.
The pitching battle will feature Wei-Yin Chen versus Clay Buccholz. Buccholz had the better start to the season after allowing just one run in seven innings while walking two and striking out four. Chen, who's entering his second season in the majors, went 5.2 innings allowing two runs, no walks and recording four strikeouts.
Chen is a lefty who's 27 years old from Taiwan. He's one of the Orioles young arms the organization hopes can give them consistently solid outings every time he's on the hill. For Buchholz, this season looks to be a bounce-back year. The righty had an awful season though he finished with a winning record going 11-8 with a 4.56 ERA win 189.1 innings pitched. He is being entrusted with the No. 2 spot on the rotation. If the Red Sox can get Buchholz to make decent starts after Jon Lester, the team's ace, then the Red Sox might have a chance to compete in 2013.
Both teams have offense and, right now, they have a pair of the hottest hitters in baseball.
Will Middlebrooks made a bid to find his way on every Fantasy Baseball roster after smacking three home runs on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays. He finished 4-5 adding a double to an almost four-homer day. The Orioles habe lefty Chris Davis handling their offense hitting a home run on four consecutive days, totaling four in the season with 17 RBI to lead the majors. Davis has been on an absolute tear accompanying the production with a .455 batting average, .500 on-base percentage and 1.136 slugging.
Click here for the live stream of this opening day game for the Red Sox as they start their 101st season at Fenway Park. The Red Sox are in first place in the A.L. East standings with a 4-2 record, while the Orioles are 3-3 holding on to second place.