In his last appearance, on 8/28 with Toronto at Fenway, Beckett was not mixed up in the outcome as he gave up 5 runs on hits and five BBs, with nine Ks in 5.0 innings.
All 5 runs came on homers. Beckett, who surrendered only eighteen home runs in 2008, surrendered twelve in The month of August.
Beckett last faced the Rays May 10th in Boston, giving up 3 runs on six hits and three bases on balls with 5 strikeouts in six IP, however did not obtain a decision in the Sox' 4-3 victory.
In his latest appearance at Tropicana Field, April 30, he allowed 7 runs in 4.2 innings. In 5 career outings at the Trop, Beckett has a win-loss count of 1-3 with a 3.58 ERA.
Garza is in the middle of a 6-game run without a win, and hasn't earned a win at Tampa Bay in his prior 5 outings. His most recent win was over a month ago in Toronto, beating Roy Halladay. He has just one win in his last 10 games.
He is best in the American League with a .233 opponents' average, but has received the lowest run support in the league with 3.73 runs per 9 innings. Tampa Bay has scored a total of eighteen runs in his 9 defeats.
He has given up 3 ER or less in 19-of-26 starts this season, as well as 17 of his most recent 22.
This is Garza's eleventh all-time appearance vs. the Red Sox and 5th this year. He boasts a career win-loss count of 5-1 with a 2.93 earned run average, (20 ER 61.1 innings.
This year he is 2-0 and has a 1.88 ERA vs the Sox. His most recent game versus the Red Sox was Aug 4th in Tampa Bay. Garza did not a decision, as the Rays were victorious, 4-2 in extra innings.
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