Felix Doubront

After a much-needed three-day respite that came in the form of the All-Star break this week, the Red Sox were hoping to forget about the injury-plagued first half and start things off by beating a division-leading team. Instead, they were rocked from the outset and lost 7-2 on Thursday night at Fenway.

In hopes of turning things around, the Sox look to young lefty Felix Doubront. Doubront (1-1, 4.22 ERA) has made two starts in his major league career, but has shown that he can handle pressure situations. In his last outing against the Rays he went five innings, giving up only two runs while striking out three. The Sox will hope that he can work deeper into the game on Friday, relieving a Sox bullpen that has struggled this season.

The Rangers counter with right-hander Colby Lewis, who pitched the last two seasons in the Japan Central League. Lewis (8-5, 3.33 ERA) went six innings his last outing against Cleveland, allowing two earned runs while striking out two. Against the Red Sox back on April 20, Lewis pitched decently, going five innings while surrendering three runs in an eventual 7-6 Red Sox win.

A matchup to look out for is Lewis vs. David Ortiz. Ortiz has two home runs in only seven plate appearances against the 30-year-old righty. Doubront, in only his third major league start, will look to stymie a Rangers lineup that has never seen the young lefty pitch.

Red Sox vs. Colby Lewis

Mike Cameron (17 career plate appearances against Lewis): .200 average/.294OBP/.400 slugging, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts

David Ortiz (7): .333/.429/1.333, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Eric Patterson (6): .600/.667/1.600, 1 triple, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 walk

Marco Scutaro (5): .000/.200/.000

J.D. Drew (4): .000/.250/.000, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Adrian Beltre (3): .667/.667/.667, 1 strikeout

Kevin Cash (3): .000/.000/.000

Kevin Youkilis (3): .000/.333/.000, 1 walk, 1 strikeout

The Texas starter has never faced Bill Hall, Darnell McDonald, Gustavo Molina, Daniel Nava, and Ryan Shealy.

Rangers vs. Felix Doubront

The Boston starter has never faced Elvis Andrus, Joaquin Arias, Andres Blanco, Julio Borbon, Nelson Cruz, Chris Davis, Vladimir Guerrero, Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, Bengie Molina, David Murphy, Matt Treanor, and Mike Young.