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Saturday’s Red Sox-Blue Jays matchups: Aaron Cook vs. Carlos Villanueva 07.21.12 at 9:12 am ET
By Jashvina Shah

Aaron Cook

Aaron Cook will take the mound for the Red Sox against the Blue Jays and Carlos Villanueva on Saturday night at Fenway Park.

Cook (2-2, 3.34), who will be starting his sixth game of the season, threw seven innings and  allowed no earned runs in his last start en route to a 5-1 Red Sox victory over the White Sox.

The 33-year-old has faced six current Blue Jays batters, but none more than Omar Vizquel. In 30 plate appearances Vizquel has recorded a .360 batting average off Cook.

Villanueva (4-0, 2.68) has appeared in 25 games this season and will be starting his third on Saturday night. In his last start Villanueva pitched six innings and allowed no runs en route to a 3-0 victory over the Indians.

Toronto has won Villanueva’s last five starts. Over that period the 27-year-old pitched 23 1/3 innings and allowed three runs.

The righty has pitched against nine current Red Sox, facing Adrian Gonzalez the most. Gonzalez is batting .167 with four strikeouts against Villanueva.Blue Jays vs. Cook (RHP)

Omar Vizquel (30 plate appearances): .360 BA/.448 OBP/.560 SLG, 1 triple, 1 home run, 3 RBIs, 4 walks

Kelly Johnson (17): .071/.235/.071, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts

Yunel Escobar (14): .308/.308/.462, 1 triple, 2 RBIs

Edwin Encarnacion (7): .429/.429/.857, 1 HR, 4 RBIs

Colby Rasmus (5): .200/.200/.200

Adam Lind (3): .333/.333/.333, 1 RBI

Red Sox vs. Villanueva (RHP)

Adrian Gonzalez (12 plate appearances): .167 BA/.167 OBP/.417 SLG, 1 double, 1 triple, 4 strikeouts

Nick Punto (9): .250/.333/.750, 1 double, 1 home run, 2 RBIs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts

Jacoby Ellsbury (6): .400/.500/.400, 2 RBIs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout

Dustin Pedroia (5): .500/.600/1.250, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 strikeout

Carl Crawford (2): .000/.500/.000, 1 walk

Cody Ross (2): .500/.500/.500

Jarrod Saltalamacchia (2): .000/.000/.000

Mike Aviles (1): .000/.000/.000

Daniel Nava was hit by a pitch in his one plate appearance against Villanueva.

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  • Jimboicacworth

    Huge pick ip the way alfonzo dennard is playing then putting devin mccourty at saftey when chung is back the defence will be solid!

  • Belichick&Brady

     It’ll be improved but in no way will it be solid. It’ll cut down on the defensive breakdowns and wide open recievers but there’s still lots to improve on. If Talib plays to his potential and Dennard continues to improve, then chung would be the only downside. The guy is horrible against the pass and tries to much to make big hits instead of wrapping up the reciever. The pats need to draft Matt Elam, he was also inconsistent against the pass but is much improved this year. The guy has a nonstop motor and nose for the ball. If he’s gone Tony Jefferson or Kenny Vaccaro need to be considered

  • Gwotom

    Talib will do wel. He’s got natural physical ability – showed it in his runback – followed blocks well.  He’s a good tackler.  The coverage is more mental than physical – he’ll do better next few weeks. Best thing – he frees up McCourtney to play safety and plugs the hole on the corner where McCourtney was not doing well.
    TPM. 

  • Guest

    I hope he becomes our next Asante Samuel!

  • Marky5610

     We might have a game changer here that will take us to the superbowl. Well done Aqib.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1247940578 Tony T. Tony

    This is a match made in heaven. Talib will rub off on the Pat’s secondary… (and then more). And the Pats will rub off on Talib. Dennard is the same skill level player, so… BAM!!>> Fixed! I’m no Chung fan. I think McCourty, Wilson and Gregory are the way to go, and they’ll be fine. Damned fine. I’d rather see Ebner and Cole getting reps than Chung or Arrington. They can go away anytime now. The rest of the D is fabulous when they’re ‘up’. Talib was that spark that can keep them all fired up.

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