The Boston Red Sox look to regroup in the last game against the Tampa Bay Rays

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The Boston Red Sox look to regroup in the last game against the Tampa Bay Rays

The Boston red Sox are in trouble. It looked as though the team rebounded after they took 2 out of 3 games against the Yankees, but they have been beaten around at home by the lowly Tampa Bay Rays.

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The Red Sox will send John Lackey to the mound and he might not be the answer to their problems as he has posted an ERA over 15 on the season. The Red Sox may want to consider a change in the lineup.

Knowing left fielder Carl Crawford as well as he does, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon believes he may best be suited to bat second for the Red Sox.

One problem: The Red Sox already have a successful No. 2 hitter -- Dustin Pedroia.

Over the season's first 10 games, Crawford has batted in four spots in the batting order. In the series opener against his former team Monday night, Crawford batted leadoff for a fourth consecutive game.

That responsibility, as it applies to Crawford, now falls to Red Sox manager Terry Francona, who started Crawford in the No. 3 spot for the season's first two games. After Crawford went 0-for-7, Francona dropped him to No. 7. He got two hits April 3 in Texas, then got moved to the No. 2 spot for three games in Cleveland last week.

For most of his career with the Rays, Crawford batted second. Including Monday night, when he went 2-for-5 and scored a run, he's batting .163.Maddon chuckled at the idea that finding a lineup spot for Crawford has been problematic for the Red Sox. Now the Sox have to find a way to win a game.

The Rays are 1-4 in Shields' last 5 starts against a team with a losing record and the Red Sox are 5-2 in Lackeys last 7 starts with four days of rest. The Red Sox finally get in the win column and try to stay on the winning track.

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