The Boston Red Sox just lost to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-5, and everything is okay. Really.

Just because Tampa Bay is so bad, people tend to think in terms of football - that the bad team beating the good team is such an upset. This is baseball. It happens.

And, like Wednesday, sometimes a team can ride a zoned-in pitcher. That is what Tampa Bay did with Andy Sonnanstine (the former Sanford Mainer).

As for who is pitching on Friday. The surprise will be if it is not Clay Buchholz. starting one of the two games (along with Josh Beckett).

A couple of websites have already reported that Buchholz will be the starter.

Reliever Julian Tavarez, a starter in the past, pitched 1 2/3 innings on Wednesday. It is likely he won't start Friday (although he does have a rubber arm).

Boston manager Terry Francona said before Wednesday's game that "we still have some things in the works."

The guess here is that those things involve moving Wily Mo Pena out of Boston. That will open up a spot for Buchholz, for one start. Then he will be replaced by recently-obtained outfielder Bobby Kielty, from Pawtucket).

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