David Ortiz is still out of the lineup with his sore knee.

Meanwhile, here in Portland, Justin Masterson has officially re-joined the team, and the local TV folks lined up to talk to him.

For more on Masterson, see today's baseball column.

For more on the last night's minor league performances, see the previous blog.

Here are the lineups for the Red Sox and Sea Dogs:

RED SOX
Jacoby Ellsbury, LF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
J.D. Drew, RF
Manny Ramirez, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Coco Crisp, CF
Jason Varitek, C
Jed Lowrie, 3B
Julio Lugo, SS
(Josh Beckett, P)

SEA DOGS
Sean Danielson, CF
Ryan Khoury, SS
Jeff Corsaletti, LF
John Otness, DH
Aaron Bates, 1B
Mark Wagner, C
Andrew Pinckney, 3B
Tony Granadillo, 2B
Mickey Hall, RF
(Kris Johnson, P)

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