Red Sox vs. Angels

A look at the best-of-5 American League division series between the Boston Red Sox and Anaheim Angels:

Schedule: (All times Pacific)

Game 1, today, at Anaheim (1:09 p.m., ESPN)

Game 2, Wednesday, at Anaheim (7:09 p.m., ESPN)

Game 3, Friday, at Boston (1:09 p.m., ESPN)

Game 4, Saturday, at Boston (if necessary, TBA)

Game 5, Sunday, at Anaheim (if necessary, TBA)

Season series: Boston won 5-4.

Projected lineups

Red Sox: CF Johnny Damon (.304, 20 HRs, 94 RBIs, 123 runs, 19 SBs), 2B Mark Bellhorn (.264, 17, 82, 177 Ks), LF Manny Ramirez (.308, 43, 130), DH David Ortiz (.301, 41, 139), 1B Kevin Millar (.297, 18, 74), RF Trot Nixon (.315, 6, 23 in 48 games), C Jason Varitek (.296, 18, 73), SS Orlando Cabrera (.294, 6, 31 in 58 games after trade from Montreal), 3B Bill Mueller (.283, 12, 57).

Angels: 3B Chone Figgins (.296, 5 HRs, 60 RBIs, 34 SBs), 1B Darin Erstad (.295, 7, 69), RF Vladimir Guerrero (.337, 39, 126, 124 runs), CF Garret Anderson (.301, 14, 75), DH Troy Glaus (.251, 18, 42 in 207 ABs), LF Jeff DaVanon (.277, 7, 34, 18 SBs) or Adam Riggs (.194, 0, 3), SS David Eckstein (.276, 2, 35, 16 SBs), C Bengie Molina (.276, 10, 54), 2B Alfredo Amezaga (.161, 2, 11).

Projected rotations

Red Sox: RH Curt Schilling (21-6, 3.26 ERA, 203 Ks), RH Pedro Martinez (16-9, 3.90, 227), RH Tim Wakefield (12-10, 4.87), RH Bronson Arroyo (10-9, 4.03).

Angels: LH Jarrod Washburn (11-8, 4.64), RH Bartolo Colon (18-12, 5.01), RH Kelvim Escobar (11-12, 3.93, 191 Ks), RH John Lackey (14-13, 4.67).

Relievers

Red Sox: RH Keith Foulke (5-3, 2.13, 32/39 saves), RH Mike Timlin (5-4, 4.13), RH Derek Lowe (14-12, 5.42), LH Alan Embree (2-2, 4.13), RH Curtis Leskanic (3-5, 5.19), LH Mike Myers (5-1, 4.64).

Angels: RH Troy Percival (2-3, 2.90 ERA, 33/38 saves), RH Francisco Rodriguez (4-1, 1.82, 12 saves, 123 Ks in 84 innings), RH Scot Shields (8-2, 3.33, 4 saves), RH Brendan Donnelly (5-2, 3.00), RH Ramon Ortiz (5-7, 4.43), RH Kevin Gregg (5-2, 4.21).

Matchups

Met in 1986 ALCS, with Boston pulling off a stirring rally from a 3-1 deficit. Down to its last strike in Game 5, Dave Henderson homered in the ninth inning off Donnie Moore to begin the comeback. … Red Sox finished off a three-game sweep at Fenway Park in early September. … Guerrero pummeled Boston pitching with three homers and 14 RBIs. He set a team record with nine RBIs in a game Martinez started in June, with two homers, a double and single. … Martinez came back to beat the Angels in July. … Ortiz had nine RBIs vs. Anaheim, Ramirez had three home runs and eight RBIs. … Schilling went 2-0. … Eckstein (.472) and Erstad (.462) hit well. … Foulke recorded three saves with a 0.00 ERA. … Lackey is 0-4 in six career starts vs. Boston. …

Red Sox became first team in major league history to finish second in seven straight years. They’ve come in behind New York each time. … Guided by manager Mike Scioscia, Angels won first A.L. West title in 18 years.