Who will sit for Red Sox?

BOSTON – Daisuke Matsuzaka hit a home run in Japan last year, and the Boston pitcher should get a chance to bat when he starts Game 3 of the World Series.

Which also means that either David Ortiz, Mike Lowell or Kevin Youkilis will be left out of the lineup with no designated hitter at Coors Field.

Red Sox manager Terry Francona wasn’t ready to reveal his plans.

“It puts us at a disadvantage” without a DH, Francona said. “Youkilis, Lowell, Ortiz – two out of three play.”

Grass is greener

Red Sox groundskeeper Dave Mellor had prepared for potential World Series baseball, but he never expected he’d be watering the grass at Fenway Park to keep it from drying out in the October heat.

Temperatures soared as high as 84 degrees on Monday and forced Mellor to give his famous lawn a sprinkling.