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By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff

Clay Buchholz has what is being called "internal distress" and will not start
tomorrow against Seattle and Felix Hernandez. That task will fall to Tim
Wakefield.

Buchholz is now scheduled for Monday against the Angels. He was 3-0 with a
2.29 earned run average in three starts against the Angels last year. He also
was the only Red Sox starter not to face them on the last road trip, which
should be to his advantage.

Francona said the Red Sox are not sure of their rotation beyond Monday.

“That buys us another day or two to watch these guys and see where everybody
is. Then we’ll kind of put it together,” he said. “We have the ability to
do a few things. We’ll see how everybody’s feeling.”

Wakefield has a 5.56 ERA over 11.1 innings this season and has not thrown
more than 3.1 innings in a game, that coming on April 11.

“We don’t know,” said Francona when asked how much the Sox could expect
from Wakefield. “I talked to Wake about that. I said, ‘Stay with me.’ Of
all people, Wake is a little hard to [gauge]. His velocity is always the
same. That doesn’t mean he’s not tired or his legs aren’t going. We’ll
stay with him.”

Daisuke Matsuzaka appears to be fine after leading last night's game with a
"tight" elbow. But his next start has not been scheduled.

Remy out again

NESN analyst Jerry Remy will miss his fourth straight game with a case of the
flu and is questionable for tomorrow. Dennis Eckersley will work with Don
Orsillo tonight and Peter Gammons is on call for tomorrow.

Remy missed a large portion of the 2009 season battling lung cancer. But on
Twitter, he said this illness is not related.

“I’m OK. My previous health issues have everybody concerned. Please don't
be,” Remy wrote.

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