Pregame Notes

There is good news coming from the press conference: Beckett is definitely going to start game 3 and he is near 100%. John Farrell told Tito, “this is not a guy that’s hurt,” after his bullpen session.

Tito said Mike Lowell was not any worse off than yesterday so he is available to pinch hit.

Mike Scioscia showed how important this game is for the Angels when he said, "we need to win tonight, there is no mistake." Not much confidence in his team to come back if they get down 2-0.