Evil Schill, good cause

Curt Schilling's battle against ALS enters the video game world.

Schilling will appear as a villainous character in the online game Everquest II today and on June 6 and 7, while the Sox play the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Every time a player defeats the virtual Schilling, Sony Online Entertainment creators will make a donation of $5 — up to a maximum of $10,000 — to the ALS Association.

To take on Schill, click here.

Meanwhile, the Sox are in the Bronx for four games against the Stinkins. Tonight Josh Beckett (7-2, 4.46) faces Mike Mussina (7-1, 2.42).

Beckett is coming off a poor outing in Toronto, in which he gave up 10 hits and 7 earned runs in 4.2 innings, but struck out 7. However, Beckett has won 4 of his last 5 starts, including a May 9 win against the Stinkins, in which gave up 3 earned runs in 7 innnings and struck out 7.

Mussina had a streak of 5 straight wins snapped by a string of three straight no-decisions, games in which the Stinkins went 1-2. He's coming off a complete-game win against Detroit in which he struck out 5 and yeilded only an unearned run.

The pitching matchups for the rest of the series shape up as follows: David Pauley (0-0, 12.46 -- he will be making his second career start) vs. Chien-Ming Wang (5-2, 4.82) Tuesday; Schilling (8-2, 3.86) vs. Jaret Wright (3-3, 4.12) Wednesday; and Tim Wakefield (4-7, 4.05) vs. the Big Eunuch (7-4, 5.53) Thursday.