Red Sox vs. Pirates lineup: #Ed looks to steady the ship

First, the good news: I was right about yesterday’s game. Ubaldo Jimenez started for Baltimore, and the boomsticks were, in fact, inside Fenway Park. The problem is that they belonged to the Orioles, who as many home runs before you finished dinner — four — as the Sox have all year, and went on to secure to a 12-5 victory. It might be tempting to give up on Steven Wright, but we think that might be premature. Plus, you have more worrying to do today.

Eduardo Rodriguez starts for the Sox after a mediocre-at-best first start in Detroit, and the bullpen was used pretty exhaustively yesterday, so a good start today would help quite a bit. The good news on that front is that Robbie Ross Jr. is back from the Disabled List, and fresh. The lineup has been shuffled toward the bottom, with Marco Hernandez getting the start at third base and Brock Holt playing left field. The Pirates will start something named Chad Kuhl, whom the Sox hopefully swat back to Pittsburgh. This is not a No Homers club — we can have more than one.

Here are the full lineups: