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The Red Sox (47-35) look to continue their international rampage fresh off pounding the Blue Jays up north when they take on the middling Rangers (40-42) tonight in the Republic of Texas (8 p.m, NESN, ESPN). Arlington’s launching pad of a stadium could be bad news for reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello (5.06 ERA), who has regularly been pounded into near-submission under much more favorable circumstances thus year. He’ll be faced by lefty Martin Perez (4.70 ERA), who will pitch with a special protective glove on his right hand after suffering a thumb injury — the protection was, no joke, fashioned from the top of a plastic water bottle.
Xander Bogaerts is out of the starting lineup for the second straight game with a groin injury. Tzu-Wei Lin takes his place. The righty platoon bats are in (Sam Travis, Chris Young) the lefty platoon bats (Mitch Moreland, Andrew Benintendi) are out. Here are the full lineups:
Game 83, July 3, 2017 at Rangers
Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Rangers |
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Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Rangers |
1 | Mookie Betts, CF | Shin-Soo Choo, RF |
2 | Dustin Pedroia, 2B | Elvis Andrus, SS |
3 | Chris Young, LF | Nomar Mazara, LF |
4 | Hanley Ramirez, DH | Adrian Beltre, 3B |
5 | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF | Rougned Odor, 2B |
6 | Sam Travis, 1B | Mike Napoli, DH |
7 | Sandy Leon, C | Carlos Gomez, CF |
8 | Deven Marrero, 3B | Jonathan Lucroy, C |
9 | Tzu-Wei Lin, SS | Joey Gallo, 1B |
SP | Rick Porcello, RHP | Martin Perez, LHP |