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The Red Sox (14-2) look to continue their amazing franchise-best start when they face the Angels (13-4) tonight in Anaheim (NESN, 10:07 p.m.).
About tonight’s game: Rick Porcello (xx) looks to continue his strong start to the year (3-0, 1.83 ERA) against post-hype poster child Tyler Skaggs (2-0, 1.69 ERA), a former lefty top prospect who has finally settled into a nice role for himself.
Andrew Benintendi gets another routine night off, this time against a lefty, clearing the way for Mitch Moreland to play some first base with Hanley Ramirez sliding over to DH and batting second. Tzu-Wei Lin will play shortstop and bat ninth.
About last night’s game: Mookie Betts hit three homers, Shohei Ohtani didn’t pitch into the third inning and the short-season most hyped game of the year was basically over before it began as Boston won 10-1. Read the recap here.
Forecast: 69 degrees or so. Nice!
A good tweet from last night:
Andrew Benintendi, Mookie Betts, Mitch Moreland and Hanley Ramirez have combined for 27 strikeouts in 181 at bats. Giancarlo Stanton has struck out 28 times in 65 at bats.
— Austin J. Eich (@Eich_AJ) April 18, 2018
LINEUPS
Game 17 at Angels
| Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Angels |
|---|---|---|
| Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Angels |
| 1 | Mookie Betts, RF | Ian Kinsler, 2B |
| 2 | Hanley Ramirez, DH | Mike Trout, CF |
| 3 | J.D. Martinez, LF | Justin Upton, LF |
| 4 | Mitch Moreland, 1B | Albert Pujols, DH |
| 5 | Eduardo Nunez, 2B | Kole Calhoun, RF |
| 6 | Rafael Devers, 3B | Zack Cozart, 3B |
| 7 | Sandy Leon, C | Luis Valbuena, 1B |
| 8 | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF | Andrelton Simmons, SS |
| 9 | Tzu-Wei Lin, SS | Martin Maldonado, C |
| SP | Rick Porcello, RHP | Tyler Skaggs, LHP |