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The Red Sox (28-13) look to get back on the horse against the A’s (20-21) tonight at Fenway Park behind a hopefully resurgent Eduardo Rodriguez (3-0, 4.58 ERA).
About tonight’s game: E-Rod takes on hipster mustache haver Daniel Mengden (2-4, 4.06 ERA). Rodriguez was great last time out against the Yankees in a rainstorm; my working theory is that given every incentive not to mess around, he trusted his stuff and just let loose like he should every time. Given tonight’s potential rainstorm, he should do it again. Jackie Bradley Jr.’s out again. THat’s all I got.
About last night’s game: Rick Porcello took it on the chin and the Sox couldn’t beat Sean Manaea too badly (though they got hits!) as they fell 6-5. Read Matt’s recap here.
Forecast: Thunderstorm warnings. Blah.
Today’s reading: I wrote about Andrew Benintendi. Please clap. And read it here.
A good tweet from last night:
Lots of young rookies surprise you by looking like they're in their mid-30s.
— Michael Clair (@michaelsclair) May 15, 2018
Rafael Devers looks like he found a magic pair of cleats in his kindergarten cubby that turned him into a big leaguer.
LINEUPS
Game 42 vs. A’s
| Lineup Spot | Athletics | Red Sox |
|---|---|---|
| Lineup Spot | Athletics | Red Sox |
| 1 | Marcus Semien, SS | Mookie Betts, RF |
| 2 | Chad Pinder, LF | Andrew Benintendi, CF |
| 3 | Jed Lowrie, 2B | Hanley Ramirez, DH |
| 4 | Khris Davis, DH | J.D. Martinez, LF |
| 5 | Matt Chapman, 3B | Xander Bogaerts, SS |
| 6 | Matt Olson, 1B | Mitch Moreland, 1B |
| 7 | Mark Canha, CF | Eduardo Nunez, 2B |
| 8 | Stephen Piscotty, RF | Rafael Devers, 3B |
| 9 | Jonathan Lucroy, C | Christian Vazquez, C |
| SP | Daniel Mengden, RHP | Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP |