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The Red Sox (45-22) look to wake up the bats against the Orioles (19-46) tonight at Camden Yards (7:05 p.m., NESN) behind Eduardo Rodriguez (7-1, 3.68 ERA).
About tonight’s game: Would some offense be too much to ask for? The Sox look to bust through a mini-slump at the plate against David Hess (2-2, 3.07 ERA), though they won’t have Mookie Betts, who rests after his first game back off the DL. Somewhat oddly, Eduardo Núñez leads off — and DHes — and Andrew Benintendi stays in the 2-hole, despite the damage he did in the leadoff spot in Betts’s absence. On the Baltimore side, destroyer-of-worlds Manny Machado is back at short and in the cleanup spot for the Orioles.
About last night’s game: Steven Wright pitched a dandy, and the Sox held on to a 2-0 behind Craig Kimbrel. Read Matt’s recap here.
Forecast: 71 degrees and partly cloudy on the Inner Harbor.
Today’s reading: Matt totally stole* my idea and wrote about E-Rod’s love of 3-2 counts and whatnot.
* I might have decided to write about something else instead. Who can remember?
A good tweet from last night from our friend Craij:
This is the ideal lineup. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like. https://t.co/4eKwjL3bJ0
— Craig Goldstein (@cdgoldstein) June 11, 2018
LINEUPS
Game 68 vs. Orioles
Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Orioles |
---|---|---|
Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Orioles |
1 | Eduardo Núñez, DH | Joey Rickard, RF |
2 | Andrew Benintendi, LF | Adam Jones, CF |
3 | J.D. Martinez, RF | Manny Machado, SS |
4 | Mitch Moreland, 1B | Jonathan Schoop, 2B |
5 | Xander Bogaerts, SS | Danny Valencia, 3B |
6 | Rafael Devers, 3B | Trey Mancini, 1B |
7 | Brock Holt, 2B | Mark Trumbo, DH |
8 | Christian Vazquez, C | Craig Gentry, RF |
9 | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF | Austin Wynns, C |
SP | Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP | David Hess, RHP |