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The Red Sox (49-25) look to wake up the bats and win their 50th game behind David Price (8-4, 3.76 ERA) tonight against the Twins at Target Field (8:10 p.m., NESN).
About tonight’s game: Price, who is 6-0 with a 2.64 ERA in his last 6 starts, will face Lancy Lynn (4-5, 4.98 ERA), whose best days seem solidly in the rear-view mirror. He’ll be backed by the standard-issue lineup, aside from Brock Holt playing second base, which is... actually kinda standard these days. Logan Morrison, who hasn’t hit a lick this year, will start at first base for the Twins in place of Joe Mauer.
About last night’s game: Chris Sale didn’t get any run support and got blown up by a bad inning and the Sox fell to 6-2. Read Matt’s recap here.
Forecast: 75 degrees or so, one for every homer Mookie’s gonna have this year.
Today’s reading: His Jakeness wrote about the bullpen and you should read it, because if I didn’t link him here he’d be more mad than he usually is.
A good tweet from yesterday:
The Red Sox are an astounding 41-17 in games NOT started by Chris Sale. That's a .709 WL%, a 114-win pace for a full season.
— High Heat Stats (@HighHeatStats) June 20, 2018
WITHOUT Sale! https://t.co/ehIcpmiGWz
LINEUPS
Game 75 at Twins
Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Twins |
---|---|---|
Lineup Spot | Red Sox | Twins |
1 | Mookie Betts, RF | Robbie Grossman, DH |
2 | Andrew Benintendi, LF | Eddie Rosario, LF |
3 | Xander Bogaerts, SS | Eduardo Escobar, 3B |
4 | J.D. Martinez, DH | Brian Dozier, 2B |
5 | Mitch Moreland, 1B | Logan Morrison, 1B |
6 | Rafael Devers, 3B | Ehire Adrianza, SS |
7 | Brock Holt, 2B | Max Kepler, RF |
8 | Christian Vazquez, C | Mitch Garver, C |
9 | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF | Ryan LaMarre, CF |
SP | David Price, LHP | Lance Lynn, RHP |