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The Red Sox (51-27) look to bounce back behind Chris Sale (xx) after Saturday’s dreadful performance against the Mariners (47-30) this afternoon at Fenway Park (1:05 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-network).
About today’s game: Chris Sale (6-4, 2.74 ERA), who notched 11 strikeouts over 7 innings in his last time out, against Minnesota, will get the call against lefty Marco Gonzalez (7-4, 3.80 ERA). Mookie Betts and Xander Bogearts are back in the lineup, and all is right in the world. LOL okay it’s really not, but the Sox lineup is fine!
About last night’s game: It sucked.
Today’s reading: Happy noneday!
A tweet from yesterday that might make you scream:
The list of pitchers who have gone 8+ scoreless versus the Red Sox at Fenway this season:
— Gary Hill Jr. (@GaryHillJr) June 24, 2018
Mike Leake
Happened once last year (Masahiro Tanaka)
LINEUPS
Game 79 vs. Mariners
| Lineup Spot | Mariners | Red Sox |
|---|---|---|
| Lineup Spot | Mariners | Red Sox |
| 1 | Dee Gordon, 2B | Mookie Betts, RF |
| 2 | Mtich Haniger, RF | Andrew Benintendi, CF |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz, DH | J.D. Martinez, DH |
| 4 | Ryon Healy, 1B | Mitch Moreland, 1B |
| 5 | Kyle Seager, 3B | Xander Bogaerts, SS |
| 6 | Guillermo Heredia, CF | Eduardo Núñez, 2B |
| 7 | Mike Zunino, C | Rafael Devers, 3B |
| 8 | Denard Span, LF | Sandy León, C |
| 9 | Andrew Romine, SS | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF |
| SP | Marco Gonzalez, LHP | Chris Sale, LHP |