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The Red Sox (54-27) play their 82nd game of the year tonight (7:10 p.m., NESN, ESPN) against Angels (41-40), a team against which they are 5-0 this year, and versus which they have scored at least 8 runs in each of those games. It’s really quite something.
About tonight’s game: The Sox look to keep the offense flowing for Brian Johnson (1-2, 4.50 ERA), who slides into the team’s wobbly fifth rotation spot, at least for the moment. He’ll be matched by Jaime Barria (5-3, 3.40 ERA). Not much to report lineup-wise except Brock Holt is in the rotating second base spot. Red Sox legend Chris Young gets the start in center for the Angels.
About last night’s game: It was an exciting, maddening game that saw the Sox win 9-6 behind the bottom three in the order. Read Matt’s wild recap here.
Forecast: 72 degrees with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms — likely the very same ones raining upon my New York house as I write this at 3:30. I told them to go to hell, at least until the Angels are out of town. Get it?
Today’s listening: I was allegedly on yesterday’s edition of the Red Seat podcast, but I didn’t do a ton of talking until we got a subject I am really comfortable with: Making fun of Jake. Listen here.
A good tweet from yesterday:
Eduardo Nunez considers Brandon Phillips to be #underwhelming
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) June 27, 2018
LINEUPS
Game 82 vs. Angels
Lineup Spot | Angels | Red Sox |
---|---|---|
Lineup Spot | Angels | Red Sox |
1 | Ian Kinsler, 2B | Mookie Betts, RF |
2 | Mike Trout, DH | Andrew Benintendi, LF |
3 | Justin Upton, LF | J.D. Martinez, DH |
4 | Albert Pujols, 1B | Xander Bogaerts, SS |
5 | Andrelton Simmons, SS | Mitch Moreland, 1B |
6 | David Fletcher, 3B | Brock Holt, 2B |
7 | Chris Young, CF | Rafael Devers, 3B |
8 | Jose Briceno, C | Christian Vazquez, C |
9 | Michael Hermosillo, RF | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF |
SP | Jaime Barria, RHP | Brian Johnson, LHP |