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The Red Sox (100-46) look to continue their march toward their best-ever record when they take on the Blue Jays (65-80) tonight at Fenway Park (7:10 p.m., NESN).
About tonight’s game: The increasingly dominant Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4, 3.64 ERA) looks to pick up where the increasingly dominant David Price left off last night. He’ll face off with Sam Gaviglio (3-8, 5.25 ERA), who, like most of the Jays, is still trying to figure things out at this point. Gaviglio will face a goofy Sox lineup that sees Mookie Betts taking a rest, Andrew Benintendi in the leadoff spot, Ian Kinsler batting second and, further down, Blake Swihart at DH.
About last night’s game: Win No. 100 was a 1-0 game in which the only run was scored on a fifth-inning wild pitch, but who cares? Price was fantastic, Steven Wright got himself out of jam and Craig Kimbrel nailed the door shut.
Forecast: A nice night, provided the rain doesn’t show up.
Today’s reading: Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic’s history of the 1918 World Series is stuck behind a paywall, but is well worth it if you’re able to scale said wall.
A good tweet:
This is the 4th 100-win season in @RedSox franchise history.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 13, 2018
They reached the World Series in each of the prior 3. pic.twitter.com/GCbobLNjVw
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Game 147 vs. Blue Jays
Lineup spot | Blue Jays | Red Sox |
---|---|---|
Lineup spot | Blue Jays | Red Sox |
1 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr., SS | Andrew Benintendi, LF |
2 | Yangervis Solarte, 3B | Ian Kinsler, 2B |
3 | Justin Smoak, 1B | Mitch Moreland, 1B |
4 | Kendrys Morales, DH | J.D. Martinez, RF |
5 | Randal Grichuk, RF | Xander Bogaerts, SS |
6 | Kevin Pillar, CF | Blake Swihart, DH |
7 | Teoscar Hernandez, LF | Eduardo Núñez, 3B |
8 | Aledmys Diaz, 3B | Christian Vázquez, C |
9 | Rosie McGuire, C | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF |
SP | Sam Gaviglio, RHP | Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP |