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The American League East-winning Red Sox (104-49), or some portion thereof, look to add to their gaudy win total against the American League Central champion-to-be Indians (85-67) tonight in Cleveland (7:10 p.m., NESN, ESPN2). It’s a matchup of ‘Guys who could have been the Cy Young Award frontrunners if they hadn’t gotten hurt’ as Chris Sale (12-4, 1.92 ERA) squared off against Trevor Bauer (12-6, 2.22 ERA), who’s a couple starts behind Sale in the return process and is only expected to go a couple innings tonight.
He’ll face a hilarious Sox lineup that reflects a long night of partying in New York after yesterday’s 11-6 win. Here it is — don’t look directly at it, lest you turn to stone:
Game 154 at Indians
| Lineup spot | Red Sox | Indians |
|---|---|---|
| Lineup spot | Red Sox | Indians |
| 1 | Tzu-Wei Lin, CF | Francisco Lindor, SS |
| 2 | Brandon Phillips, 2B | Michael Brantley, LF |
| 3 | Rafael Devers, 3B | José Ramírez, 2B |
| 4 | J.D. Martinez, DH | Edwin Encarnación, 1B |
| 5 | Steve Pearce, 1B | Josh Donaldson, DH |
| 6 | Brock Holt, SS | Yandy Díaz, 3B |
| 7 | Blake Swihart, RF | Brandon Guyer, RF |
| 8 | Sam Travis, LF | Yan Gomes, C |
| 9 | Sandy León, C | Jason Kipnis, CF |
| SP | Chris Sale, LHP | Trevor Bauer, RHP |