Red Sox at A’s lineup: The World Series MVP is back

DAY GAME! Enter light, exit night. It’s the Reverse Mariano! It’s a testament to how good this song is that even the Yankees can’t kill it:

While you were sleeping, by the way, the Sox finally won. They had to rely on yet another comeback to do it, this one featuring Blake Swihart in a starring role, but I’m not complaining. Today they will go for the third victory of the year behind Eduardo Rodriguez with Steve Pearce, the World Series MVP, back on the field as the righty half the first base platoon and thus getting the start against Oakland lefty Brett Anderson. This is the last game in California before the team is off to Arizona for a series against the Diamondbacks before finally, belatedly returning to Boston for Tuesday’s home opener. Here’s the good news:

And here are the lineups, which came rudely late and now I’m mad at Alex Cora, even if he had his reasons:

No matter. I am aggrieved, and don’t entirely buy this, either — it seems more like Cora is deliberately messing with someone or something and trying explain it away.

GAMES WITHOUT A LINEUP ERROR (excluding today): 2