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The Red Sox and Rays clash in St. Petersburg tonight with first place in the AL East on the line and, for the Sox, Nathan Eovaldi on the mound (6:10 p.m., NESN).
Last night’s start to the series was inauspicious, with Martín Pérez being knocked around shortly after the Sox eschewed the opportunity to add a starting pitcher at the deadline. Eovaldi, Boston’s best pitcher this year, looks to even out the series on the mound against Tampa Bay’s Ryan Yarbrough, whose ERA is nearly a full run higher than Nasty Nate.
Jarren Duran gets the day off as his early struggles continue, and Rafael Devers bats second. There’s a bunch more to say but I’m at a park and it’s so nice it’s stupid out and I’dtake a picture but it wouldn’t take up any words and I need to fill this out. Okay that’s good . Go Sox.
Game 106 at Rays
| Lineup spot | Red Sox | Rays |
|---|---|---|
| Lineup spot | Red Sox | Rays |
| 1 | Kiké Hernández, CF | Brandon Lowe, 2B |
| 2 | Rafael Devers, 3B | Ji-Man Choi, 1B |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts, SS | Nelson Cruz, DH |
| 4 | J.D. Martinez, DH | Austin Meadows, LF |
| 5 | Hunter Renfroe, RF | Randy Arozarena, RF |
| 6 | Alex Verdugo, LF | Joey Wendle, 3B |
| 7 | Christian Vázquez, C | Wander Franco, SS |
| 8 | Bobby Dalbec, 1B | Kevin Kiermaier, CF |
| 9 | Jonathan Araúz, 2B | Francisco Mejía, C |
| SP | Nathan Eovaldi. RHP | Ryan Yarbrough, LHP |