After being defeated by the St. Louis Cardinal 10-6 on Friday at Busch Stadium, the Boston Red Sox will have the opportunity to tie the series on Saturday night with first pitch coming at 7:10 p.m. ET.
Boston will send Kutter Crawford to the mound while St. Louis will counter with Miles Mikolas.
Here's what Alex Cora's lineup will look like for the middle game:
- Jarren Duran LF
- Wilyer Abreu RF
- Connor Wong C
- Rafael Devers 3B
- Tyler O’Neill DH
- Dominic Smith 1B
- Vaughn Grissom 2B
- David Hamilton SS
- Ceddanne Rafaela CF
Here's who Oliver Marmol will have in the field:
- Brendan Donovan LF
- Lars Nootbaar RF
- Paul Goldschmidt 1B
- Nolan Arenado 3B
- Alec Burleson DH
- Ivan Herrera C
- Nolan Gorman 2B
- Masyn Winn SS
- Mike Siani CF
Crawford has been one of the best pitchers in baseball, posting a 2.24 ERA (10th-best) and 1.11 WHIP (32nd) in his nine starts. He's given up 11 earned runs (12 total) in his last four starts. Five Cardinals have hits off of him - Arenado (1-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs), Carson (1-for-2 with an RBI), Carpenter (1-for-1 with a walk), Goldschmidt (1-for-2) and Gorman (1-for-2 with a home run and an RBI).
Mikolas has struggled in his nine starts to start the year, posting a 6.19 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP. In his last five starts, he's allowed 19 earned runs. Three Red Sox have recorded hits off of him in his career - Cooper (4-for-17 with one home run, four RBIs and a walk), Devers (2-for-3 with an RBI) and Smith (3-for-8 with an RBI).
