After a day off on Thursday, the Boston Red Sox will host the Chicago White Sox on Friday night at Fenway Park for their first of three games over the weekend.
For this matchup, Boston will send Nick Pivetta to the mound while Chicago will counter with Davis Martin.
Here's Alex Cora's lineup for the opener:
- Jarren Duran CF
- Rafael Devers 3B
- Tyler O'Neill LF
- Wilyer Abreu RF
- Masataka Yoshida DH
- Triston Casas 1B
- Connor Wong C
- Enmanuel Valdez 2B
- Ceddanne Rafaela SS
And, here's Grady Sizemore's:
- Nicky Lopez 2B
- Luis Robert Jr. CF
- Andrew Benintendi LF
- Andrew Vaughn DH
- Gavin Sheets 1B
- Korey Lee C
- Lenyn Sosa 3B
- Dominic Fletcher RF
- Jacob Amaya SS
Pivetta has been all right for Boston this season, posting a 4.53 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP while striking out 141 batters in 22 appearances (21 starts). He allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk in his last outing against the Detroit Tigers. Five White Sox - Andrew Benintendi (1-for-9 with a walk), Nicky Lopez (3-for-5 with a walk), Luis Robert Jr. (2-for-11 with an RBI), Lenyn Sosa (1-for-2), Andrew Vaughn (1-for-5 with two walks).
Martin has been good for Chicago in his seven appearances (six starts), posting a 3.62 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP while striking out 32 batters this year. He's allowed two or fewer earned runs in all but two of his outings, and he's never faced a single member of the Red Sox lineup.
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