The Boston Red Sox enter Tuesday with a chance to win the 10th game of their 2024 campaign, as they're set to take on the Cleveland Guardians at Fenway Park.
Boston will send Garrett Whitlock to the mound, and they'll be without Tyler O'Neill, who is recovering after his collision with Rafael Devers on Monday.
Here's what the Red Sox lineup will look like for Game 2 of the series:
- Jarren Duran LF
- Rafael Devers 3B
- Masataka Yoshida DH
- Triston Casas 1B
- Wilyer Abreu RF
- Enmanuel Valdez 2B
- Connor Wong C
- David Hamilton SS
- Ceddanne Rafaela CF
Whitlock has been impressive to start the year, giving up just two earned runs and striking out 16 in 14.1 innings of work. He's done well against this Cleveland lineup in the past as well, allowing hits to just three batters - Andres Gimenez (1-for-4), Josh Naylor (1-for-1) and Jose Ramirez (1-for-3 with an RBI).
Cleveland will start Tanner Bibee on Tuesday, who has given up nine earned runs 13 2/3 innings. He has also given up just three hits to Boston's lineup - Devers (1-for-3 with an RBI), Wong (1-for-2) and Yoshida (1-for-3).
A loss for the Red Sox would mean the best they can do in this series is split, but a win would keep the chances of taking the series alive.
