After dropping the first two games of the series, the Boston Red Sox will look to avoid a sweep against the Arizona Diamondbacks in their Sunday afternoon matchup at Fenway Park.
For the meeting, Boston will send Tanner Houck to the mound while Arizona will counter with Merrill Kelly.
Here's Alex Cora's lineup for the finale:
- Jarren Duran CF
- Wilyer Abreu RF
- Triston Casas 1B
- Rafael Devers 3B
- Tyler O’Neill LF
- Masa Yoshida DH
- Connor Wong C
- David Hamilton 2B
- Ceddanne Rafaela SS
And, here's Torey Lovullo's:
- Corbin Carroll RF
- Jake McCarthy CF
- Joc Pederson DH
- Josh Bell 1B
- Pavin Smith LF
- Adrian Del Castillo C
- Eugenio Suarez 3B
- Luis Guillorme 2B
- Geraldo Perdomo SS
Houck has been great for Boston this year, posting a 3.01 ERA (fifth in baseball) and a 1.15 WHIP (tied for 25th) while striking out 135 batters (39th) in 25 starts. He's allowed two or fewer earned runs in each of his last three outings. Four Diamondbacks have recorded hits against him in their career - Corbin Carroll (1-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (1-for-6), Geraldo Perdomo (1-for-2 with a solo home run) and Eugenio Suarez (1-for-6).
Kelly has been good for Arizona as well. Only pitching in six games so far this season, he's posted a 3.63 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP while striking out 27 batters. He's allowed two or fewer runs in all but one of those outings. Five Red Sox have hits against him in his career - Triston Casas (1-for-3), Romy Gonzalez (1-for-3), Tyler O'Neill (3-for-16 with a home run, four RBIs and a walk), Connor Wong (1-for-2) and Masataka Yoshida (1-for-2 with a walk).
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