After the Boston Red Sox took the first two games against the Chicago White Sox on Friday and Saturday, the two teams will meet again on Sunday afternoon for the series finale.
For the matchup, Boston will start Richard Fitts while Chicago will counter with Chris Flexen.
Here's Alex Cora's matchup for Game 3:
- Jarren Duran CF
- Rafael Devers 3B
- Wilyer Abreu RF
- Tyler O'Neill LF
- Masataka Yoshida DH
- Connor Wong C
- Triston Casas 1B
- Trevor Story SS
- Enmanuel Valdez 2B
And, here's Grady Sizemore's:
- Zach DeLoach DH
- Luis Robert Jr. CF
- Andrew Benintendi LF
- Andrew Vaughn LF
- Korey Lee C
- Lenyn Sosa 2B
- Dominic Fletcher RF
- Miguel Vargas 3B
- Jacob Amaya SS
Fitts is making his MLB debut in this game after the Red Sox acquired him this offseason from the New York Yankees in the Alex Verdugo trade. In 24 appearances (23 starts) for Triple-A Worcester, he's been all right, posting a 4.55 ERA and a 1.277 WHIP while striking out 111 batters.
Flexen hasn't been great for Chicago this season, posting a 5.36 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP while striking out 99 batters in his 29 appearances (26 starts). However, he's given up three or fewer runs in each of his last three starts. Five Red Sox have recorded hits against him - Rafael Devers (4-for-7 with two home runs and three RBIs), Jarren Durran (2-for-3), Danny Jansen (2-for-6 with a home run and two RBIs), Tyler O'Neill (2-for-4 with an RBI) and Trevor Story (1-for-7).
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