After the Boston Red Sox downed the New York Yankees 9-7 in the series opener on Friday at Fenway Park, the two teams will meet again on Saturday night.
For the matchup, Boston will send Kutter Crawford to the mound while New York will counter with Marcus Stroman.
Here's what Alex Cora's lineup will look like for the middle game:
- Jarren Duran CF
- Wilyer Abreu RF
- Masataka Yoshida DH
- Rafael Devers 3B
- Tyler O’Neill LF
- Dom Smith 1B
- Connor Wong C
- David Hamilton 2B
- Ceddanne Rafaela SS
Crawford has been really good for Boston this season, posting a 3.37 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP in his 20 starts. In his last start against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he gave up six runs over five innings. He's allowed hits to seven Yankees in his career - Oswaldo Cabrera (1-for-4), Trent Grisham (1-for-2), Aaron Judge (3-for-16 with two solo home runs and two walks), DJ Lemahieu (1-for-9 with a walk), Juan Soto (1-for-6), Gleyber Torres (2-for-12 with a walk) and Anthony Volpe (1-for-6).
Stroman has been good for New York as well in his 20 starts, recording a 3.51 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP. He's allowed at least three runs in four of his last five starts. He's surrendered hits to six Red Sox - Devers (1-for-12 with an RBI and a walk), Duran (1-for-5 with a walk), Hamilton (1-for-2 with a walk), O'Neill (2-for-11 with two RBIs and two walks), Rafaela (2-for-2 with two RBIs), Wong (1-for-4 with a walk) and Smith (1-for-9).
