David Ortiz to Play First Base in Exhibition Game Against Boston College, Jon Lester to Start Against Northeastern

by abournenesn

Mar 3, 2012

FORT MYERS, Fla. –– Bobby Valentine has already written up the lineup for Saturday's exhibition games against Northeastern and Boston College.

And that isn't a typo in the second lineup. David Ortiz will be playing first base in the second spring training game, possibly another example of Valentine planning for down the road.

Here are the complete lineups for Saturday.

Lineup versus Northeastern
Jose Iglesias, SS
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
Darnell McDonald, DH
Ryan Sweeney, RF
Cody Ross, LF
Will Middlebrooks, 3B
Jon Lester, P

Lineup versus Boston College
Mike Aviles, SS
Che-Hsuan Lin, CF
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
David Ortiz, 1B
Nick Punto, 2B
Ryan Lavarnway, C
Josh Kroeger, RF
Alex Hassan, DH
Jason Repko, LF
Felix Doubront, P

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