The Red Sox are looking to end a successful road trip on a high note on Thursday night, but they'll have to do it against one of the game's best left handers.
The Sox, winners of seven of eight on their current nine-game road trip, will have to go through David Price to pick up their eighth win of the trip in the series finale with the Rays.
Price, who is 4-2 with a 3.18 ERA against Boston for his career, will face a right-handed heavy lineup highlighted by Darnell McDonald, who is in the leadoff position on Thursday night in favor of Jacoby Ellsbury.
McDonald is making his first appearance since returning from the disabled list on Wednesday. The right-handed hitter is a .333 (4-for-12) hitter in his career against Price.
Mike Cameron will also be in the Red Sox lineup in place of left-handed hitter J.D. Drew. Like McDonald, Cameron has had success against Price, as he is 3-for-6 with a home run in his career off of Price.
Clay Buchholz will look to build off of one of his best starts of year.
Here are the starting lineups for the series finale.
Boston
Darnell McDonald, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
David Ortiz, DH
Jed Lowrie, SS
Carl Crawford, LF
Mike Cameron, RF
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
Tampa Bay
Johnny Damon, DH
Ben Zobrist, 2B
Matt Joyce, RF
Evan Longoria, 3B
Casey Kotchman, 1B
Justin Upton, CF
John Jaso, C
Sam Fuld, LF
Reid Brignac, SS
