The Boston Red Sox look to end their weekend series against the New York Yankees in the Bronx on a high note during Sunday night’s finale.
Boston lost the first two games of the series, including an 8-2 defeat on Saturday afternoon.
Knuckleball pitcher Steven Wright, one of the team’s better pitchers this season, will start and try to play stopper for the Red Sox. In his last eight starts dating back to last season, Wright is 4-3 with a 1.89 ERA and a .193 opponents’ batting average. The veteran hasn’t yet faced the Yankees in 2016.
The only lineup change for the Red Sox is Ryan Hanigan catching in place of Christian Vazquez.
New York will send Luis Severino to the mound. He’s winless with a 6.31 ERA and a .333 batting average against. The Red Sox offense should be able to put some runs on the board.
Here are the lineups for both teams.
BOSTON RED SOX (17-13)
Mookie Betts, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
David Ortiz, DH
Hanley Ramirez, 1B
Travis Shaw, 3B
Brock Holt, LF
Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
Ryan Hanigan, C
Steven Wright, RHP (2-3, 1.67 ERA)
NEW YORK YANKEES (11-17)
Brett Gardner, LF
Starlin Castro, 2B
Brian McCann, C
Mark Teixeira, DH
Carlos Beltran, RF
Dustin Ackley, 1B
Aaron Hicks, CF
Didi Gregorius, SS
Chase Headley, 3B
Luis Severino, RHP (0-4, 6.31 ERA)
Thumbnail photo via Nick Turchiaro/USA TODAY Sports Images
