Aaron Hill Makes Red Sox Debut At Third Base In Series Opener Vs. Rays

The Boston Red Sox welcome their American League East division foes, the Tampa Bay Rays, for a three-game series at Fenway Park beginning Friday night.

Aaron Hill, who the Red Sox just acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers, will make his team debut Friday at third base.

Sandy Leon will do the catching for starting pitcher Sean O’Sullivan, who picked up a win last Sunday against the Los Angeles Angels. He gave up two earned runs over five innings in that outing.

Chris Archer will oppose him for the last-place Rays.

Here are the lineups for both teams.

BOSTON RED SOX (46-38)
Mookie Betts, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
David Ortiz, DH
Hanley Ramirez, 1B
Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
Brock Holt, LF
Aaron Hill, 3B
Sandy Leon, C

Sean O’Sullivan, RHP (2-0, 6.61 ERA)

TAMPA BAY RAYS (34-51)
Logan Forsythe, 2B
Brad Miller, SS
Evan Longoria, 3B
Logan Morrison, 1B
Brandon Guyer, CF
Steven Souza Jr., RF
Corey Dickerson, DH
Nick Franklin, LF
Hank Conger, C

Chris Archer, RHP (4-11, 4.50 ERA)

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