The Boston Red Sox are above .500 for the first time in 2019, and they aren’t looking to let that slip away anytime soon if they can help it.
Not much has changed for the Red Sox’s lineup heading into the second of three games against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park. Sandy Leon will get the start over Christian Vazquez behind the plate, but all else will remain the same.
Meanwhile, the slumping Mariners will look to regain .500 status with a win Saturday. They’ll shake up their lineup for the afternoon matchup, adding Daniel Vogelbach to the lineup. Vogelbach will bat cleanup with Domingo Santana right behind him, batting fifth.
Shed Long will make his major league debut for Seattle, playing second base and batting ninth. Tim Beckham, Tom Murphy and Braden Bishop all will sit.
Rick Porcello will take the mound for Boston in search of his third win of the season, facing off against Mariners righty Felix Hernandez.
Here are the lineups for both teams:
BOSTON RED SOX (20-19)
Andrew Benintendi, LF
Mookie Betts, RF
J.D. Martinez, DH
Mitch Moreland, 1B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
Rafael Devers, 3B
Michael Chavis, 2B
Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
Sandy Leon, C
Rick Porcello, RHP (2-3, 5.11 ERA)
SEATTLE MARINERS (20-21)
Mitch Haniger, CF
J.P. Crawford, SS
Edwin Encarnacion, 1B
Daniel Vogelbach, DH
Domingo Santana, LF
Jay Bruce, RF
Omar Narvaez, C
Ryon Healy, 3B
Shed Long, 2B
Felix Hernandez, RHP (1-3, 5.20 ERA)
