Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays will play two Wednesday at Fenway Park.
For Game 1 of the Red Sox-Blue Jays doubleheader, Boston manager Alex Cora sticks with the lineup he would have deployed Tuesday had rain not forced the postponement of the scheduled contest. That means J.D. Martinez will play left field for the first time in three-plus weeks as part of a larger lineup shuffle.
Xander Bogaerts will continue to rest for Game 1. Kiké Hernández will play shortstop and lead off Boston’s batting order. Third baseman Rafael Devers will follow Hernández in a somewhat unfamiliar No. 2 spot. Martinez will bat third, with right fielder Hunter Renfroe batting fourth.
Catcher Christian Vázquez moves up in the batting order to the No. 5 spot.
With Martinez in left and Hernández at shortstop, Alex Verdugo will play center field and continue to bat sixth.
Kevin Plawecki fills in at designated hitter and bats seventh. First baseman Bobby Dalbec and second baseman Michael Chavis bat eighth and ninth, respectively.
Pitcher Garrett Richards starts on the mound for Boston one day later than he had been scheduled to hurl.
The Blue Jays counter with Robbie Ray, who also was scheduled to pitch Thursday.
NESN will air full coverage of Red Sox-Blue Jays Game 1. First pitch is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET, and postgame coverage immediately will follow the final out.
Remember, if you’re not near a TV, you can live stream full coverage of the game online at Watch NESN Live.
Here are the starting lineups for Game 1 of Wednesday’s Red Sox-Blue Jays doubleheader.
RED SOX (61-39)
Kiké Hernández, SS
Rafael Devers, 3B
J.D. Martinez, LF
Hunter Renfroe, RF
Christian Vázquez, C
Alex Verdugo, CF
Kevin Plawecki, DH
Bobby Dalbec, 1B
Michael Chavis, 2B
Garrett Richards, RHP (6-5, 4.99 ERA)
BLUE JAYS (49-47)
George Springer, CF
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B
Marcus Semien, 2B
Bo Bichette, SS
Teoscar Hernandez, DH
Lourdes Gurriel Jr., LF
Randal Grichuk, RF
Cavan Biggio, 3B
Alejandro Kirk, C
Robbie Ray, LHP (8-5, 3.12 ERA)
