A pair of Red Sox utility players will make their first start of the 2022 Major League Baseball season Sunday night in the Bronx.
Both Christian Arroyo and Jonathan Araúz are in Boston's starting nine for the series finale against the New York Yankees in prime time. Arroyo will platoon right field in place of Jackie Bradley Jr., while Araúz takes over at second base as Trevor Story receives his first day off as a member of the Red Sox.
Also making his first start of the year for Boston is Kevin Plawecki, who will do the catching for Tanner Houck. The young right-hander logged a combined 13 1/3 innings against the Yankees last season, compiling a 2.70 ERA with 16 strikeouts.
Houck will be opposite New York left-hander Jordan Montgomery, who posted an 0-2 record with a 3.29 ERA over five starts against Boston in 2021.
Here are the starting lineups for Sunday night's Red Sox-Yankees contest:
RED SOX (0-2)
Kiké Hernández, CF
Rafael Devers, 3B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
J.D. Martinez, DH
Bobby Dalbec, 1B
Christian Arroyo, RF
Alex Verdugo, LF
Kevin Plawecki, C
Jonathan Araúz, 2B
Tanner Houck, RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
YANKEES (0-2)
Josh Donaldson, 3B
Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Aaron Judge, RF
Giancarlo Stanton, DH
Joey Gallo, LF
Gleyber Torres, 2B
Aaron Hicks, CF
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
Jose Trevino, C
Jordan Montgomery, LHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
