Red Sox Vs. Blue Jays Lineups: Boston Stacks With Lefties
Alex Cora's rolling with the matchups
The Boston Red Sox will hit the road Friday, looking to get off the schneid against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Brayan Bello will toe the rubber for Boston with a ton of lefties playing the field behind him as Toronto counters with José Berríos on the mound.
The Red Sox went heavy on the left-handed hitters Friday, deploying six against Berríos in an attempt to take advantage of his struggles against lefties this season. The 29-year-old has given up 15 homers against left-handed hitters — who have an OPS .200 points higher than righties off of him.
Alex Verdugo will return to the leadoff spot with Ceddanne Rafaela getting the night off. Rafael Devers, Justin Turner, Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida will follow him, with Turner taking the DH spot and Yoshida in left field.
Wilyer Abreu will stay in center field, while Trevor Story returns to shortstop to combine with Luis Urías as Boston’s double-play combo. Reese McGuire will do the catching for Bello, who has the advantage of facing six Toronto right-handers.
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First pitch is scheduled for 7:07 p.m. ET, and you can watch the game, plus an hour of pregame coverage, on NESN. Here are the full lineups for the Red Sox and Blue Jays:
BOSTON RED SOX (74-73)
Alex Verdugo RF
Rafael Devers 3B
Justin Turner DH
Triston Casas 1B
Masataka Yoshida LF
Wilyer Abreu CF
Trevor Story SS
Reese McGuire C
Luis Urías 2B
Brayan Bello, RHP (12-8, 3.68 ERA)
TORONTO BLUE JAYS (80-67)
George Springer RF
Bo Bichette SS
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
Davis Schneider DH
Cavan Biggio 2B
Matt Chapman 3B
Kevin Kiermaier CF
Alejandro Kirk C
Daulton Varsho LF
José Berríos, RHP (10-10, 3.63 ERA)
