Red Sox Vs. Athletics Lineups: Tanner Houck, Boston Go For Series Win

The Boston Red Sox will go for a series victory over the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park on Thursday night.

Boston, which has now won seven of its last nine games, dropped the middle game by a 5-2 verdict Wednesday.

Facing a right-hander in Luis Medina, Red Sox manager Alex Cora will get back to the lineup from Boston’s series-opening victory.

David Hamilton will bat second and play second base, Wilyer Abreu will return to right field and bat seventh and Dominic Smith will take over for Romy Gonzalez at first base and bat eighth.

MLB All-Star Tanner Houck will toe the rubber in the series finale.

First pitch from Fenway Park is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET, and you can watch it live on NESN after an hour of pregame coverage.

Check out the lineups for both teams here.

RED SOX (50-41)
Jarren Duran, CF
David Hamilton, 2B
Tyler O’Neil, LF
Rafael Devers, 3B
Connor Wong, C
Masataka Yoshida, DH
Wilyer Abreu, RF
Dominic Smith, 1B
Ceddanne Rafaela, SS

Tanner Houck, RHP (7-6, 2.68 ERA)

ATHLETICS (35-59)
JJ Bleday, CF
Miguel Andujar, LF
Brent Rooker, DH
Lawrence Butler, RF
Zack Gelof, 2B
Seth Brown, 1B
Kyle McCann, C
Brett Harris, 3B
Max Schuemann, SS

Luis Medina, RHP (2-3, 4.37 ERA)