The Red Sox look to even up their season record Wednesday, as they take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
How many changes will Boston manager Alex Cora make following a series-opening loss?
None.
Yes, you read that correctly. The Red Sox will roll out the same exact lineup on back-to-back days, marking just the third time they've done so all season. Romy Gonzalez, who came on to belt a pinch-hit home run Tuesday, can be expected to make an appearance.
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The Rays will make more than a few changes, as Jonny DeLuca, Austin Shenton, Taylor Walls and Ben Rortvedt will enter the lineup for Yandy Diaz, José Caballero, Logan Driscoll and Jose Siri.
The Sox and Rays are scheduled to take the field in St. Petersburgh, Fla. at 6:50 p.m. ET, and the action can be seen on NESN following an hour of pregame coverage. We've got the projected lineups here.
BOSTON RED SOX (75-76)
Jarren Duran, CF
Rafael Devers, 3B
Tyler O'Neill, LF
Masataka Yoshida, DH
Connor Wong, C
Wilyer Abreu, RF
Triston Casas, 1B
Trevor Story, SS
Ceddanne Rafaela, 2B
Tanner Houck, RHP (8-10, 3.24 ERA)
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TAMPA BAY RAYS (74-77)
Christopher Morel, LF
Brandon Lowe, 2B
Junior Caminero, 3B
Jonathan Aranda, 1B
Josh Lowe, RF
Jonny DeLuca, CF
Austin Shenton, DH
Taylor Walls, SS
Ben Rortvedt, C
Ryan Pepiot, RHP (8-6, 3.76 ERA)
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