Red Sox Vs. Cardinals Lineups: Kristian Campbell Starts At Center Field

UPDATE (SATURDAY, 6:20 P.M. ET): Saturday’s scheduled game between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals at Fenway Park was postponed due to rain.

The teams will play a doubleheader Sunday, with the first game scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET and the second game scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET.

NESN will provide coverage of the first game.

ORIGINAL POST: The Red Sox look to stay undefeated at Fenway Park when they hit the field Saturday.

Granted, Friday was Boston’s home opener, but it was still successful against the St. Louis Cardinals after a thrilling 13-9 victory.

Manager Alex Cora will roll out a different defensive alignment in the second matchup of a three-game series. Kristian Campbell start at center field for the first time in his major league career. Cora preferred Duran handling the Green Monster at left field and will have David Hamilton at second base. Connor Wong returns to the lineup after Carlos Narváez filled in at catcher. He’ll be the backstop for Richard Fitts, who lost his first start of the season.

St. Louis will start Andre Pallante, and its only change for Saturday is Pedro Pagés starting at catcher for Iván Herrera.

First pitch for the Red Sox-Cardinals matchup is scheduled at 4:10 p.m. ET, and you can catch full coverage on NESN after an hour of pregame.

Here are the starting lineups for Boston and St. Louis.

BOSTON RED SOX (4-4)
Jarren Duran, LF
Rafael Devers, DH
Alex Bregman, 3B
Triston Casas, 1B
Trevor Story, SS
Wilyer Abreu, RF
Kristian Campbell, CF
David Hamilton, 2B
Connor Wong, C

Richard Fitts, RHP (0-1, 4.50 ERA)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (4-3)
Lars Nootbaar, LF
Willson Contreras, DH
Brendan Donovan, 2B
Nolan Arenado, 3B
Alec Burleson, 1B
Jordan Walker, RF
Pedro Pagés, C
Victor Scott II, CF
Masyn Winn, SS

Andre Pallante, RHP (1-0, 3.60 ERA)