The Red Sox look to build off Friday night’s memorable win when they take on the Yankees in matinee action. Boston shocked New York in the ninth inning of Friday’s contest at Yankee Stadium when Masataka Yoshida hit a game-tying home run on a full count with two outs. Ceddanne Rafaela capped off the night […]
The Red Sox look to build off Friday night’s memorable win when they take on the Yankees in matinee action.
Boston shocked New York in the ninth inning of Friday’s contest at Yankee Stadium when Masataka Yoshida hit a game-tying home run on a full count with two outs. Ceddanne Rafaela capped off the night with a two-run homer in the 10th inning to give the Red Sox the 5-3 win.
Manager Alex Cora will shake up the lineup again with David Hamilton and Wilyer Abreu back up the top of the order. Hamilton will start at shortstop, which moves Rafaela to center field, and Abreu will patrol right field. Reese McGuire will rotate in at catcher, and Dominic Smith, who also was clutch Friday night, will start at first base.
Josh Winckowski will start opposite Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. Winckowski is coming off a 4-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Fenway Park last Sunday. The right-hander gave up zero runs off four hits, and he recorded one strikeout. Saturday will mark a big matchup for Rafael Devers against Cole. Devers is one hit away from 1,000 career hits, and he has seven home runs and 16 RBIs off a 1.292 OPS in his career against Cole heading into Saturday.
First pitch for Boston-New York is scheduled at 1:05 p.m. ET, and you can catch full coverage on NESN starting at noon.
Here are the starting lineups both sides will roll out Saturday.
BOSTON RED SOX (48-39)
Jarren Duran, LF
David Hamilton, SS
Wilyer Abreu, RF
Rafael Devers, 3B
Enmanuel Valdez, 2B
Masataka Yoshida, DH
Reese McGuire, C
Dominic Smith, 1B
Ceddanne Rafaela, CF
Josh Winckowski, RHP (2-1, 2.80 ERA)
NEW YORK YANKEES (54-36)
Ben Rice, 1B
Juan Soto, DH
Aaron Judge, RF
Alex Verdugo, LF
Anthony Volpe, SS
Trent Grisham, CF
Jose Trevino, C
Oswaldo Cabrera, 2B
DJ LeMahieu, 3B
Gerrit Cole, RHP (1-1, 6.23 ERA)
