Travis Shaw, still bothered after fouling a ball off his shin two nights ago, is out of the lineup and Hanley Ramirez remains batting seventh as the Red Sox look to salvage one game from their four-game series with the Chicago White Sox this afternoon at Fenway Park.
Marco Hernandez starts in place of Shaw at third base. Rick Porcello (8-2, 3.76 ERA) is on the mound for the Red Sox and the White Sox counter with recently acquired James Shields (2-9, 6.28 ERA combined with Padres and White Sox), who has struggled in his three starts since coming to Chicago (21.81 ERA in three starts).
The Red Sox dropped their third in a row to the White Sox, 8-6 on Wednesday night.
The lineups:
WHITE SOX
Tim Anderson SS
Adam Eaton RF
Jose Abreu 1B
Melky Cabrera LF
Todd Frazier 3B
Brett Lawrie 2B
Alex Avila C
Avisail Garcia DH
J.B. Shuck CF
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James Shields RHP
RED SOX
Mookie Betts RF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Xander Bogaerts SS
David Ortiz DH
Chris Young LF
Jackie Bradley Jr CF
Hanley Ramirez 1B
Christian Vazquez C
Marco Hernandez 3B
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Rick Porcello RHP