A night after his spectacular catch in left field that took a home run away from the Rays’ Scott Souza, rookie Andrew Benintendi is back in the Red Sox lineup, batting ninth and playing left, as they continue their four-game series against the Rays at Tropicana Field.
The Red Sox won the series opener Monday, 6-2, with help from Benintendi’s catch and David Price’s pitching.
Clay Buchholz gets another start in place of Steven Wright (right shoulder) for Boston. Buchholz (4-9, 5.42 ERA) is coming off a strong six-inning start in a 4-3 loss in Detroit on Thursday in his previous start.
Right-hander Chris Archer (7-16, 4.18) will try to avoid his 17th loss for the Rays.
The lineups:
RED SOX
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Boston Red Sox
Xander Bogaerts SS
David Ortiz DH
Mookie Betts RF
Hanley Ramirez 1B
Jackie Bradley Jr. CF
Sandy Leon C
Travis Shaw 3B
Andrew Benintendi LF
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Clay Buchholz RHP
RAYS
Logan Forsythe 2B
Kevin Kiermaier CF
Evan Longoria 3B
Brad Miller 1B
Tim Beckham SS
Logan Morrison DH
Scott Souza RF
Cody Dickerson LF
Bobby Wilson C
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Chris Archer RHP