Fresh off his three-homer performance Sunday in Boston, Mookie Betts has moved to the cleanup spot in the order as the Red Sox begin a crucial, 11-games-in-11-days-in-four-cities road trip today in Cleveland.
Today is a makeup game of a rainout in the season-opening series. The Red Sox move onto to Baltimore for two games, to Detroit for four and to Tampa Bay for four after this.
The middle of the Sox order was reshuffled due to the absence of Hanley Ramirez, who is beginning a three-day bereavement leave.
Today's lineups:
RED SOX:
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Xander Bogaerts SS
David Ortiz DH
Mookie Betts RF
Jackie Bradley Jr. CF
Aaron Hill 3B
Travis Shaw 1B
Bryan Holaday C
Andrew Benintendi LF
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Drew Pomeranz P
INDIANS:
Rajai Davis CF
Jose Ramirez 3B
Francisco Lindor SS
Mike Napoli DH
Carlos Santana 1B
Brandon Guyer LF
Abraham Almonte RF
Chris Gimenez C
Michael Martinez SS
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Josh Tomlin P