Wilyer

Abreu

Contreras is at first base and hitting third as Boston kicks off postseason play after missing eight of their final nine regular-season contests with a right hand injury. Here’s the full lineup set to battle Yankees ace Cam Schlittler: Roman Anthony (DH), Adley Rutschman (C), Contreras (1B), Wilyer Abreu (RF), Ceddanne Rafaela (CF), Nick Sogard (2B), Jarren Duran (LF), Trevor Story (SS) and Caleb Durbin (3B).

Abreu’s double off Ryan Rolison would have been a homer over the Green Monster under normal circumstances, but the win knocked it down some. It was actually the only extra-base hit from either team in the contest. Because of the storms in the Northeast, the Cubs and Red Sox will now head to St. Pete to finish the regular season at Tropicana Field on Sunday.

Abreu worked a leadoff walk off of Jacob Latz in the eighth inning that fueled their three-run rally to flip the game in their favor. He scored on Trevor Story’s three-run homer. He has been solid and capable producer throughout the season for the Red Sox, slashing .254/.333/.459 with 24 homers, 74 RBI and eight stolen bases in his 648 plate appearances.

The Red Sox had just one run on the board through five innings before Abreu broke a tie game with a two-run double in the sixth, his 36th double of the season. The 27-year-old outfielder is hitting .257/.337/.467 with 24 homers, 79 runs scored, 74 RBI, and eight steals across 632 plate appearances.

Abreu doubled in the fifth inning off Royals starter Seth Lugo to bring home Adley Rutschman, cutting the Royals’ lead to 3-2. Abreu has now hit safely in three straight games and is slashing .303/.395/.515 in September with five extra-base hits.

Abreu singled off of Logan Webb in the third inning and rode home on a three-run blast by Willson Contreras. He then capped off the Red Sox’ scoring with an RBI triple in the sixth inning. The 27-year-old outfielder is having a very productive season in the middle of the Red Sox’ lineup, slashing .262/.341/.474 with 22 homers and 68 RBI in 545 plate appearances.

Abreu’s home run was his 22nd of the season. He hit a solo shot off Jared Jones in the second inning. Abreu now has seven home runs in his last 15 games. He’s hitting .259 with an .811 OPS and 65 RBI on the season.

Abreu was a late scratch from Saturday’s lineup due to a leg contusion that he sustained when fouling a pitch off of his shin during Friday’s game. He’s serving as the designated hitter and will bat third against Athletics’ right-hander JT Ginn on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park.

Abreu receives some extra time off to recover after being hit by a pitch above his shin guard during Friday’s game. It was a bit surprising to see him on the initial lineup card in the first place with rookie left-hander Gage Jump taking the ball for the Athletics. The 27-year-old has put together a phenomenal season, slashing .256/.331/.462 with 20 homers, 62 RBI and seven steals in 429 plate appearances over 113 games. It’ll be Eli White moving over to right field with Jarren Duran getting into the lineup in the opposite corner. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now.

Abreu missed a homer to Fenway’s short fence in right field by about two or three feet, settling for a two-RBI double. He was replaced by Eli White in the sixth inning as a defensive sub, but the game was already out of hand at that point so we don’t suspect anything bad happened here. Abreu is red-hot, hitting .385/.485/.885 with four homers and a stolen base in his last seven games. Ride the wave if you have him in fantasy baseball.