Game 133: Rays vs Boston Red Sox — Pregame News and Notes
Updated 12:40 p.m. After a 2–1 loss on Sunday to the Yankees, the Rays will look to get back in the win column on Monday at Tropicana Field against the Boston Red Sox. Tampa Bay (74–58) had its five-game win streak snapped on Sunday.
The Rays are 9–4 against Boston this year, but dropped two of three games in the last series at Fenway Park. Tampa Bay begins Monday 5.0 games behind New York in the AL East, and behind Seattle by one game for the top wild card spot. Here’s the Rays lineup:
Margot DH
Arozarena RF
Peralta LF
Ramirez 1B
Paredes 3B
Bethancourt C
Walls SS
Chang 2B
Siri CF
Luis Patino (1–1 3.95) will make his fifth start this season. Patino threw shutout baseball over 5.2 innings in his last MLB outing with the Rays on August 18th against Kansas City. Patino has not faced Boston this year. He is pitching in Shane McClanahan’s spot in the rotation. To make room for Patino, RHP Matt Wisler was designated for assignment. Here’s the lineup he’ll face:
Pham DH
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Verdugo RF
Bogaerts SS
Devers 3B
Story 2B
Casas 1B
Hernandez CF
Cordero LF
Plawecki C
Michael Wacha (10–1 2.56) will make his third start against the team he played for last year. In his last outing, Wacha gave up two runs in six innings at Minnesota in a 6–5 win. In his most recent start against Tampa Bay, Wacha allowed four runs over six innings.
On the rehab front, Wander Franco will play shortstop today for Durham in Charlotte. As the DH yesterday, he was 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in his first game with the Bulls. McClanahan, who can come off the IL on the last day of the next road trip at Toronto, played catch at 75 feet and is on track to return on time. Brandon Lowe, who came off the IL on Wednesday, took batting practice, fielded ground balls, and threw. He was hit by a pitch on the throwing elbow in the last series at Boston.
Here’s what happened last night in the Rays system:
Durham (71–56) won at White Sox affiliate Charlotte 7–5. Taj Bradley allowed two runs over six innings, while Xavier Edwards had three hits and two RBI.
Montgomery (63–56, 35–22) fell in 10 innings to White Sox affiliate Birmingham 15–10. Evan Edwards had three hits, including a homer and three RBI.
Bowling Green (74–50, 33–26): already qualified for the playoffs, the Hot Rods lost 16–6 at Asheville. Alexander Ovalles had three hits and three runs scored.
Charleston (83–43, 37–23): dropped a 9–6 game to Myrtle Beach. Shane Sasaki had two hits, three walks and two runs scored.
FCL (39–16): season concluded, fell in championship series to Yankees two games to one.
Coverage on the Rays Radio Network begins at 3:30 p.m. Dave and Andy will have the call with first pitch at 4:10
