After going 15-10 in June, the Red Sox will open July with a slightly different-looking lineup Tuesday night in Miami.
For the first time since April 26, Tyler O’Neill is hitting second for the Red Sox behind leadoff man Jarren Duran as Boston opens a three-game series at loanDepot Park. O’Neill will provide a big right-handed bat early in the order against righty Valente Bellozo, who is making his second career big league start after tossing five shutout innings in his debut against Kansas City on June 26.
Tyler O'Neill is moving up in the lineup as the Red Sox open a series in Miami on Monday night
Connor Wong is catching and hitting fifth for the Sox with Enmanuel Valdez starting at second base and Dom Smith at first. David Hamilton is out of the lineup. The Sox will send Kutter Crawford, who pitched to a 4.44 ERA and allowed eight homers in four June starts, to the mound. Crawford has thrown just 23 pitches in an 11-day span dating back to June 21 because his last start came in Thursday’s suspended game against Toronto. He is 3-7 with a 3.59 ERA so far this year.
The Red Sox are visiting Miami for the first time since Sept. 2020. They’re 31-16 all-time against the Marlins, with their .660 winning percentage good for the best record of any team against the Marlins in history.
First pitch is at 6:40 p.m. ET.
BOSTON RED SOX (44-39) @ MIAMI MARLINS (30-54) · LOANDEPOT PARK · MIAMI, FL · GAME 84
FIRST PITCH: 6:40 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN
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RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: RHP Kutter Crawford (3-7, 3.59 ERA) vs. RHP Valente Bellozo (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
RED SOX LINEUP:
1. CF Jarren Duran
2. LF Tyler O’Neill
3. RF Wilyer Abreu
4. 3B Rafael Devers
5. C Connor Wong
6. DH Masataka Yoshida
7. 2B Enmanuel Valdez
8. 1B Dominic Smith
9. SS Ceddanne Rafaela
MARLINS LINEUP:
1. CF Jazz Chisholm Jr.
2. LF Bryan De La Cruz
3. DH Josh Bell
4. RF Jesús Sánchez
5. 1B Jake Burger
6. SS Xavier Edwards
7. 2B Vidal Brújan
8. 3B Emmanuel Rivera
9. C Nick Fortes
