Red Sox lineup: Struggling OF sits, Rob Refsnyder playing vs. RHP on Marathon Monday

Rob Refsnyder is starting in left field for the Red Sox on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP

Struggling center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela in not in the Red Sox lineup on Marathon Monday.

Rob Refsnyder, who has recorded just 21 plate appearances and typically starts vs. left-handed pitchers, is batting eighth and playing left field against White Sox righty starter Jonathan Cannon (0-2, 4.42 ERA).

The Red Sox host the White Sox at 11:10 a.m. here at Fenway Park on Marathon Monday.

Jarren Duran, who typically plays left field, will start in center field.

Rafaela homered Friday but he went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts Sunday as his slash line dropped to .209/.284/.299/.582 in 20 games. He has only three extra-base hits in 74 plate appearances.

Refsnyder has taken advantage of his limited playing time. He’s 7-for-20 (.350) with two doubles. The Red Sox haven’t faced many left-handed starters this year and so Refsnyder has one more plate appearance against righties (11) than he does lefties (10).

Today’s winner will win the seven-game season series. Both teams enter with three wins each.

Boston squeaked out a 4-3 season-series win last year when Chicago went a dismal 41-121.

Boston just has not taken care of business against a bad White Sox team. The White Sox have a positive-five run differential (29 runs scored, 24 runs against) vs. the Red Sox. They have a negative-31 run differential (39 runs scored, 70 runs against) vs. the five other teams they have played (Athletics, Guardians, Tigers, Twins and Angels).

Righty Walker Buehler (2-1, 5.23 ERA) will start opposite Cannon.