Red Sox lineup: Can Boston pad their win total in Miami?
The Red Sox are spending their Fourth of July week in Miami. There, they’ll attempt to pad their win total against a struggling Marlins team that owns a 30-54 record, including 16-27 at home, and a minus-126 run differential.
Boston will face rookie Valente Bellozo in Tuesday’s series opener. The right-hander, 24, is precisely one game into his Major League career. It was an impressive debut; over five scoreless innings on June 26, he held a potent Kansas City Royals lineup to two hits, zero walks, and two strikeouts.
Kutter Crawford is coming off a start cut short. He was 1.1 innings into his outing against the Blue Jays when a torrential thunderstorm put the game on pause. (It will be resumed when the Blue Jays return to Fenway Park in August.)
Crawford began the season in excellent form, posting a 1.35 ERA between his March 30 season debut and his sixth start at the end of April. Since May 1, however, he’s posted a 4.85 ERA over 10 starts. He hasn’t been helped by the defense, which has yielded eight unearned runs in his games this year.
Red Sox lineup (July 2)
Jarren Duran LF
David Hamilton SS
Wilyer Abreu RF
Rafael Devers 3B
Enmanuel Valdez 2B
Masataka Yoshida DH
Dom Smith 1B
Ceddanne Rafaela SS
Marlins lineup (July 2)
Jazz Chishom Jr. CF
Bryan De La Cruz LF
Josh Bell DH
Jésus Sánchez RF
Jake Burger 1B
Xavier Edwards SS
Vidal Bruján 2B
Emmanuel Rivera 3B
Nick Fortes
Red Sox vs. Marlins probable starting pitchers
RHP Kutter Crawford vs. RHP Valente Bellozo
How to watch Red Sox vs. Marlins
When: 6:40 p.m. ET
Where: loanDepot Park, Miami
TV: NESN, Bally Sports Florida
Red Sox radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1490 AM (Spanish)
Marlins radio: FOX Sports 940AM (WINZ), WAQI 710