Game 109: Red Sox at Twins, Giolito vs. Ohl

Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies — Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

The Red Sox are 23-30 on the road this season. These games might be an opportunity to improve on that mark.

After another wretched road loss late last night, the Red Sox will try to rebound against a Twins team that may be on the verge of massive roster upheaval.

The biggest lineup note for the Red Sox tonight is that Masataka Yoshida and his .531 OPS is headed to the bench, which allows Ceddanne Rafaela to move back to center field where he belongs. This also means David Hamilton gets the start at second base and will bat eighth.

For Minnesota, the guy who was originally supposed to start tonight (Chris Paddack) was traded to Detroit earlier in the week. Now, the Twins will be running with a duct tape and bubble gum game on the mound with Pierson Ohl getting the start and making his major league debut.

Do you trust the Sox lineup to take advantage of this?

Here’s the lineups:

Today’s Lineups

RED SOX	TWINS
Roman Anthony – DH	Trevor Larnach – DH
Alex Bregman – 3B	Carlos Correa – SS
Jarren Duran – LF	Willi Castro – LF
Trevor Story – SS	Royce Lewis – 3B
Wilyer Abreu – RF	Kody Clemens – 2B
Carlos Narvaez – C	Ty France – 1B
Abraham Toro – 1B	Matt Wallner – RF
David Hamilton – 2B	Harrison Bader – CF
Ceddanne Rafaela – CF	Christian Vazquez – C

Lucas Giolito – RHP	Pierson Ohl – RHP

First Pitch: 7:40p.m

TV: NESN

Radio: WEEI