Still no Rafael Devers or Tyler O’Neill in the Red Sox lineup for Game 2 in Pittsburgh, but Alex Cora hopes both power hitters will be ready to return on Tuesday in Cleveland.
Instead, the Red Sox are going with a nearly-identical lineup to Friday night, when they hit four home runs in an 8-1 series opener victory. The only change is Reese McGuire catching and batting eighth; Connor Wong was behind the dish in the series opener.
Kutter Crawford will make his fifth start. The right-hander has a 0.42 ERA this season, and is the only pitcher in team history to allow no more than one run and three or fewer hits in each of their first starts of the season.
Red Sox lineup (April 20)
Jarren Duran CF
Wilyer Abreu LF
Rob Refsnyder RF
Triston Casas 1B
Masataka Yoshida DH
Bobby Dalbec 3B
Enmanuel Valdez 2B
Reese McGuire C
Ceddanne Rafaela SS
Pirates lineup (April 20)
Edward Olivares DH
Bryan Reynolds RF
Ke’Bryan Hayes 3B
Jack Suwinski LF
Joey Bart C
Rowdy Tellez 1B
Jared Triolo 2B
Oneil Cruz SS
Michael A. Taylor CF
Red Sox vs. Pirates probably starting pitchers
RHP Kutter Crawford vs. RHP Mitch Keller
How to watch Red Sox vs. Pirates (April 20)
When: 4:10 p.m. ET
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh PA
TV: NESN,
Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1490 AM (Spanish)
