NEW YORK - With no DH, David Ortiz is at first base as the Red Sox open a three-game interleague series against the Mets tonight at Citi Field. It's the Sox' first regular-season visit to to the ballpark in Queens, which opened in 2009. They last played the Mets as a visitor at Shea Stadium in 2001.
Hanley Ramirez (right shoulder) was a late scratch in left field. Jackie Bradley Jr. starts there.
Red Sox rookie lefty Henry Owens (2-1, 4.50 ERA) opposes Mets righty Matt Harvey (11-7, 2.57).
The lineups:
RED SOX
Mookie Betts, CF
Pablo Sandoval, 3B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
David Ortiz, 1B
Brock Holt, 2B
Rusney Castillo, RF
Blake Swihart, C
Jackie Bradley Jr., LF
Henry Owens, LHP
METS
Juan Lagares CF
Curtis Granderson RF
Yoenis Cespedes LF
David Wright 3B
Michael Cuddyer 1B
Wilmer Flores 2B
Travis d’Arnaud, C
Ruben Tejada, SS
Matt Harvey RHP