All eyes will be on inside pitches again tonight as the Red Sox and Orioles renew their increasingly heated rivalry tonight in Game 3 of their four-game series at Fenway Park.
Red Sox ace Chris Sale throwing behind Manny Machado in the Red Sox’ 5-2 victory Tuesday, and Machado’s epic postgame rant, was the latest flare-up. Who gets hit, or missed by a Sox pitcher, tonight?
FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre had a conference call today with Orioles and Red Sox brass to no doubt try and tamp down the hostilities.
Dustin Pedroia is back in the leadoff spot after hitting sixth for a few games. Xander Bogaerts moves from leadoff to fifth and Jackie Bradley Jr. has the night off, moving Andrew Benintendi to center field.
Lefty Drew Pomeranz (2-1, 4.15 ERA) pitches for the Red Sox. Right-hander Kevin Gausman (1-2, 7.50) is on the mound for the Orioles.
The full lineups:
Boston Red Sox
RED SOX
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Andrew Benintendi CF
Mookie Betts RF
Hanley Ramirez DH
Xander Bogaerts SS
Mitch Moreland 1B
Chris Young LF
Marco Hernandez 3B
Christian Vazquez C
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Drew Pomeranz LHP
ORIOLES
Joey Rickard RF
Adam Jones CF
Manny Machado 3B
Mark Trumbo DH
Chris Davis 1B
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Trey Mancini LF
J.J. Hardy SS
Caleb Joseph C
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Kevin Gausman RHP