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Red Sox lineup: Struggling OF sits, Rob Refsnyder playing vs. RHP on Marathon Monday
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BOSTON — Struggling center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela in not in the Red Sox lineup on Marathon Monday.
Rob Refsnyder , who has recorded just 21 plate appearances and typically starts vs. left-handed pitchers, is batting eighth and playing left field against White Sox righty starter Jonathan Cannon (0-2, 4.42 ERA).
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The Red Sox host the White Sox at 11:10 a.m. here at Fenway Park on Marathon Monday.
Jarren Duran , who typically plays left field, will start in center field.
Rafaela homered Friday but he went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts Sunday as his slash line dropped to .209/.284/.299/.582 in 20 games. He has only three extra-base hits in 74 plate appearances.
Refsnyder has taken advantage of his limited playing time. He's 7-for-20 (.350) with two doubles. The Red Sox haven't faced many left-handed starters this year and so Refsnyder has one more plate appearance against righties (11) than he does lefties (10).
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Today's winner will win the seven-game season series. Both teams enter with three wins each.
Boston squeaked out a 4-3 season-series win last year when Chicago went a dismal 41-121.
Boston just has not taken care of business against a bad White Sox team . The White Sox have a positive-five run differential (29 runs scored, 24 runs against) vs. the Red Sox. They have a negative-31 run differential (39 runs scored, 70 runs against) vs. the five other teams they have played (Athletics, Guardians, Tigers, Twins and Angels).
Righty Walker Buehler (2-1, 5.23 ERA) will start opposite Cannon.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX (5-16) @ BOSTON RED SOX (12-11) · FENWAY PARK · BOSTON, MA · GAME 24
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FIRST PITCH: 11:10 a.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox RHP Jonathan Cannon (0-2, 4.42 ERA) vs. RHP Walker Buehler (2-1, 5.23 ERA)
RED SOX LINEUP:
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Jarren Duran CF
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Alex Bregman 3B
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Trevor Story SS
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Wilyer Abreu RF
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Rob Refsnyder LF
