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Red Sox lineup: Roman Anthony again at DH on Saturday vs. Padres; Masataka Yoshida sits
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BOSTON — Roman Anthony served as the Red Sox' designated hitter just once on the six-game season-opening road trip . On Saturday, though, he's doing so for the second straight day.
Anthony is the DH and Jarren Duran is starting in left field again against the Padres as the Red Sox look for their second straight win at Fenway Park. The Red Sox will use the exact same lineup as they did in Friday's 5-2 win. Marcelo Mayer is at second base against Padres righty Randy Vásquez and Carlos Narváez is catching Connelly Early , who will make his second start of the season.
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With five healthy options in the outfield/DH mix, manager Alex Cora has vowed to mix and match the group of Anthony, Duran, Wilyer Abreu , Ceddanne Rafaela and Masataka Yoshida in the early goings. On the road trip, Anthony got four starts in left field and one at DH with Duran playing left field twice, center field once and serving as the DH three times. Saturday's alignment, like Friday's, is about preferring Duran's defense in left field to Anthony's at the moment. Cora said the club feels as though Anthony's footwork in the outfield has been "off" in the early goings.
"There's a few things we have to be better (with) defensively," Cora said, "and the kid (Anthony) knows it. The other day, there was a play where (Carlos) Correa was at second and there was a base hit to left and we have to throw him out. He knows it. We have to improve. It's not only him. It's everybody.
"Jarren plays the wall really, really well here. We'll play him whenever we feel like it out there. There's stuff we have to improve as a group and that's part of Roman's development."
Early, who pitched well in his season debut Saturday in Cincinnati , will look to stifle a talented Padres lineup in a way similar to how Sonny Gray shut down San Diego for six innings Friday afternoon. The Red Sox can clinch their first series win of 2026 with a victory Saturday.
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First pitch is at 4:10 p.m. ET.
BOSTON RED SOX (2-5) vs. SAN DIEGO PADRES (2-5) · FENWAY PARK · BOSTON, MA · GAME 8
FIRST PITCH: 4:10 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: RHP Randy Vásquez (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Connelly Early (0-0, 1.69 ERA)
RED SOX LINEUP:
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Trevor Story SS
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Jarren Duran LF
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Wilyer Abreu RF
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Caleb Durbin 3B
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Marcelo Mayer 2B
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Carlos Narvaez C
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Ceddanne Rafaela CF
PADRES LINEUP:
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Ty France 1B
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