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Alex Cora changes up Boston Red Sox lineup slightly for doubleheader Game 1
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CLEVELAND — Manager Alex Cora's Game 1 lineup Saturday is slightly different from the one he drew up before Friday's rainout .
The Red Sox and Guardians will play a doubleheader today here at Progressive Field. Game 1 is at 1:10 p.m. Game 2 is at 7:10 p.m.
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Friday's lineup initially had Carlos Narváez catching and batting ninth. Backup catcher Blake Sabol is now in the lineup and batting eighth.
Ceddanne Rafaela , who initially was scheduled to bat ninth, will bat eighth.
Righty Tanner Houck (0-2, 7.66 ERA) will start for Boston opposite Cleveland righty Ben Lively (1-2, 3.86 ERA) in the first game.
Hitters on the Guardians' active roster are a combined 7-for-36 (.194) with one extra-base hit against Houck.
Meanwhile, hitters in the Red Sox lineup are 3-for-26 (.115) against Lively.
DH Rafael Devers continues to struggle but he remains in the second spot. He's batting .194 with a .331 on-base percentage, .327 slugging percentage and .657 OPS in 121 plate appearances.
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He leads the AL in walks (21) but also he also has a league--leading 36 strikeouts. He has just nine extra-base hits (two homers, seven doubles) in 121 plate appearances.
Since back-to-back two-hit games April 11-12, he has gone 4-for-44 (.091) with a .281 on-base percentage and .205 slugging percentage in 13 games.
Trevor Story , meanwhile, is 0-for-12 with a walk and seven strikeouts in his past three games.
Wilyer Abreu is just 9-for-56 (.161) with a .266 on-base percentage, .268 slugging percentage, one homer, three doubles, eight walks and 20 strikeouts in 16 games.
BOSTON RED SOX (14-13) @ CLEVELAND GUARDIANS (14-10) · PROGRESSIVE FIELD · CLEVELAND, OHIO · GAME 28
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FIRST PITCH: 1:10 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: RHP Tanner Houck (0-2, 7.66 ERA) vs. RHP Ben Lively (1-2, 3.86 ERA)
RED SOX GAME 1 LINEUP:
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Jarren Duran LF
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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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Blake Sabol C
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Ceddanne Rafaela CF
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