Game 41: Phillies at Red Sox lineups and notes

Game 41: Phillies at Red Sox lineups and notes

After a day off, the Red Sox will be back in action Tuesday night when they open a three-game series with the Phillies at Fenway Park.

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The Sox will look to bounce back after dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rays on Sunday. It marked the 10th time this season they failed to score more than one run.

They haven’t named an opener for Tuesday, but Brayan Bello will follow up. It was a formula that worked well in last week’s 10-3 win at Detroit when he entered the game in the second inning and allowed just one run on four hits over seven innings.

The Phillies were also off on Monday after winning two in a row against the Rockies to take the series in Philadelphia. They will send Zack Wheeler to the mound for his fourth start of the season.

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Lineups

PHILLIES (19-22): TBA

Pitching: RHP Zack Wheeler (1-0, 3.12 ERA)

RED SOX (17-23): TBA

Pitching: RHP Brayan Bello (2-4, 7.44 ERA)

Time: 6:45 p.m.

TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

Phillies vs. Bello: Adolis García 1-11

Red Sox vs. Wheeler: Wilyer Abreu 0-3, Willson Contreras 4-21, Jarren Duran 3-8, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1-2, Marcelo Mayer 0-2, Andruw Monasterio 0-2, Carlos Narváez 0-2, Ceddanne Rafaela 2-5, Trevor Story 3-8, Connor Wong 1-5, Masataka Yoshida 1-5

Stat of the day: The Red Sox are 7-12 at home and have scored three runs or fewer in 12 of their 19 games at Fenway.

Notes: The Red Sox have gone 5-for-31 with runners in scoring position over their past four games. … Andruw Monasterio is batting .296 with an .840 OPS over his last 8 games. … Tyler Samaniego allowed an inherited run to score on a sacrifice bunt Sunday, but retired both batters faced to extend his streak of consecutive scoreless appearances to 12, tied for the second-longest streak in Red Sox history to begin a career with Austin Maddox (2017), behind only Robby Scott (14 games in 2016-17). … Wheeler made his season debut on April 25, pitching for the first time since having surgery last September after a blood clot was discovered in his right shoulder. He’s gone six innings in each of his last two starts, limiting opponents to a .180 batting average and a .561 OPS.

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