Game 63: Red Sox at Yankees lineups and notes
After Mother Nature washed away Saturday night’s scheduled contest, the Red Sox and Yankees are set to go in the finale of a rain-shortened two-game series.
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Saturday’s game was postponed due to rain and rescheduled as a split doubleheader on Aug. 29.
The Red Sox are 10-3 in their past 13 road games and 6-1 in their past seven regular-season visits to the Bronx. Boston opened the series with a 5-3 victory when Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer, drove in three runs and extended his on-base streak to 17 games that has seen him bat .417 (25-for-60).
Contreras has homered in consecutive games for the second time this season. His homer also marked the 10th time this season the Red Sox hit multiple homers and first time since hitting three against Atlanta on May 26.
“They’re coming more frequently and a lot of them seem to be like big variety home runs,” said Boston interim manager Chad Tracy, whose team has hit an MLB-worst 48 homers. “We know that like one swing, those are the big swings that are game-changers when they happen.”
Ranger Suarez starts for Boston after being originally slated to start Saturday. The lefthander allowed four runs on eight hits in five innings during a no-decision at Cleveland last Sunday when he also notched 10 strikeouts in a 93-pitch outing.
Suarez yielded four runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings and took a 4-1 loss against the Yankees on April 22 in Boston. He is 1-2 with a 4.38 ERA in four career appearances (two starts) against New York.
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Lineups
RED SOX (27-35): Duran LF, Rafaela CF, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Yoshida DH, Gasper C, Durbin 3B, Seigler 2B, Mayer SS
Pitching: LHP Ranger Suarez (2-3, 3.38 ERA)
YANKEES (37-26): Goldschmidt 1B, Rice DH, Bellinger CF, Rosario 3B, Grisham CF, Volpe SS, Chisholm 2B, Caballero RF, Sanchez C
Pitching: RHP Cam Schlittler (7-3, 1.89 ERA)
Time: 1:35 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Schlittler: Wilyer Abreu 1-2, Willson Contreras 0-3, Jarren Duran 1-4, Caleb Durbin 0-3, Mickey Gasper 0-2, Marcelo Mayer 1-3, Carlos Narváez 1-3, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-3, Masataka Yoshida 0-3
Yankees vs. Suarez: Cody Bellinger 3-15, José Caballero 1-4, Jazz Chisholm Jr. 6-20, Paul Goldschmidt 1-10, Trent Grisham 3-8, Ryan McMahon 6-16, Ben Rice 0-3, Amed Rosario 4-9, Max Schuemann 1-2, Ali Sánchez 0-1, Anthony Volpe 2-3
Stat of the day: Ranger Suarez is 0-1 with a 3.80 ERA in his past five starts.
Notes: New York put starting catcher Austin Wells on the 10-day injured list with cervical headaches. … Cam Schlittler is pitching for the first time since allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits in 4 1/3 innings during Tuesday’s 9-4 home loss to the Cleveland Guardians. It was the fourth time in 27 career starts Schlittler did not complete five innings and seventh time the right-hander allowed more than two runs. … Schlittler pitched with slightly reduced velocity as according to Baseball Savant, his fastball averaged 96.8 m.p.h. — or 1 m.p.h. slower than his first 13 starts. … Before Tuesday, Schlittler was 5-1 with a 1.07 ERA in his previous eight starts. One of those outings occurred April 23 at Boston when he allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits in eight innings in New York’s 4-2 win.
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