Game 46: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

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Game 46: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

After a couple of dramatic finishes on Friday and Saturday, the Red Sox and Braves will settle their interleague series with Sunday’s rubber match.

Boston tied the series on Saturday behind Willson Contreras’s two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning. Aroldis Chapman stranded the bases loaded in the ninth for a save, earning Payton Tolle the win after the lefthander tossed eight strong innings.

Brayan Bello will have the ball for the finale on Sunday. The righthander is expected to make a true start after following an opener in his last two outings.

Righthander Grant Holmes will go for Atlanta. Holmes is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in two career starts against Boston.

First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m. in Atlanta and on NESN. Here’s a preview.

Lineups

RED SOX (19-26): Duran LF, Gasper DH, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Rafaela CF, Mayer 2B, Monasterio SS, Narváez C, Sogard 3B

Pitching: RHP Brayan Bello (2-4, 6.46 ERA)

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BRAVES (31-15): TBA

Pitching: RHP Grant Holmes (2-1, 4.35 ERA)

Time: 1:35 p.m.

TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

Red Sox vs. Holmes: Wilyer Abreu 0-5, Willson Contreras 2-5, Jarren Duran 1-6, Caleb Durbin 0-1, Marcelo Mayer 0-3, Carlos Narváez 1-5, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-4

Braves vs. Bello: Ozzie Albies 1-7, Drake Baldwin 2-3, Mauricio Dubón 3-5, Kyle Farmer 0-3, Michael Harris II 2-6, Ha-Seong Kim 0-3, Sandy León 0-2, Jorge Mateo 1-4, Matt Olson 2-8, Austin Riley 5-9, Dominic Smith 1-2, Mike Yastrzemski 1-6

Stat of the day: The Red Sox’ 2.34 team ERA in May is the best in the American League.

Notes: After posting a 9.12 ERA through six starts to begin the season, Bello is 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last two outings while following an opener. “Sometimes you gotta flip something,” Boston catcher Carlos Narvaez said. “Flip that mentality, and coming out of the bullpen he probably thinks, ’OK, I gotta be convicted right now. It’s not like, OK, I got five innings, 90 pitches.’ Something in his mind has changed.” … The Red Sox started Saturday with shortstop Trevor Story being placed on the 10-day injured list with a sports hernia, but he is contemplating surgery that would sideline him for at least six weeks. Nick Sogard was recalled from Triple-A Worcester to take Story’s roster spot. “He’s meant a lot to me in my transition here, the way he’s accepted me and pushed other guys to do so. So he’s a big piece of it,” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said of Story. … Tolle and Chapman combined to hold Atlanta to just four hits on Saturday.