The Tampa Bay Rays will open a three -game seroes Tuesday night, taking on the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Luis Patino (2-3, 4.62 ERA) will get the start, taking on Eduardo Rodriguez (8-6, 5.33 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10
Rays Startimng Lineup
Arozarena RF
Cruz DH
Franco SS
Diaz 3B
Meadows LF
Luplow 1B
Margot CF
Lowe 2B
Zunino C
Red Sox Starting Lineup
Hernandez 2B
Duran CF
Bogaerts SS
Devers 3B
Martinez LF
Plawecki DH
Renfroe RF
Vazquez C
Cordero 1B
Arozarena Returns From COVID IL, But Yarbrough Heads To List
The Rays will get outfielder Randy Arozarena back from the COVID-related injured list after the 26-year-old missed the entire weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles, but they’ll lose one of their potential starters for this upcoming series in the process.
Arozarena was reinstated from the COVID IL Tuesday afternoon, but left-hander Ryan Yarbrough took his spot on the list.
Arozarena said before Tuesday’s game that his wife, who is eight months pregnant, and their daughter both tested positive for COVID-19, which is why he was a close contact. Because of his wife’s condition, she was hospitalized, and remains in the hospital, but Arozarena said she is improving and that he feels confident about returning to the team.
Randy Arozarena said his wife, who is 8 months pregnant, and their daughter tested positive for COVID, which is why he went on the COVID IL. He said his wife is still in the hospital but is getting better. #Rays
— Steve Carney (@stevecarney) August 10, 2021
Yarbrough, who was on pace to start Wednesday’s middle game of the series in Boston, has notched a 6-4 record with a 4.76 ERA in 22 appearances, including 17 starts this year.
In addition, the Rays placed reliever DJ Johnson on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder sprain suffered in Sunday’s game against Baltimore, and recalled reliever Louis Head from Triple-A Durham.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
