After dropping a 6-5 decision to the Minnesota Twins on Monday, the Tampa Bay Rays will play their first road game of the 2021 spring schedule Tuesda, when they take on the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park. Michael Wacha will get the start, taking on Martin Perez, with first pitch scheduled for 1:05.
Lineups for today’s game
Neil Solondz of Rays Radio had the visitng team’s lineup early this morning.
Here’s the #Rays lineup today in Fort Myers against the Red Sox. pic.twitter.com/h5BiTF3Bia
— Neil Solondz (@neilsolondz) March 2, 2021
Ian Browne of MLB.com had Boston’s lineup first.
Today vs. TB (9 inn.): K. Hernández SS, Duran CF, Martinez DH, Devers 3B, Renfroe RF, Chavis 1B, Muñoz LF, Wong C, Araúz 2B, Pérez P
— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) March 2, 2021
Being Careful With Choi
First baseman Ji-Man Choi has yet to play in a Grapefruit League game this spring, and manager Kevin Cash says he is still on track to DH Wednesday at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates, then play in the field Thursday on the road against Minnesota .
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