After taking the opener Friday night, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to overtake the Boston Red Sox and regain the lead in the American League East with a win tonight in the middle game of their three-game weekend series at Tropicana Field. Ryan Yarbrough (6-4, 4.38 ERA) will get the start, taking on Nathan Eovaldi (9-5, 4.39 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 6:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Lowe 2B
Choi 1B
Cruz DH
Meadows LF
Arozarena RF
Wendle 3B
Franco SS
Kiermaier CF
Mejia C
Red Sox Starting Lineup
Hernandez CF
Devers 3B
Martinez DH
Bogaerts SS
Renfroe RF
Verdugo LF
Vazquez C
Dalbec 1B
Arauz 2B
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.
