One of the most exciting pitching matchups of the Red Sox season will commence at Fenway Saturday evening when All-Star left-handers Clayton Kershaw and Garrett Crochet square off in the second of this three-game series.
Kershaw, 37, owns a 3.27 ERA over 11 starts in his 18th season with the Dodgers. Crochet, 26 as of June 21, enters Saturday with a 2.19 ERA and American League-best 189 ERA+ over 21 starts, an AL-leading 135.1 innings pitched, and the most strikeouts in Major League Baseball (165).
To counter the legendary Dodgers southpaw, Red Sox manager Alex Cora has stacked his lineup. Rob ‘Southpaw Slayer’ Refsnyder will lead off and serve as designated hitter, with regular leadoff man Jarren Duran batting seventh, instead. Romy Gonzalez, another prodigious lefty killer is batting cleanup and manning second base.
Boston Red Sox lineup
Rob Refsnyder DH
Alex Bregman 3B
Roman Anthony RF
Romy Gonzalez 2B
Trevor Story SS
Carlos Narváez C
Jarren Duran LF
Ceddanne Rafaela CF
Abraham Toro 1B
Los Angeles Dodgers lineup
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Probable pitchers
LHP Clayton Kershaw vs. LHP Garrett Crochet
How to watch Dodgers vs. Red Sox
When: 7:15 p.m. ET, Fenway Park
Watch: FOX (National broadcast)
Listen: Red Sox – WEEI 93.7, WCCM 1490 AM (SP), WESX 1230 AM (SP) / Dodgers – Dodgers Radio AM570, KTNQ 1020
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