CHICAGO — Ceddanne Rafaela is playing second base and batting third in the Red Sox lineup for the first time in his career.
The Red Sox and Cubs will play the final game of their three-game series Sunday at 2:20 p.m. eastern here at Wrigley Field. Ace Garrett Crochet (10-4, 2.23 ERA) will start for Boston opposite Cubs righty Cade Horton (3-3, 4.45 ERA).
Boston will try to avoid a sweep before heading to Philadelphia for three games.
Jarren Duran and Wilyer Abreu are back in the lineup after sitting against a lefty starter Saturday.
As expected, Alex Bregman will rest today. The Red Sox plan on giving him two of the six games off during this road trip as he works his way back from the IL (right quad strain).
Marcelo Mayer is at third base.
Romy Gonzalez will play first base against the righty starter and Abraham Toro will sit.
BOSTON RED SOX (53-47) @ CHICAGO CUBS (59-39) · WRIGLEY FIELD · CHICAGO, IL · GAME 101
FIRST PITCH: 2:20 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: LHP
RED SOX LINEUP:
Jarren Duran CFRoman Anthony LFCeddanne Rafaela 2BMasataka Yoshida DHTrevor Story SSWilyer Abreu RFCarlos Narváez CMarcelo Mayer 3BRomy Gonzalez 1B
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