BOSTON — Red hot Ceddanne Rafaela is not in the Red Sox lineup against the Rockies and their right-handed starter Wednesday.
Masataka Yoshida will make his 2025 debut after Boston reinstated him from the injured list. He will serve as the DH and bat sixth.
The Red Sox will try for a three-game sweep of Colorado.
With Yoshida back, manager Alex Cora will need to make tough lineup decisions each day because of his surplus of left-handed hitting outfielders.
Rookie Roman Anthony will start in left field for the first time at Fenway Park.
Jarren Duran — who has led the majors in games and plate appearances since the start of the 2024 season — will shift from left field to center field.
That leaves Rafaela, a right-handed hitter, on the bench vs. Rockies right-handed starter Antonio Senzatela (3-12, 6.57 ERA).
Rafaela is hitting .321 with a .355 on-base percentage, .641 slugging percentage, .996 OPS, 10 homers, 12 doubles, 22 RBIs, 22 runs, six walks and 27 strikeouts in his past 36 games dating back to May 28.
Right-hander Lucas Giolito (5-1, 3.66 ERA) is on the mound for Boston.
COLORADO ROCKIES (21-71) @ BOSTON RED SOX (48-45) · FENWAY PARK · BOSTON, MA · GAME 94
FIRST PITCH: 7:10 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: RHP Antonio Senzatela (3-12, 6.57 ERA) vs. RHP Lucas Giolito (5-1, 3.66 ERA)
RED SOX LINEUP:
Jarren Duran CFRoman Anthony LFTrevor Story SSWilyer Abreu RFCarlos Narváez CMasataka Yoshida DHRomy Gonzalez 1BMarcelo Mayer 3BDavid Hamilton 2B
ROCKIES LINEUP:
Tyler Freeman DHJordan Beck LFRyan McMahon 3BMichael Toglia 1BBrenton Doyle CFOrlando Arcia SSYanquiel Fernández RFKyle Farmer 2BAustin Nola C
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