{"id":52079,"date":"2025-05-24T21:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/52079\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T21:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T21:58:15","slug":"boston-red-sox-lineup-alex-cora-moves-his-hottest-hitter-to-cleanup-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/52079\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox lineup: Alex Cora moves his hottest hitter to cleanup spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">BOSTON \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/red-sox-alex-bregman-leaves-192907098.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:With Alex Bregman (tight right quad) out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">With Alex Bregman (tight right quad) out<\/a>, manager Alex Cora is shaking up his lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cora has Boston\u2019s hottest hitter, rookie catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/mlb-notebook-minor-trade-red-100001624.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carlos Narv\u00e1ez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Narv\u00e1ez<\/a>, in the cleanup spot for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Red Sox and Orioles will play the first game of a doubleheader at 1:05 p.m. here at Fenway Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Narv\u00e1ez has started in the eighth spot 21 times, the ninth 11 times, the seventh spot twice and the sixth spot once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The catcher is batting .349 (29-for-83) with a .413 on-base percentage, .602 slugging percentage, five homers, six doubles, 13 RBIs and 16 runs in 24 games since April 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bregman is about to have imaging done on his quad soon. He left Friday\u2019s game in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nick Sogard will play third base and bat fifth. Abraham Toro will play first base and bat seventh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Wilyer Abreu, who has been batting cleanup, will take Bregman\u2019s third spot in the order.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">BALTIMORE ORIOLES (16-33) @ BOSTON RED SOX (26-26) \u00b7 FENWAY PARK \u00b7 BOSTON, MA \u00b7 GAME 52<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">FIRST PITCH: 1:05 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">TV CHANNEL: NESN (MLB Network out of market)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">PITCHING PROBABLES: RHP Hunter Dobbins 2-1, 3.62 ERA) vs. RHP Zach Eflin (3-2, 5.08 ERA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">RED SOX LINEUP:<\/p>\n<p>More Red Sox coverage<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/2025\/05\/boston-red-sox-lineup-alex-cora-moves-his-hottest-hitter-to-cleanup-spot.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MassLive;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MassLive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON \u2014 With Alex Bregman (tight right quad) out, manager Alex Cora is shaking up his lineup. 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