FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 When Jake Bennett takes the mound on Tuesday night, he\u2019ll be treated to a much more lively atmosphere than you\u2019ll typically see during spring training.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old left-hander, acquired from the Washington Nationals in a prospect-for-prospect trade, will get the start for the Red Sox in Tuesday\u2019s exhibition against Team Puerto Rico. The game will serve as a tune-up for Puerto Rico ahead of the World Baseball Classic, which begins this weekend.<\/p>\n
The Red Sox and Puerto Rico also played an exhibition prior to the 2023 tournament, and that game featured a notably energetic crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an awesome opportunity and I\u2019m super honored for it,\u201d Bennett said on Monday. \u201cA couple of teammates have said it\u2019s definitely quite the atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuesday night\u2019s lineup will also feature most of the big leaguers who remain in camp. Trevor Story will start at shortstop, Marcelo Mayer will get the nod at second and Caleb Durbin at third, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa will start at first as the Red Sox continue to explore their options for the backup first base job while Romy Gonzalez and Triston Casas remain sidelined.<\/p>\n
Carlos Narvaez and Connor Wong will both play as well, and the outfield will consist of Allan Castro, Kristian Campbell and Braiden Ward.<\/p>\n
Zack Kelly, Tyler Uberstine, Tyler Samaniego and Vinny Nittoli are scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox as well.<\/p>\n
Red Sox lineup<\/p>\n
Kristian Campbell CF<\/p>\n
Trevor Story SS<\/p>\n
Marcelo Mayer 2B<\/p>\n
Caleb Durbin 3B<\/p>\n
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1B<\/p>\n
Carlos Narvaez DH<\/p>\n
Connor Wong C<\/p>\n
Braiden Ward RF<\/p>\n
Allan Castro LF<\/p>\n
Jake Bennett P<\/p>\n
How to watch<\/p>\n
When: 6:05 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: JetBlue Park, Fort Myers, Fla.<\/p>\n
Broadcast info: NESN+, NESN 360, WEEI 93.7 FM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 When Jake Bennett takes the mound on Tuesday night, he\u2019ll be treated to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,49841,4,2528,89,2543,151,66419,32205,4820],"class_list":["post-603978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-red-sox","tag-baseball","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-bostonredsox","tag-jake-bennett","tag-mlb","tag-puerto-rico","tag-red-sox","tag-redsox","tag-spring-training","tag-team-puerto-rico","tag-wbc","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116166501810250520","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}