Tough day for the Boston Red Sox on Friday as both of the split-squads lost in their respective games.
One squad was in Ft. Myers on Friday afternoon hosting the Detroit Tigers and they came away 8-3 losers. The other squad headed north to Port Charlotte on Friday night and they came away 7-3 losers.
Today, the Red Sox head north once again, this time to Bradenton to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The game starts at 1:05 p.m. and will be televised on NESN in the Red Sox television market.
Here are the lineups for today’s game:
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| 1. Marco Scutaro |
SS | 1. Jose Tabata | CF |
| 2. Dustin Pedroia |
2B | 2. Neil Walker | 2B |
| 3. Jarrod Saltalamacchia |
C | 3. Andrew McCutchen | CF |
| 4. Kevin Youkilis |
3B | 4. Lyle Overbay | 1B |
| 5. Mike Cameron |
DH | 5. Pedro Alvarez | 3B |
| 6. Darnell McDonald | CF | 6. Matt Diaz | RF |
| 7. Daniel Nava |
LF | 7. Ronny Cedeno | SS |
| 8. Josh Reddick |
RF | 8. Dusty Brown |
C |
| 9. Nate Spears | 1B | 9. Kevin Correia | P |
| Josh Beckett | SP | Kevin Correia | SP |
Also scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox: RHP Alfredo Aceves, RHP Dan Wheeler.
Also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates: RHP Joel Hanrahan, LHP Joe Beimel, LHP Justin Thomas.
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