Red Sox lineups: Garrett Crochet, Chris Sale face off in southpaw showdown at Fenway
The Red Sox and visiting Atlanta Braves originally of Boston will play three for Major League Baseball s inaugural Rivalry Weekend and Friday night s series opener will be a southpaw showdown Garrett Crochet will start for the home band while the Boston bats have to contend with old friend Chris Sale who returns to Fenway as the reigning National League Cy Young According to Elias Sports Bureau the Red Sox are the first organization to ever face both reigning Cy Young pitchers in back-to-back games Detroit s lefty ace Tarik Skubal started Wednesday s finale in which the Tigers ultimately completed a series sweep of the Red Sox Red Sox lineup Jarren Duran LF Rafael Devers DH Alex Bregman B Rob Refsnyder RF Kristian Campbell B Trevor Story SS Nick Sogard B Carlos Narv ez C Ceddanne Rafaela CF Crochet LHP How to watch Braves vs Red Sox When p m Where Fenway Park Boston Broadcast info NESN WEEI FM WCCM AM Spanish WESX AM Spanish Red Sox roster moves The Red Sox called up reliever Nick Burdi from Triple-A on Friday and optioned Cooper Criswell They also moved right-hander Kutter Crawford knee to the -day injured list Crawford continues to rehab but the move opens a -man roster spot
