Slugger Carl Crawford (LF) was moved to second in the batting order for Tuesday’s match-up against the Cleveland Indians. The team has been off to a sluggish start, and the move may give the Sox the shakeup the need to get things going.
Here’s tonight’s lineup:
RED SOX (0-3)
Ellsbury CF
Crawford LF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Drew RF
Saltalamacchia C
Scutaro SS
Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett (6-6, 5.78 last season)
INDIANS (1-2)
Brantley CF
A. Cabrera SS
Choo RF
Santana C
Hafner DH
O. Cabrera 2B
Kearns LF
LaPorta 1B
Hannahan 3B
Pitching: RHP Josh Tomlin (6-4, 4.56)