Tuesday’s contest will be a matchup of rookie lefthanders. The Red Sox will go with Payton Tolle, while Chicago will counter with Noah Schultz.
Here is a preview.
RED SOX (40-48): Seigler 2B, Rafaela CF, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Gonzalez DH, Durbin 3B, Duran LF, Monasterio SS, Wong C.
Pitching: LHP Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA)
WHITE SOX (47-42): Vargas 1B, Grichuk DH, Montgomery 3B, Meidroth 2B, Antonacci LF, Perez RF, Teel C, Acuna SS, Peters CF.
Pitching: LHP Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86 ERA)
Time: 7:40 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Schultz: Has not faced any Boston batters
White Sox vs. Tolle: Randal Grichuk 0-2
Stat of the day: Schultz has walked 26 batters and hit four with a pitch in 43 innings.
Notes: Tolle is facing the White Sox for the first time. He struggled his last time out, allowing six runs on seven hits, including two home runs, in three innings of last Wednesday’s 10-2 loss to the Nationals. … Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox with 20 home runs. This marks the seventh season he has reached that number. … The Sox are 12-10 against lefthanders and 23-21 on the road, the second best mark in the American League behind the Yankees (27-20). They are 11-8 against the AL Central. … Schultz is making his second start since returning from right knee patellar tendinitis. He has lost his last three starts, including his most recent outing against the Orioles when he allowed two runs and three hits in 4⅓ innings with four walks and seven strikeouts. … He has yielded a home run in three consecutive starts and four of the past five.
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