The Red Sox open their final homestand of the first half with a three-game set against the Oakland Athletics, and Brayan Bello will take the hill for Tuesday’s series opener.
Coming off a strong bounce-back outing in Miami in which he allowed one run over 6.2 innings, Bello will face an Athletics team that currently sits last in the AL West at 34-58. Bello (8-5, 5.19) will match up against Oakland’s Joey Estes (3-3, 4.39), who threw a complete-game shutout his last time out on July 3 against the Los Angeles Angels.
The Red Sox will stick with the same lineup they fielded on Sunday in New York, with newly minted All-Star Jarren Duran and speedster David Hamilton batting one-two at the top of the order, power threats Tyler O’Neill and Rafael Devers in the three-four spots and Connor Wong batting fifth as the catcher.
Ceddanne Rafaela, who will start at shortstop for the seventh time in the last eight games, will bat ninth.
Red Sox lineup
Jarren Duran CF
David Hamilton 2B
Tyler O’Neill LF
Rafael Devers 3B
Connor Wong C
Masataka Yoshida DH
Wilyer Abreu RF
Dominic Smith 1B
Ceddanne Rafaela SS
Brayan Bello P
How to watch
When: 7:10 p.m.
Where: Fenway Park, Boston
Broadcast info: NESN, WEEI 93.7 FM, WCCM 1490 AM (Spanish)
