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Today's Starting Lineups LOS ANGELES ANGELS (38-39) at BOSTON RED SOX (41-32) Game #74 ● Saturday, June 24, 2017 ● Fenway Park, Boston, MA LOS ANGELES ANGELS AVG HR RBI PLAYER POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI .271 6 17 9-Cameron Maybin CF .245 10 37 56-Kole Calhoun L RF .239 11 51 5-Albert Pujols DH .280 5 21 0-Yunel Escobar 3B .281 7 33 2-Andrelton Simmons SS .261 7 22 12-Martín Maldonado C .176 6 27 3-Danny Espinosa S 2B .188 5 20 18-Luis Valbuena L 1B .288 3 10 8-Eric Young Jr. S LF R H E LOB PITCHERS DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR WP HB P/S GAME DATA 66-RHP JC Ramirez (6-5, 4.59) Official Scorer: Mike Shalin 1st Pitch: Temp: Game Time: Attendance: 0-Yunel Escobar, INF 16-Huston Street, RHP 35-Nick Tropeano, RHP^ 53-Blake Parker, RHP LAA Bench LAA Bullpen 2-Andrelton Simmons, INF 18-Luis Valbuena, INF 36-Yusmeiro Petit, RHP 55-Paul Sorrento (Asst. Hitting) 3-Danny Espinosa, INF 20-Bud Norris, RHP* 37-Andrew Bailey, RHP* 56-Kole Calhoun, OF Left Left 4-Alfredo Griffin (1st Base) 21-Dino Ebel (Bench) 39-Keynan Middleton, RHP 59-Juan Graterol, C 25-Ben Revere 48-Jose Alvarez 5-Albert Pujols, INF 23-Alex Meyer, RHP 40-Jesse Chavez, RHP 60-Eduardo Paredes, RHP 7-Cliff Pennington, INF 25-Ben Revere, OF 41-Charles Nagy (Pitching) 61-Steve Soliz (Catching) Right Right 8-Eric Young Jr., OF 27-Mike Trout, OF* 43-Garrett Richards, RHP^ 62-Parker Bridwell, RHP 59-Juan Graterol 16-Huston Street 9-Cameron Maybin, OF 28-Andrew Heaney, LHP^ 45-Tyler Skagggs, LHP^ 63-Scott Radinsky (Bullpen) 32-Cam Bedrosian 10-Ron Roenicke (3rd Base) 31-Dave Hansen (Hitting) 47-Ricky Nolasco, RHP 66-JC Ramirez, RHP Switch 33-David Hernandez 12-Martín Maldonado, C 32-Cam Bedrosian, RHP 48-Jose Alvarez, LHP * 10-day Disabled List 7-Cliff Pennington 36-Yusmeiro Petit 14-Mike Scioscia (Manager) 33-David Hernandez, RHP 52-Matt Shoemaker, RHP* ^ 60-day Disabled List 39-Keynan Middleton 53-Blake Parker BOSTON RED SOX 60-Eduardo Paredes AVG HR RBI PLAYER POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI .270 12 40 50-Mookie Betts RF .292 2 25 15-Dustin Pedroia 2B .325 5 34 2-Xander Bogaerts SS .267 9 37 18-Mitch Moreland L 1B .273 10 40 16-Andrew Benintendi L LF .240 10 28 13-Hanley Ramirez DH .272 9 31 19-Jackie Bradley Jr. L CF .294 0 13 7-Christian Vázquez C .165 3 12 17-Deven Marrero 3B R H E LOB PITCHERS DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR WP HB P/S UMPIRES 24-LHP David Price (2-1, 5.14) HP: Ryan Blakney (36) 1B: Adam Hamari (78) 2B: Dan Bellino (2) 3B: Bill Miller (26, Crew Chief) 2-Xander Bogaerts, SS 22-Rick Porcello, RHP 41-Chris Sale, LHP 56-Joe Kelly, RHP DanaBOS DeMuth Bench (BrianBOS Knight Bullpen 3-Sandy Leon, C 24-David Price, LHP 43-Dana LeVangie (Bullpen) 57-Victor Rodriguez (Asst. Hitting) (91) 32, Crew Chief) 7-Christian Vázquez, C 28-Robbie Ross Jr., LHP* 44-Chili Davis (Hitting) 58-Fernando Abad, LHP Left Left 10-Gary DiSarcina (Bench) 29-Roenis Elias, LHP^ 46-Craig Kimbrel, RHP 59-Sam Travis, 1B None 58-Fernando Abad 12-Brock Holt, OF/INF^ 30-Chris Young, OF 47-Tyler Thornburg, RHP^ 61-Brian Johnson, LHP* 63-Robby Scott Right 13-Hanley Ramirez, 1B/DH 31-Drew Pomeranz, LHP 48-Pablo Sandoval, 3B* 63-Robby Scott, LHP 30-Chris Young Right 15-Dustin Pedroia, 2B 32-Josh Rutledge, INF# 50-Mookie Betts, OF 68-Matt Barnes, RHP 37-Heath Hembree 16-Andrew Benintendi, OF 35-Steven Wright, RHP^ 51-Blaine Boyer, RHP 73-Tzu-Wei Lin, INF 59-Sam Travis 86-Brian Bannister (Asst. Pitching) 73-Tzu-Wei Lin 46-Craig Kimbrel 17-Deven Marrero. INF 37-Heath Hembree, RHP 52-Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP* 18-Mitch Moreland, 1B 38-Doug Fister, RHP 53-John Farrell (Manager) # 7-day Concussion Disabled List Switch 51-Blaine Boyer 19-Jackie Bradley Jr., OF 39-Carson Smith, RHP^ 54-Carl Willis (Pitching) * 10-day Disabled List 3-Sandy Leon 56-Joe Kelly 20-Ruben Amaro Jr. (1st Base) 40-Marco Hernandez, INF^ 55-Brian Butterfield (3rd Base) ^ 60-day Disabled List 68-Matt Barnes .
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