Boston Red Sox lineup: Marcelo Mayer in cleanup spot, Connor Wong catching
Marcelo Mayer will bat cleanup for the Red Sox on Wednesday just five days into his major league career.
Boston (27-30), losers of four straight games, will try to avoid a three-game sweep at Milwaukee. First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. from American Family Field.
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The 22-year-old Mayer, who was promoted Saturday when Boston placed Alex Bregman (significant quad strain) on the 10-day injured list, is 5-for-15 (.333) with a .375 on-base percentage, two doubles, one run, one walk and three strikeouts in four games.
The offense has scored just five runs during its four-game losing streak.
Nick Sogard will bat fifth behind Mayer. Connor Wong — who is 7-for-48 (.146) with no extra-base hits and no RBIs — is catching and batting eighth.
Kristian Campbell has the day off. David Hamilton is at second base.
It looks like it will be another tough game to score runs. The Red Sox will face Freddy Peralta, who has a 2.55 ERA in 11 starts for Milwaukee this season. Opponents are batting .201 against him.
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BOSTON RED SOX (27-30) @ MILWAUKEE BREWERS (28-28) · AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD · MILWAUKEE, WI · GAME 58
FIRST PITCH: 1:10 p.m. ET
TV CHANNEL: NESN (MLB Network out of market)
RADIO: WEEI 93.7 FM
PITCHING PROBABLES: RHP Brayan Bello (2-1, 4.08 ERA) vs. RHP Freddy Peralta (5-3, 2.55 ERA)
RED SOX LINEUP:
Jarren Duran LF
Rafael Devers DH
Wilyer Abreu RF
Marcelo Mayer 3B
Nick Sogard 1B
Trevor Story SS
David Hamilton 2B
Connor Wong C
Ceddanne Rafaela CF
BREWERS LINEUP:
Brice Turang 2B
Jackson Chourio CF
Christian Yelich DH
William Contreras C
Sal Frelick RF
Isaac Collins LF
Caleb Durbin 3B
Jake Bauers 1B
Joey Ortiz SS
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