Red Sox lineup: Top rookie moves to leadoff spot, Jarren Duran to bat third

Before he made his MLB debut Roman Anthony routinely batted leadoff for the Red Sox s minor league affiliates as he worked his way up through the system Sunday afternoon Anthony will get his first chance to kick things off for the big league club Related Articles MLB notes On Hall of Fame weekend a look at future Red Sox candidates Cerullo Dodgers a reminder of how far Red Sox have to go Red Sox fall in yet another early hole lose to Dodgers - Former Red Sox great expected to rejoin Dodgers on Saturday Red Sox erase five-run deficit beat Phillies in innings to avoid sweep Anthony will bat leadoff for the first time in his MLB career as the Red Sox look to take this weekend s series against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers Jarren Duran who has batted leadoff in of the club s first games will instead bat third for the first time this season Just felt right Red Sox manager Alex Cora Roman has done that throughout his career and I felt like in contemporary times was a good day to try it Duran has been really good with men on throughout the season so last night after the competition I noted we should give it a try and see what happens I like the two at bats together Roman and Alex Bregman then JD can do whatever he wants hitting third Cora added later He can be aggressive if he wants or he can be as client as he s been this week Just felt like we ll try it the present day and see how it goes Anthony has batted near the top of the order ever since his promotion in early June and came into Sunday batting with a on-base percentage through his first MLB games Duran is batting with a OBP on the season but lately has been highly productive batting with three home runs six doubles three triples and RBI since the start of July In addition to that lineup flip Trevor Story is set to bat cleanup for the third time this season Masataka Yoshida is batting fifth and serving as the DH and Ceddanne Rafaela is once again starting at second base Walker Buehler - is set to make his first start against his former band He ll face off against Los Angeles Dustin May - Red Sox lineup Roman Anthony LF Alex Bregman B Jarren Duran CF Trevor Story SS Masataka Yoshida DH Carlos Narvaez C Wilyer Abreu RF Ceddanne Rafaela B Abraham Toro B Walker Buehler P How to watch When p m Where Fenway Park Boston Broadcast info NESN WEEI FM WCCM AM Spanish WESX AM Spanish