Final: Giants 3, Red Sox 2 - Sox tie the game in the 9th inning, Giants' J.D. Davis walks it off

WHO: Red Sox (56-47) at Giants (56-48)
WHEN: 7:15 p.m. 
WHERE: Oracle Park, San Francisco.
SERIES TO DATE: Red Sox lead series, 1-0.
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP James Paxton (6-2, 3.46 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Walker (3-0, 2.70 ERA)
TV/RADIO: FOX, WEEI-FM 93.7

LIVE BOX

LINEUP

RED SOX

1. Jarren Duran LF
2. Justin Turner DH
3. Rafael Devers 3B
4. Triston Casas 1B
5. Adam Duvall CF
6. Alex Verdugo RF
7. Christian Arroyo 2B
8. Connor Wong C
9. Yu Chang SS

SP James Paxton

GIANTS

1. Austin Slater LF
2. Wilmer Flores 1B
3. J.D. Davis 3B
4. Patrick Bailey C
5. Luis Matos CF
6. Michael Conforto DH
7. Marco Luciano SS
8. Casey Schmitt 2B
9. Mike Yastrzemski RF

SP Ryan Walker

WHAT’S UP

The Red Sox enter Saturday night winners of their last five games and owning a 15-5 record in the month of July. Boston is sitting just 1.5 games behind the Blue Jays for the final AL wild-card spot. 

James Paxton will make the start in the second game of the series at Oracle Park. The left-hander earned his sixth win of the season last Saturday night defeating the Mets, allowing just three runs (two earned) in six innings while striking out seven batters. 

The Sox have won three of the last four starts that Paxton has made and are 4-2 in his last six starts. 

Triston Casas will bat in the cleanup spot riding a six-game hitting streak (11-for-20). The 23-year-old rookie leads the majors in fWAR (1.3), seven homers, OBP (.568), slugging percentage (1.139), OPS (1.707) and wRC+ (342). Casas hit his 16th homer of the season last night in the fifth inning off Giants’ hurler Logan Webb. 

Adam Duvall will bat behind Casas owning a four-game hitting streak. The 34-year-old had two doubles in the Sox win on Friday night. Duvall has 28 RBI coming into Saturday, 14 of those runs drive in have come with two outs.

PRE-GAME NOTES

The Red Sox made a roster move prior to the game activating newly acquired right-handed reliever Mauricio Llovera and optioning lefty Joe Jacques to Triple-A Worcester.

Alex Cora told reporters pre-game that he expects to use Llovera in middle relief ahead of Josh Winckowski, John Schreiber, Chris Martin and Kenley Jansen.

“We’ll see where we’re at late in the game,” Cora said. “Good sinker, good slider. We’ll make sure he gets his feet wet here. We needed a righty and we got one. We feel like if he can execute what we want, he’s going to be able to get people out.”