BSJ Live Coverage: Red Sox 6 vs Twins 3 (6th) - Red Sox score four runs in first inning

WHO: Red Sox (22-27) vs Twins (23-27)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston
SERIES TO DATE: (0-0), (1-2)
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Payton Tolle (2-2, 2.05 ERA) vs. LHP Connor Prielipp (1-2, 2.22 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN, MLB Network, WEEI-FM 93.7

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Willson Contreras (R) 1B
Andruw Monasterio (R) DH
Nick Sogard (S) SS
Marcelo Mayer (L) 2B
Carlos Narváez (R) C
Caleb Durbin (R) 3B

SP Payton Tolle

TWINS

Byron Buxton (R) DH
Brooks Lee (S) 3B
Austin Martin (R) CF
Josh Bell (S) 1B
Gabriel Gonzalez (R) LF
Ryan Kreidler (R) SS
Kody Clemens (L) RF
Luke Keaschall (R) 2B
Alex Jackson (R) C

SP Connor Prielipp

WHAT'S UP

The Boston Red Sox return to Fenway Park with a matchup against the Minnesota Twins.

Trevor Story will undergo surgery for his sports hernia injury. Story will be sidelined for roughly two months, and the Red Sox plan to use Marcelo Mayer as their "more-or-less everyday" shortstop. “Obviously, we have a bunch of guys who can play (shortstop),” said interim manager Chad Tracy. “But we proactively started getting Marcelo some work there this past week. Tentatively, planning on getting him out there Sunday. There’s a little bit more work (the coaches) want to do with him. But I definitely think you’ll see more of him there. Does that mean he’ll play there every single day? Maybe not. But we definitely want to explore that.”

Chad Tracy said that Roman Anthony did see the team’s specialist again as well as another doctor and there’s no change in diagnosis or prognosis going forward. “Nothing new with Roman other than to say he did re-see our specialist and also a second opinion,” Tracy said. “The healing is OK. It’s just gonna be a matter of that motion swinging when he feels like he can do it and we’re gonna wait until (then).”