Red Sox lineups: 2 ‘tough’ roster moves highlight newfound pitching depth
Despite his impressive start against the Houston Astros on Friday night the Red Sox made the intricate decision to option Cooper Criswell back to Triple-A Worcester on Saturday morning in order to add commerce deadline addition Dustin May to the operational roster Christian Walker s solo homer was the only Astros run off Criswell who held the visiting association to seven hits and two walks over seven innings in Friday night s extra-innings walk-off conquest I was talking to Jason Varitek during the encounter manager Alex Cora reported Saturday afternoon In Criswell s situation I bet that was in the back of his mind right But he did an outstanding job and that s why we feel secure with the roster that we have We have him we got Kyle Harrison we got Richard Fitts Something happens we know we can go there and they re gonna do the job The Red Sox were in a similar position Friday when they optioned bullpen stalwart Brennan Bernardino to Triple-A in order to open a spot for their other commerce deadline acquisition Steven Matz Bernardino right now owns a career-best ERA over appearances and hasn t yielded a run over his last games That one that was a tough one the last day Cora admitted But we added two guys that we believe they re going to help us and as a group we re better than three days ago Having those guys in Triple-A knowing that like I noted before somebody gets hurt they re going to come here and do their job Red Sox lineup Romy Gonzalez B Alex Bregman B Roman Anthony RF Rob Refsnyder DH Trevor Story SS Carlos Narv ez C Jarren Duran LF Ceddanne Rafaela CF Abraham Toro B Houston Astros lineup Jose Altuve B Jes s S nchez LF Carlos Correa SS Christian Walker B Yainer Diaz DH Victor Caratini C Cam Smith RF Taylor Trammell CF Ram n Ur as B Probable pitchers LHP Colton Gordon vs RHP Walker Buehler How to watch Astros vs Red Sox When p m Where Fenway Park Boston Watch Red Sox NESN Astros Space City Home Grid Listen Red Sox WEEI FM WCCM AM Spanish WESX AM Spanish Astros KBME AM FM HD- TUDN FM