GAME #33, BOSTON RED SOX AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS

[Bear]

RED SOX V BREWERS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017, 8:10 PM AT MILLER PARK

TV:  NESN, FSWI

BOSTON, (17-16)...............................................................................MILWAUKEE, (17-15)

BOSTON:

KYLE HENDRICKS, RHP, 0-1, 13.50ERA, 1K

Kendricks gave up six runs on eight hits in four innings on Thursday in a
loss to the Orioles.  It was his first Major League start since 2015 after he
spent last season in Triple-A.

MILWAUKEE:

CHASE ANDERSON, RHP, 2-0, 2.86ERA, 30K

Anderson will pitch against his 25th different opponent  when he
draws the Red Sox for the first time.  In his three starts at home this
season, Anderson has held opponents to a .206 average.

Red Sox, Brewers starters eyeing rebounds

Carson Mason

Boston's Kyle Kendrick and Milwaukee's Chase Anderson will aim to bounce back at Miller Park on Wednesday, when the Red Sox are expected to feature a couple of additions to their starting lineup.

After being left out of the lineup for three consecutive games, slumping center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. is expected back for Boston on Wednesday, and Hanley Ramirez is poised for his first action in the field all season with a start at first base.

"Jackie, like many players, goes through a little ebb and flow in the season. He had a good work day today," Red Sox manager John Farrell said Tuesday. "We'll get him back in the lineup. He's a very good player. And he's a pivotal player for us for many reasons, both defensively and the year he had last year offensively."

Entering Boston's Interleague series at Miller Park, Bradley was hitting .140 since coming off the DL on April 21.
While his production is down from last season, Bradley Jr. could present challenges to an unfamiliar Brewers squad, according to Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell. Before this week, the Brewers and Red Sox had not met since 2014 at Fenway Park.

"[Interleague opponents are] the teams that you know the least about for sure, that's as much as anything what makes it challenging," Counsell said. "It's one of those series where you're going out there and you're playing and seeing a lot of these guys for the first time."

Ramirez is likely to man first base in place of Mitch Moreland, who has started there in each of Boston's first 32 games. The 33-year-old Ramirez, who was not in the lineup for Tuesday's series opener, has reached base safely in 13 consecutive games with five home runs and 10 RBIs. Wednesday's game will be the first time he'll play defense since last season.
Kendrick (0-1, 13.50 ERA), searching for his first win of the season, gave up six runs on eight hits in four innings to the Orioles Thursday. Anderson (2-0, 2.86 ERA) is coming off of back-to-back no-decisions in which he gave up four runs in each start.

THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT THIS GAME

• Of the current Brewers, only Ryan Braun has faced Kendrick; he is .364 with two home runs and four RBIs in 11 at-bats against him.

• Anderson has given up just one homer in 34 2/3 innings this season. He'll face a Red Sox squad that went yard eight times in two wins over the Twins on Saturday and Sunday.

• Ramirez has been one of the Majors' best sluggers since the beginning of last season when attacking the opening pitch of an at-bat. He has the 12th-highest average exit velocity (93.5 mph) and the fifth-highest slugging percentage (1.031) among big leaguers.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20170510229207234/red-sox-brewers-starters-eyeing-rebounds/?game_pk=490600

[Rob from Mass]

Heavy hitting Brewers just may have another field day with Kendrick on the hill tonight.

[Bill-806]

Heavy hitting Brewers just may have another field day with Kendrick on the hill tonight.

The once deep farm system has been downgraded as we wait for the new acquires to show up healthy enough to contribute, and all of that is on the  G M  DD .....

[ipot]

Should get closer to Farrell's goal of Team 500 tonight.

[Bear]

Here are the complete lineups for Wednesday’s Red Sox vs. Brewers game.

RED SOX (17-15)

Mookie Betts, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
Andrew Benintendi, LF
Hanley Ramirez, 1B
Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
Josh Rutledge, 3B
Christian Vazquez, C
Kyle Kendrick, RHP (0-1, 13.50 ERA)

BREWERS (17-16) Keon Broxton,

CF Eric Thames, 1B
Ryan Braun, LF
Travis Shaw, 3B
Domingo Santana, RF
Hernán Pérez, 2B
Jett Bandy, C
Orlando Arcia, SS
Chase Anderson, RHP (2-0, 2.86 ERA) Thumbnail photo via Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports Images

Read more at: http://nesn.com/2017/05/red-sox-vs-brewers-lineup-jackie-bradley-jr-returns-for-boston/

[Bill-806]

Go SOX, make us proud !!

[elktonnick]

Let's see if the Sox can get out the first inning without being a couple of runs down.

[SeaBeachFred]

Kendrick looked OK against Baltimore the first time through the lineup.  After that he looked like a dud.  I wonder if Frumpy Farrell will have at least someone stretching out in the bullpoen ready to throw when the roof falls in on Kedy as it most certainly might.  We need to hit tonight and Bradley, the fair haired boy of Farrell, has to start earning his keep.  He has been nothing short of shitty since the season opened.  Shades of 2014.  Wake up Jacikie and help us win one tonight.

[markj]

Pedroia with a base running screwup. He wasn't that far off 3rd and should have gone back. Maybe he lost sight of the ball.

[elktonnick]

Sox didn't make it out of the first. 

[markj]

Another 1st inning hole. Same old, same old.

[markj]

Wow, JBJ goes deep in his first AB. Nice.

[Leesam01]

More LOBsters. Painful.

[markj]

Tied up, but Hanley out for some reason.

[markj]

Geez, OB is repetitive. How may times do we have to hear about Thames playing in Korea?