On paper, the series-opening game between the Red Sox and Rangers is looking to be anything but a pitchers' duel. Starters Yu Darvish and Aaron Cook both enter Monday night's tilt in a bit of a funk.
Darvish is just 1-3 with a 6.82 ERA and 20 walks in 31 2/3 innings over his last five starts. Cook, meanwhile, is 0-4 with a 5.79 ERA in his last five starts.
The Sox have penciled in the same lineup as Sunday, with Jacoby Ellsbury, Carl Crawford, Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez taking the 1-4 slots. On Sunday, the four combined for seven hits, five RBIs and four runs scored.
Check out the lineups below.
Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Carl Crawford, LF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Cody Ross, DH
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
Will Middlebrooks, 3B
Ryan Kalish, RF
Mike Aviles, SS
Aaron Cook, P
Rangers
Ian Kinsler, 2B;
Michael Young, SS
Josh Hamilton, CF
Adrian Beltre, 3B
Nelson Cruz, RF
David Murphy, LF
Mike Napoli, C
Geovany Soto, DH
Mitch Moreland. 1B
Yu Darvish, P
