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Game 58: Red Sox at Giants

Albert Suarez made his first start of the season on June 1 after five relief appearances.Getty Images

Here are the lineups:

RED SOX (33-24)

Mookie Betts RF

Dustin Pedroia 2B

Xander Bogaerts SS

Travis Shaw 3B

Hanley Ramirez 1B

Jackie Bradley Jr. CF

Chris Young LF

Christian Vazquez C

Pitching: RHP Rick Porcello (7-2, 4.00).

GIANTS (35-24)

Denard Span CF

Joe Panik 2B

Matt Duffy 3B

Brandon Belt 1B

Brandon Crawford SS

Gregor Blanco LF

Jarrett Parker RF

Trevor Brown C

Pitching: RHP Albert Suarez (1-1, 3.18).

Game time: 10:15 p.m. (ET).

TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI.

Red Sox vs. Suarez: No history.

Giants vs. Porcello: Span 11-29, Gillaspie 10-24, Blanco 4-12, Crawford 1-5, Panik 1-2, Posey 1-2.

Stat of the Day: David Ortiz has at least one extra-base hit in 11 of his last 13 games. He is 6 of 26 at AT&T Park in his career with two home runs.

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Classic franchises: The Sox are 8-4 against the Giants in interleague play, 5-4 at San Francisco.

Still some streaks going: Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia each have 13-game hit streaks going. Ortiz is 22 of 50 with 16 extra-base hits and 20 RBIs in his streak. Pedroia is 21 of 54 with eight extra-base hits and six RBIs in his streak.

Young ideas: Chris Young is 17 of 44 (.386) in his last 14 games with nine extra-base hits, nine RBIs and seven runs scored. That raised his OPS from .587 to .945.

Hustling, but no homers: Hanley Ramirez has not homered in 85 at-bats dating back to May 10.

Tale of two seasons: Rick Porcello was 6-1 with a 3.11 earned run average in his first seven starts. He is 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA in his last four. Porcello has faced the Giants twice (last in 2014) and allowed 15 earned runs on 26 hits in 23.1 innings.

Other notes: Albert Suarez, 26, is making his second start in the majors. He was called up on May 6 after spending nine seasons in the minors with three organizations. He has yet to throw more than 76 pitches in a game. … Koji Uehara has allowed six runs on nine hits (three home runs) in his last 6.1 innings. … Jackie Bradley Jr. is 5 of 29 (.172) since his 29-game hit streak ended. … The Sox are 5-2 in interleague games. … Ortiz needs two home runs to tie Hall of Famers Willie McCovey, Frank Thomas and Ted Williams for 22nd place all-time with 521. … Ortiz is eight RBIs away from passing Jim Thome and Reggie Jackson on the all-time list and moving into 24th place.

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Song of the Day: “Don’t Put Me On” by Flamin’ Groovies.


Peter Abraham can be reached at peter.abraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @peteabe.