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New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox: Masahiro Tanaka vs. Jon Lester

Both the Yankees and Red Sox send their aces to the mound. Who will win?

By Andrew Mearns
Jim McIsaac

After a surprisingly good performance from Vidal Nuno, the Yankees have a chance to clinch a series victory over their biggest rival with Masahiro Tanaka taking the hill against Red Sox ace Jon Lester. Of note: the Red Sox called up hot-hitting prospect Mookie Betts for tonight's game, but they are wisely avoiding forcing him to make his MLB debut against Tanaka and his splitter.

Go #TanakaTime, go baseball.

Today's Lineups

BOSTON RED SOX NEW YORK YANKEES
Brock Holt - RF Brett Gardner - LF
Daniel Nava - LF Derek Jeter - SS
Dustin Pedroia - 2B Jacoby Ellsbury - CF
David Ortiz - DH Mark Teixeira - 1B
Mike Napoli - 1B Carlos Beltran - DH
Stephen Drew - SS Alfonso Soriano - RF
Xander Bogaerts - 3B Brian McCann - C
Jackie Bradley - CF Brian Roberts - 2B
David Ross - C Yangervis Solarte - 3B
Jon Lester - LHP Masahiro Tanaka - RHP

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