Red Sox lineup vs. Braves has new primary SS (with Trevor Story out), Mickey Gasper catching
As the Red Sox navigate their first game with Trevor Story on the injured list Saturday, they’ll go with a familiar depth option at shortstop and their hot-hitting recent call-up behind the plate.
ATLANTA — As the Red Sox navigate their first game with Trevor Story on the injured list Saturday , they’ll go with a familiar depth option at shortstop and their hot-hitting recent call-up behind the plate. Interim manager Chad Tracy has Andruw Monasterio once again starting at shortstop and Mickey Gasper catching lefty Payton Tolle in the second game of a three-game series against the Braves, who at 31-14 have the best record in baseball. Masataka Yoshida is the designated hitter (hitting fifth) after being out of the lineup Friday.
Marcelo Mayer is at second base against righty Bryce Elder. Tracy was clear Monasterio and call-up Nick Sogard will be the primary options at shortstop in the near-term as the club figures out how long Story will be out. Story started 39 of Boston’s first 44 games at shortstop before landing on the IL Saturday and Monasterio has started the other five.
Gasper will get his second start behind the plate with a familiar pitcher in Tolle, who he caught Sunday at Fenway. Gasper is hitting . 412 (7-for-17 with two doubles) since being called up late last week.
Tracy likes pairing him with Tolle because of their previous work together at Triple-A and in spring training. “It felt like a good day for Narvy (Carlos Narváez) to be off,” said Tracy. “Narvy has played two in a row including when we had traveled here with a 3:30 a.