Rookie Griffin Jax gets first start at Fenway as Twins face Red Sox

Jorge Polanco moves to shortstop with Nick Gordon starting at second for the Twins.

August 24, 2021 at 8:04PM
Griffin Jax (Charles Rex Arbogast, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

BOSTON — The Twins and Red Sox start a three-game series at Fenway Park tonight (6:10 p.m., BSN) with Griffin Jax starting for the Twins.

The rookie righthander is 3-1 with a 5.11 ERA. Righthander Tanner Houck (0-3, 3.12) starts for Boston, which has fallen out of first place in the AL East thanks to an 8-15 stretch where the Rays and Yankees have zoomed past.

The Twins have had the past two days off, thanks to a rainout in New York on Sunday and a regularly scheduled day off Monday here.

The off-day story how the team would have been better off with last year's relief corps is here. An update on BSN and Dish is here.

TWINS LINEUP

Max Kepler, RF

Brent Rooker, LF

Jorge Polanco, SS

Josh Donaldson, DH

Luis Arraez, 3B

Mitch Garver, C

Nick Gordon, 2B

Miguel Sano, 1B

Jake Cave, CF

RED SOX LINEUP

Kiké Hernández, 2B

Kyle Schwarber, LF

Xander Bogaerts, SS

Rafael Devers, 3B

J.D. Martinez, DH

Alex Verdugo, CF

Hunter Renfroe, RF

Travis Shaw, 1B

Christian Vázquez, C

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Phil Miller has covered the Twins for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2013. Previously, he covered the University of Minnesota football team, and from 2007-09, he covered the Twins for the Pioneer Press.

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