Red Sox Shake-Up Lineup vs Astros

0:00It's March 31st. This is Boston Red Sox News today, Team News powered by AI. Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora is mixing up the line of big time against the Houston Astros after their rough 8-1 loss on Monday. He's benching Caleb Durbin at third base, Jaren Durand in the outfield, and Carlos Narvaya is behind the plate for Tuesday's game. Stepping in, Andrew Monasterio gets his first start at third, and bat sixth. He had a solid double in his debut pinch hit Sunday. Masataka Yoshida slides to designated hitter in the three hole, bringing his sharp eye with three walks already, despite no hits. Connor Wong takes catcher and hits afe, looking good at two for four early on. The Sox offense has been ice cold, scraping just 11 runs over four games with a 226 batting average, and they're on a three game skid. Fans are hoping the shake-up lights afire, especially since Durbin and Durand are hitless lately, 0 for 14 and 0 for 8. Narvaya's actually leads with four hits in nine at bats, but Cora wants to keep him fresh

1:04since he hasn't played back-to-back yet. It's a smart reset for the young guys too. Now they face Astros A's Hunter Brown, who was third in Sai Young voting last year, and struck out nine on opening day. Bram Bello makes his season debut on the mound, so these tweaks better bring some run support to snap the slum.