Boston Red Sox vs New York Mets Starting Lineup — Sunday, Jul 12, 2026
Final Lineups
Boston Red Sox @ New York Mets · Sunday, Jul 12, 2026
Anthony Seigler, Ceddanne Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu, Romy Gonzalez, Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, Nate Eaton, and Connor Wong have no MLB history against Zach Thornton. That leaves Boston with essentially a full lineup seeing Thornton for the first time. There are no established batter-versus-pitcher results here to point to on the away side.
A.J. Ewing, Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor, Eric Wagaman, Carson Benge, Tyrone Taylor, Luis Torrens, and Brett Baty have no MLB history against Payton Tolle. Zack Short is the lone home hitter with prior exposure, and he is hitless in 2 at-bats, going 0-for-2 in 2 plate appearances with a .000 OPS. Like the away side, this is mostly a first-look matchup for the home order.
The familiarity edge is minimal overall, but the home side has at least one prior matchup on the board with Short. Boston enters with no documented MLB plate appearances against Thornton, so the Mets are very slightly more familiar with the opposing starter.
| # | Batter | AVG | OBP | OPS | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Seigler | 0.250 | 0.329 | 0.739 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Ceddanne Rafaela | 0.288 | 0.325 | 0.783 | 16 | 66 |
| 3 | Wilyer Abreu | 0.254 | 0.333 | 0.793 | 22 | 69 |
| 4 | Romy Gonzalez | 0.185 | 0.264 | 0.572 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Caleb Durbin | 0.254 | 0.323 | 0.720 | 12 | 62 |
| 6 | Andruw Monasterio | 0.253 | 0.311 | 0.721 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | Jarren Duran | 0.209 | 0.266 | 0.636 | 18 | 66 |
| 8 | Nate Eaton | 0.125 | 0.282 | 0.563 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Connor Wong | 0.250 | 0.328 | 0.709 | 4 | 23 |
| # | Batter | AVG | OBP | OPS | HR | RBI | vAVG | vOPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.J. Ewing | 0.244 | 0.317 | 0.678 | 7 | 28 | — | — |
| 2 | Juan Soto | 0.283 | 0.408 | 0.947 | 21 | 52 | — | — |
| 3 | Francisco Lindor | 0.239 | 0.327 | 0.756 | 13 | 33 | — | — |
| 4 | Eric Wagaman | 0.191 | 0.269 | 0.588 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 5 | Carson Benge | 0.282 | 0.342 | 0.773 | 16 | 53 | — | — |
| 6 | Tyrone Taylor | 0.254 | 0.312 | 0.798 | 10 | 30 | — | — |
| 7 | Luis Torrens | 0.240 | 0.304 | 0.710 | 8 | 33 | — | — |
| 8 | Brett Baty | 0.219 | 0.291 | 0.628 | 8 | 40 | — | — |
| 9 | Zack Short | 0.140 | 0.262 | 0.442 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |