HOUSTON — Ceddanne Rafaela is back at second base for Boston on Tuesday after playing center field in Monday night’s series opener.

The Red Sox and Astros will play the second game of their three-game series at 8:10 p.m. Dustin May (6-8, 4.93 ERA) will start for Boston opposite Houston righty Spencer Arrighetti (1-2, 7.43 ERA).

Rafaela has played Gold Glove-caliber defense in center field. But the Red Sox have been forced to use him at second base due to Marcelo Mayer (sprained wrist) being on the IL .

Masataka Yoshida will serve as the DH after not being in the starting lineup Monday. He did get into the series opener as a pinch hitter in the seventh and doubled.

This will be May’s second start since the Red Sox acquired him from the Dodgers at the trade deadline.

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