NEW YORK — After facing lefty starters in each of the first two games of the wild card series with the New York Yankees, the Red Sox will go up against a righty starter Thursday night in Game 3 — and their lineup reflects that.

Lefthanded-hitting Nathaniel Lowe and Wilyer Abreu are in the starting lineup for the first time this postseason as the Sox square off against rookie righty Cam Schlittler at Yankee Stadium.

In each of the first two games, the Red Sox went with as many righthanded options as they could against both Max Fried and Carlos Rodon. That means that Nate Eaton and Nick Sogard were starters as Lowe and Abreu opened the games on the bench.

The Sox will send rookie lefty Connelly Early to the mound in their must-win game. Early has just four major league starts in his bri

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