The Red Sox, fresh off an old-fashioned beat-down of the Blue Jays, one that featured Jarren Duran’s first home run, look to run back the whole shebang when Garrett Richards squares off with Thomas Hatch tonight in Buffalo, New York (7:07 p.m., NESN).
That’s right, folks: It’s Richards vs. Hatch. The matchup people will talk about for decades. LOL/JK of course, as Hatch is the surprise starter after rookie phenom Alek Manoah hurt himself slipping on the dugout steps. These things happen! Anyhow, Hatch will be making his MLB debut, good for him, while Richards will look to keep his increasingly tenuous hold on a rotation spot with Tanner Houck in the building and Chris Sale starting in Portland tonight.