Tough day for the Boston Red Sox on Friday as both of the split-squads lost in their respective games.

One squad was in Ft. Myers on Friday afternoon hosting the Detroit Tigers and they came away 8-3 losers. The other squad headed north to Port Charlotte on Friday night and they came away 7-3 losers.

Today, the Red Sox head north once again, this time to Bradenton to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The game starts at 1:05 p.m. and will be televised on NESN in the Red Sox television market.

Here are the lineups for today’s game:

Boston Red Sox

Pittsburgh Pirates

1. Marco Scutaro
SS 1. Jose Tabata CF
2. Dustin Pedroia
2B 2. Neil Walker 2B
3. Jarrod Saltalamacchia
C 3. Andrew McCutchen CF
4. Kevin Youkilis
3B 4. Lyle Overbay 1B
5. Mike Cameron
DH 5. Pedro Alvarez 3B
6. Darnell McDonald CF 6. Matt Diaz RF
7. Daniel Nava
LF 7. Ronny Cedeno SS
8. Josh Reddick
RF 8. Dusty Brown
C
9. Nate Spears 1B 9. Kevin Correia P
Josh Beckett SP Kevin Correia SP

Also scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox: RHP Alfredo Aceves, RHP Dan Wheeler.

Also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates: RHP Joel Hanrahan, LHP Joe Beimel, LHP Justin Thomas.

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