BOSTON -- For the first time since late July, the Red Sox will have Dustin Pedroia at second base and batting second.
Pedroia's been activated from the disabled list and is back in the lineup as the Red Sox host the Blue Jays in the second game of their three-game series at Fenway Park. But it doesn't mean Brock Holt, who's done the bulk of the work at second in Pedroia's absence, is out of the lineup; he's moved to left field, sending Rusney Castillo -- at least for one night -- to the bench.
The lineups:
RED SOX
Mookie Betts, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
David Ortiz, DH
Travis Shaw, 1B
Pablo Sandoval, 3B
Brock Holt, LF
Blake Swihart, C
Jackie Bradley Jr., RF
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Henry Owens, P
BLUE JAYS
Ben Revere, LF
Josh Donaldson, 3B
Jose Bautista, RF
Edwin Encarnacion, DH
Troy Tulowitzki, SS
Chris Colabello, 1B
Kevin Pillar, CF
Cliff Pennington, 2B
Josh Thole, C
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R.A. Dickey, P