Ceddanne Rafaela News: Starting at second base

Rafaela will start at second base and bat third Sunday against the Cubs, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.

This will be Rafaela's second start at the keystone in the last week. Red Sox manager Alex Cora is following through on a statement from last week, when he said he planned on using Rafaela one of two times per week at second base in order to get as many lefty hitters into the lineup as possible against right-handed pitching.