He moved Yoán Moncada and José Abreu up to second and third, respectively, inserted Brian Goodwin in the cleanup spot and dropped Yermín Mercedes to eighth.
“After (Saturday’s) game, (I) had some conversations with the fellas,” La Russa said before Sunday’s game. “When you get beat three times, why not do something different?”
The Sox had two big tests last week. After taking two of three in an impressive series against the Tampa Bay Ray at Guaranteed Rate Field, they lost all four against the Astros.
“(The Astros) played better than we did,” La Russa said after Sunday’s game.