Triston Casas returns to a familiar place

The Red Sox can keep their playoff hopes alive on Friday when they face the Minnesota Twins in the opener of their penultimate series at Fenway Park.

Triston Casas will play an important role in trying to achieve victory.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora makes a few changes, moving Triston Casas to fourth and moving Wilyer Abreu to the fifth batting position.

Jarren Duran, Rafael Devers and Tyler O'Neill will keep their spots at the top of the lineup, while Connor Wong, Ceddanne Rafaela and Enmanuel Valdez all move back in the order. Danny Jansen, Nick Sogard and Masataka Yoshida have the night off.

The Sox and Twins are scheduled to square off at The Fens at 7:10 p.m. ET. The action can be seen on NESN following 90 minutes of pregame coverage. Projected lineups can be found here.

BOSTON RED SOX (76-77)
Jarren Duran, LF
Rafael Devers, 3B
Tyler O’Neill, DH
Triston Casas, 1B
Wilyer Abreu, RF
Connor Wong, C
Trevor Story, SS
Enmanuel Valdez, 2B
Ceddanne Rafaela, CF

Richard Fitts, RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

MINNESOTA TWINS (80-73)
Byron Buxton, CF
Trevor Larnach, LF
Carlos Correa, SS
Matt Wallner, RF
Royce Lewis, DH
Willi Castro, 2B
Jose Miranda, 3B
Carlos Santana, 1B
Christian Vazquez, C

David Festa, RHP (2-6, 5.07 ERA)