Sandy Leon sitting Thursday for Red Sox

Boston Red Sox catcher Sandy Leon is not starting in Thursday afternoon's series finale versus left-hander Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants.

What It Means:

Chris Owings is starting at shortstop and hitting eighth. Xander Bogaerts is at designated hitter out of the cleanup spot. Christian Vazquez is moving to catcher in place of Leon.

Leon is averaging 5.3 FanDuel points in 58 games for the Red Sox this season.