Red Sox recall Cooper Criswell to start vs. Angels

With Nick Pivetta on the injured list, the Boston Red Sox are in need of a starter for Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park.

The team has called up Cooper Criswell from Triple-A Worcester to get the start after placing Romy Gonzalez on the 10-day injured list with a wrist sprain.

Criswell made two starts in Triple-A, allowing just one earned run in 10 1/3 innings pitched. He appeared in 12 games over the last three seasons for the Angels and the Tampa Bay Rays, posting a 5.97 ERA in 37 2/3 innings.

Boston signed him this offseason to a one-year deal.

Here's who the Red Sox will trot out behind Criswell:

1. Jarren Duran LF
2. Wilyer Abreu RF
3. Masataka Yoshida DH
4. Triston Casas 1B
5. Bobby Dalbec 3B
6. Enmanuel Valdez 2B
7. Ceddanne Rafaela CF
8. Reese McGuire C
9. David Hamilton SS

If Boston loses Saturday's matchup, they will have lost the series, making it two in a row.