Happy Fourth of July, Red Sox Nation! Today, we celebrate Uncle Sam’s birthday by paying our taxes on time and watching our beloved Boston Red Sox take on the Washington Nationals. It’s one of the few pre-noon first pitches across all of baseball, so you still have plenty of time to eat hot dogs and watch fireworks later in the day.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Boston Red Sox vs. Washington Nationals MLB game to be played on July 5, 2025 on ESPN.

With a lefty on the mound, the Red Sox lineup looks very different. A top two of Nate Eaton and Romy Gonzalez is unconventional to say the least. We are not going to see guys like Marcelo Mayer and Wilyer Abreu with a lefty on the mound.