Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox FREE: LIVE STREAMING Major League Baseball Doubleheader from Fenway Park at 1:05 PM ET

Chris Archer has had an up-and-down season after signing a six-year deal with the Rays worth $25.5 million.

Archer, who has been dominant in his two home starts but spotty on the road, takes the mound for the struggling Rays in the second game of a day-night doubleheader against the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Thursday.

Before Archer can try turning things around on the road, the Rays look to end a three-game skid behind left-hander Cesar Ramos (1-1, 3.38 ERA), who opposes Jake Peavey in the opener.

Red Sox manager John Farrell moved Peavy (1-0, 2.87) up to start the first game after the right-hander went seven innings -- his longest outing of the season -- and gave up five hits with seven strikeouts in an 8-1 victory Friday at Toronto.

"Personal preference of maybe a little bit more known commodity as far as dependability and getting deeper into the (first) game," Farrell told the Red Sox's official website. "Not to say it's always a guarantee, but that's what you go by, knowing you've got a guy that can hopefully keep a bullpen from getting overexposed early and look to have guys fresh for Game 2."

Archer struggled in his only career start at Fenway last season, giving up four runs on five hits with five walks over 4 2/3 innings of a 5-1 loss June 8, and he doesn't want to let this AL East rivalry get the better of him.

After the Rays went 7-12 against Boston last season, including 4-6 at Fenway, the Red Sox opened this year's 19-game series with a 7-4 victory in Tuesday's opener before Wednesday's game was rained out.

Taking the hill for Boston (13-14) in the second game will be Felix Doubront (1-3, 6.00), who was hit hard by the Yankees his last time out.

The left-hander lasted only 2 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs -- three earned -- in a 14-5 defeat last Thursday to the Yankees, who have handed Doubront two of his losses.

Doubront went 0-2 with a 2.55 ERA in four starts against the Rays last season, getting a total of two runs of support in the 24 2/3 innings he pitched.

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