Ortiz is tentatively scheduled for day off Saturday, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports.

EDGE Analysis

Ortiz gets a day off against a left-hander as Red Sox manager John Farrell looks to get the 40-year-old slugger a breather in order to extract the most out of him in the final two months of the season. Hanley Ramirez will start at DH, with Travis Shaw playing first base and Aaron Hill starting at third. And while on the topic of giving Ortiz rest, Boston has a series coming up against the Dodgers in Los Angeles next weekend, so there will likely be multiple days off between Aug. 5 and 7.